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Rongorongo
Steven Roger Fischer
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Description for Rongorongo
hardcover. Documents Easter Island's enigmatic script, Rongorongo, Oceania's only known pre-20th-century writing system. This study of this eloquent graphic achievement shows full transcriptions of all the 25 surviving Rongorongo inscriptions, with detailed photographs of nearly all the incised artefacts. Series: Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics. Num Pages: 736 pages, numerous halftones, black and white line figures, rongorongo inscriptions, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MKPE; CFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1178.
Rongorongo, Easter Island's enigmatic script and Oceania's only known pre-twentieth-century writing system, is here comprehensively documented for the first time. The author tells the full history of rongorongo's exciting discovery and the many attempts at a decipherment. Pre-missionary traditions surrounding rongorongo are described from previously unpublished material. Full transcriptions of all the 25 surviving rongorongo inscriptions are provided, along with detailed photographs of nearly every incised artefact. In over six years of full-time research that took the author from St Petersburg to Easter Island, a wholly new picture of the rongorongo phenomenon has emerged. This book is the ... Read more
Rongorongo, Easter Island's enigmatic script and Oceania's only known pre-twentieth-century writing system, is here comprehensively documented for the first time. The author tells the full history of rongorongo's exciting discovery and the many attempts at a decipherment. Pre-missionary traditions surrounding rongorongo are described from previously unpublished material. Full transcriptions of all the 25 surviving rongorongo inscriptions are provided, along with detailed photographs of nearly every incised artefact. In over six years of full-time research that took the author from St Petersburg to Easter Island, a wholly new picture of the rongorongo phenomenon has emerged. This book is the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
Series
Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics
Number of Pages
736
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198237105
SKU
V9780198237105
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Reviews for Rongorongo
The book is highly recommended for beginners and a fruitful inspiration for advanced readers.
Michael Schlottner, International Review of Anthropology and Linguistics
the well documented anthology provides a constructive and effective stage in the ongoing discussion as a considerable stimulation for broader attention.
Michael Schlottner, International Review of Anthropology and Linguistics
Fischer now has complete, readable ... Read more
Michael Schlottner, International Review of Anthropology and Linguistics
the well documented anthology provides a constructive and effective stage in the ongoing discussion as a considerable stimulation for broader attention.
Michael Schlottner, International Review of Anthropology and Linguistics
Fischer now has complete, readable ... Read more