# Bruce G. Trigger 2004: Writing Systems: A Case Study in Cultural Evolution

> Bruce G. Trigger, 2004. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Comparative account of the independent inventions of writing (Mesopotamia, Egypt…

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# Writing Systems: A Case Study in Cultural Evolution

Bruce G. Trigger, 2004.

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## What it's used for here

Comparative account of the independent inventions of writing (Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, Mesoamerica) and the distinction between writing, which records language so that an utterance can be recovered, and sign systems that convey meaning without language. In S. D. Houston (ed.), The First Writing: Script Invention as History and Process, Cambridge University Press, pp. 39-68, ISBN 0-521-83861-4. Supplies the criteria applied to the Vinča signs on this site.

## Cited by on this site 3 records

[In the open Winn-based corpus 495 of 591 inscriptions are a single sign and the mean length is 1.4, leaving almost no…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/evidence/EVD0DEE9APGJGWX/in-the-open-winn-based-corpus-495-of-591-inscriptions-are-a)

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[The Vinča signs](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs)

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[Do the Vinča signs record language, a conventional notation, or neither?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/questions/QST0DEDW2Y5RPT1/do-the-vinca-signs-record-language-a-conventional-notation)

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Bruce G. Trigger (2004). Writing Systems: A Case Study in Cultural Evolution. https://search.worldcat.org/search?q=Houston+The+First+Writing+Script+Invention+as+History+and+Process
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