Rongorongo

Rongorongo
Author: Steven R. Fischer
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 754
Release: 1997
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780198237105


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This book is the first comprehensive documentation of Rongorongo, Easter Island's enigmatic script and Oceania's only known pre-twentieth-century writing system. The author tells the full history of rongorongo's exciting discovery and the many attempts at a decipherment and provides full transcriptions of all the 25 surviving rongorongo inscriptions along with detailed photographs of nearly every incised artifact.


Rongorongo
Language: en
Pages: 754
Authors: Steven R. Fischer
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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This book is the first comprehensive documentation of Rongorongo, Easter Island's enigmatic script and Oceania's only known pre-twentieth-century writing system
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Authors: Steven R. Fischer
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After successfully deciphering the Rongorongo script of Easter Island, Steven Roger Fischer gained a unique place in the pantheon of glyphbreakers: he is the on
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