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A recording system based on tokens, spread throughout the Near East from the early Neolithic on, is proposed as a possible but demonstrable antecedent of the cuneiform writing system. Consisting of a rich and differentiated repertory of shapes and markings, this token system is more complex than a simple system of un differentiated counters.

An Archaic Recording System and the Origin of

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      Publisher: Undena Publications,U.S.
      Publication Date: 31/12/1977
      ISBN13: 9780890039748, 978-0890039748
      ISBN10: 0890039747
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      Book Synopsis
      A recording system based on tokens, spread throughout the Near East from the early Neolithic on, is proposed as a possible but demonstrable antecedent of the cuneiform writing system. Consisting of a rich and differentiated repertory of shapes and markings, this token system is more complex than a simple system of un differentiated counters.

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