The Origins of Chinese Writing
The Neolithic Evidence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6043992 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paola Demattè (Rhode Island School of Design, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 211-228 |
| Publication date | 2010-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cambridge Archaeological Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-7743 • E-ISSN: 1474-0540 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0959774310000247 |
| OpenAlex | W2086843851 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
In China, a number of signs from some Late Neolithic contexts suggest that recoding activities were well developed before Chinese writing became widespread during the Shang period. Archaeological and palaeographic evidence indicates that mature writing is likely to have evolved from these earlier signing systems as a result of the increasing social and political complexity of the societies of the Late Neolithic. This article analyses three Late Neolithic signing systems that may have led to the mature Chinese writing of the Shang oracle bone inscriptions, and argues that non-linguistic visual signing played a role in the emergence of writing systems
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · China · Linguistics · Literature · Period (music) · Political science · Politics · Writing system · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Philosophy
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Violence, Kinship and the Early Chinese State
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"A "Curious and Sometimes a Trifle Macabre Artistry
Script Effects as the Hidden Drive of the Mind, Cognition, and Culture
Just scratching the surface
| Citations per year | 0.73 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |