| Description |
1 online resource (416 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Cambridge classical studies |
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Cambridge classical studies.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction and theoretical framework -- 1.1 Setting the scene -- 1.2 Questioning cultural (and ethnic) 'labels' -- 1.3 Questioning the unquestionable: some theoretical preliminaries -- 1.4 Linear A and Linear B: A first assessment -- 2 What does linear A look like? -- 2.1 The nature of the evidence -- 2.2 Linear A structure -- 2.3 Linear A palaeography -- 3 What does linear B look like? |
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3.1 The nature of the evidence -- 3.2 Linear B structure -- 3.3 Linear B palaeography -- 4 Interpretative models -- 4.1 Structural model -- 4.2 Palaeographical model -- 5 Overall conclusions -- Bibliography -- General index -- Index of signs cited |
| Summary |
When does a continuum become a divide? This book investigates the genetic relationship between Linear A and Linear B, two Bronze Age scripts attested on Crete and Mainland Greece and understood to have developed one out of the other. By using an interdisciplinary methodology, this research integrates linguistic, epigraphic, palaeographic and archaeological evidence, and places the writing practice in its sociohistorical setting. By challenging traditional views, this work calls into question widespread assumptions and interpretative schemes on the relationship between these two scripts, and opens up new perspectives on the ideology associated with the retention, adaptation and transmission of a script, and how identity was negotiated at a moment of closer societal interaction between Cretans and Greek-speaking Mainlanders in the Late Bronze Age. By delving deeper into the structure and inner workings of these two writing systems, this book will make us rethink the relationship between Linear A and B |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 22, 2020) |
| Subject |
Inscriptions, Linear A.
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Inscriptions, Linear B.
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Inscriptions, Linear A
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Inscriptions, Linear B
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781108783477 |
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1108783473 |
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9781108806169 |
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1108806163 |
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