Denise Schmandt-Besserat
Archaeologist; author of the token theory of the origin of writing Born 1933.
Denise Schmandt-Besserat is french-American archaeologist (University of Texas at Austin) who catalogued the clay tokens of the Near East and argued in Before Writing (1992) that they are the ancestors of the proto-cuneiform signs. (born 1933), and appears in the record of Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk as archaeologist; author of the token theory of the origin of writing.
One event on the site involves Schmandt-Besserat: Schmandt-Besserat publishes Before Writing, the token theory of the origin of the signs (1992).
One question rest in part on what Schmandt-Besserat did or said, among them “Were the clay tokens and bullae the direct ancestors of the proto-cuneiform signs?”, which stands open: no answer ahead yet.
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Mysteries Department. (2026). Denise Schmandt-Besserat [Person FIG0DEDPC30291R]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/FIG0DEDPC30291R
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