Writing as Material Practice: Substance, surface and medium

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Writing as Material Practice: Substance, surface and medium. Edited by Kathryn E. Piquette and Ruth D. Whitehouse. Published by. Ubiquity Press Ltd. Gordon House. 29 Gordon Square. London WC1H 0PP. www. ubiquitypress. com. Text © The Authors 2013. First published 2013. ISBN (hardback): 978-1-909188-24-2. ISBN (EPUB): 978-1-909188-25-9. ISBN (PDF): 978-1-909188-26-6. DOI: http://dx. doi. org/10. 5334/bai. Contents. Acknowledgements iii. Contributors v. Abstracts ix. Chapter 1. Introduction: Developing an approach to writing as material practice (Kathryn E. Piquette and Ruth D. Whitehouse) 1. Chapter 2. The Twisting Paths of Recall: Khipu (Andean cord notation) as artifact (Frank Salomon) 15. Chapter 3. Writing as Material Technology: Orientation within landscapes of the Classic Maya world (Sarah E. Jackson) 45. Chapter 4. Writing (and Reading) as Material Practice: The world of cuneiform culture as an arena for investigation (Roger Matthews) 65. Chapter 5. Re-writing the Script: Decoding the textual experience in the Bronze Age Levant (c. 2000-1150 bc) (Rachael Thyrza Sparks) 75. Chapter 6. The Function and Meaning of Writing in the Prehistoric Aegean: Some reflections on the social and symbolic significance of writing from a material perspective (Helène Whittaker) 105. Chapter 7. Form Follows Function: Writing and its supports in the Aegean Bronze Age (Sarah Finlayson) 123. Chapter 8. Materiality of Minoan Writing: Modes of display and perception (Georgia Flouda) 143. Chapter 9. Saving on Clay: The Linear B practice of cutting tablets (Helena Tomas) 175. Chapter 10. Straight, Crooked and Joined-up Writing: An early Mediterranean view (Alan Johnston) 193. Chapter 11. "It Is Written"?: Making, remaking and unmaking early ‘writing’ in the lower Nile Valley (Kathryn E. Piquette) 213. Chapter 12. Written Greek but Drawn Egyptian: Script changes in a bilingual dream papyrus (Stephen Kidd) 239. ii Writing as Material Practice. Chapter 13. The Other Writing: Iconic literacy and Situla Art in pre-Roman Veneto (Italy) (Elisa Perego) 253. Chapter 14. ‘Tombstones’ in the North Italian Iron Age: Careless writers or athletic readers? (Ruth D. Whitehouse) 271. Chapter 15. Different Times, Different Materials and Different Purposes: Writing on objects at the Grand Arcade site in Cambridge (Craig Cessford) 289. Chapter 16. Writing Conservation: The impact of text on conservation decisions and practice (Elizabeth Pye) 319. Chapter 17. Epilogue (John Bennet) 335.
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