Aegean linear script(s) : rethinking the relationship between Linear A and Linear B / Ester Salgarella.
| Author/creator | Salgarella, Ester author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020. |
| Copyright Date | ©2020 |
| Description | 1 online resource (416 pages) : illustrations. |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Series | Cambridge classical studies Cambridge classical studies. ^A16554 |
| 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? |
| Contents | 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. |
| Abstract | 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Source of description | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 22, 2020). |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9781108783477 |
| Issued in other form | Original 1108479383 9781108479387 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781108783477 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 1108783473 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 9781108806169 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1108806163 (electronic bk.) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |