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Schmandt-Besserat, Denise – Scientific American, 1978
Describes various distinctively shaped clay tokens used in western Asia centuries before the Sumerians invented writing. These tokens appear to have served as a basis for Sumerian ideographs. ( MA)
Descriptors: Alphabets, Ancient History, Anthropology, Human Geography