history of writing

[stan]

http://www.ancientscripts.com/ma_ws.html

Here is an excellent site on the history or writing with lots of good
illustrations. It's long....but a good reference for this board.

[Minimalist]

Great find, Stan.

[Guest]

yes a good site toperuse, thoughit seems more focused on mayan/olmec language than most of theothers. i didn't find where they said how early writing started except that 'egypt and indus developeded independently from mesoamerica'

any cross references available to date the origin of writing?

[marduk]

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/index.htm

[Beagle]

Thanks Stan. Good reference.

[stan]

Thanks for the omniglot link, marduk.