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CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 7
GENERAL EDITOR'S FOREWORD 11
INTRODUCTION 13
I PRIMITIVE MEANS OF
COMMUNICATION
27
Memory Aid Devices 30
II ANALYTIC SCRIPTS OF ANCIENT
NEAR EAST
35
Cuneiform Writing 35
Egyptian Writing 46
Cretan Scripts 54
Indus Valley Script 63
Hittite Scripts 66
III THE FAR EAST 70
Chinese Writing 70
Non/Chinese Scripts of China 78
Japanese Scripts 83
Easter Island Script 89
IV PRE/COLUMBIAN AMERICA 94
Cultural Puzzle of Pre/Columbian America 94
Mayan Script 96

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Publication Information: Book Title: Writing. Contributors: David Diringer - author. Publisher: Frederick A. Praeger. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1962. Page Number: 5.
    
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