This book is the first comprehensive documentation of Rongorongo, Easter Island's enigmatic script and Oceania's only known pre-twentieth-century writing system. The author tells the full history of rongorongo's exciting discovery and the many attempts at a decipherment and provides full transcriptions of all the 25 surviving rongorongo inscriptions along with detailed photographs of nearly every incised artifact.
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Anbieter: PEMBERLEY NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BA, ABA, Iver, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Fine. xix, 714, 82 text figs. . HB. Fine in d/w. Scarce original printing. 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 Pre-missionary traditions surrounding rongorongo are described from previously unpublished material.Full transcriptions of all the 25 surviving rongorongo inscriptions are provided, along with detailed photographs of nearly every incised artefact.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 definitive study of one of the world's most fascinating and eloquent graphic achievements. [9780198237105]. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers S65664
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Fine copy. Probably never read. Clean and bright throughout with only the faintest signs of handling. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers GRB-rongorongo-23aa15
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Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
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Zustand: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. 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 photograph. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 594402970
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Anbieter: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. illustrated edition. 736 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.75 inches. In Stock. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 0198237103
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