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RONGORONGO
THE EASTER ISLAND SCRIPT: HISTORY, TRADITIONS, TEXT |
| By: |
Steven Roger Fischer |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£393.00 |
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£343.88 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0198237103 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780198237105 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
11 December, 1997 |
| Series: |
Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics 14 |
| Pages: |
736 |
| Description: |
Easter Island's rongorongo script is Oceania's only known writing system predating the 20th century. The author documents comprehensively, for the first time, the history, traditions, and texts of this enigmatic script. His research has taken him all over the world, from St Petersburg to Easter Island itself, to uncover the truth behind one of the world's most fascinating and eloquent graphic achievements. |
| Synopsis: |
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 Pre-missionary traditions surrounding rongorongo are described from previously unpublished material.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. |
| Illustrations: |
numerous halftones, black and white line figures, rongorongo inscriptions, |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Clarendon Press |
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Returnable |
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