BOOKS - HISTORY - The Origins of Chinese Writing
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The Origins of Chinese Writing
Author: Paola Dematte
Year: 2022
Format: EPUB
File size: 35 MB
Language: ENG
Year: 2022
Format: EPUB
File size: 35 MB
Language: ENG
This study explores the evidence for Chinese writing in the late Neolithic (3500-2000 BCE) and early Bronze Age (2000-1250 BCE) periods. Chinese writing is often said to have begun with little incubation during the late Shang period (c. 1300-1045 BCE) in the middle-lower Yellow River Valley area as a sudden independent invention. This explanation runs counter to evidence from Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Mesoamerica that shows that independent developments of writing generally undergo a protracted evolution. It also ignores archaeological data from the Chinese Neolithic and early Bronze Age that reveals the existence of signs comparable to Shang characters.