The archaeology of communication technologies

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2004, Pages 223-250

  Houston, Stephen D ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decipherment; Graphic notation; Iconography; Writing

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; COMMUNICATION; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; ICONOGRAPHY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 9144238762     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.33.070203.143724     Document Type: Article

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