Origins of Chinese Writing

by Paola Dematte

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197635768
• ISBN13: 9780197635766
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.6"