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SOCIAL AND SYMBOLIC ASPECTS OF MINOAN WRITING.

This article looks at the non-utilitarian functions of writing in Crete during the Palatial period. It argues that writing was used as a marker of status and prestige and that it was also used for communication with the divine. It also attempts to interpret what have usually been seen as isolated ex...

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Published in:European Journal of Archaeology Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 29 - 42
Main Author: Whittaker, Helène
Format: Article
Published: Cambridge University Press Apr2005
Subjects:
Pseudocode (Computer program language)
Writing
Communication
Signs & symbols
Inscriptions
Crete (Greece)
Greece
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:This article looks at the non-utilitarian functions of writing in Crete during the Palatial period. It argues that writing was used as a marker of status and prestige and that it was also used for communication with the divine. It also attempts to interpret what have usually been seen as isolated examples of writing systems as pseudo-writing.