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The sharpest critique of the token theory: token-to-sign links rest on visual resemblance, categories are loose, most token subtypes are rare (15 "sheep" tokens), and the catalogue is inconsistent. Journal of Field Archaeology 20(4), pp. 513-517.
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Paul Zimansky (1993). Review of Denise Schmandt-Besserat, Before Writing. https://urkesh.org/attach/Zimansky1993.pdf
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. “Review of Denise Schmandt-Besserat, Before Writing.” 1993.