A is for Ox: A Short History of the Alphabet by Lyn Davies.

Slipcase edition by #TheFolioSociety, 127 pages from 2006.

Tiny book in a pretty format. There was no ISBN for this edition, but I also bought it second hand and it might’ve had it originally in a separate packaging, maybe. A short history of the evolution of the writing systems. What we currently call an “alphabet” starts midway through the book.

#Alphabet #Linguistics #History #HistoryOfWriting #Calligraphy

“A London furniture conservator has been credited with a crucial discovery that has helped understand why #IceAge hunter-gatherers drew #CavePaintings ” 20,000 years ago:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-64162799

The study ( #OpenAccess ): https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959774322000415

#archaeology #prehistory #HistoryOfWriting #writing #communication #PublicHumanities

We learned about the #historyofwriting and how #tokens and #envelopes led to a counting system that led to writing. Denise Bessart-Schmidt is responsible for this discovery and the research associated with it.