Submitted: 21 October 1997
Denise Schmandt-Besserat
Professor
Center for Middle Easter Studies
University of TExas
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Ancient Near East. Sumer, Mesopotamia, Persia, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq,
Iran. Origin of writing. Counting, Symbolism.