News and Notes:
Our sincere condolences to the family, colleagues, students and friends of
Dr. Rasho Stanev Rashev (b. 1943) who died in a tragic accident February 28 of this year.
Dr. Rashev was a First Degree Senior Research Fellow and Director of the National Institute of Archaeology and Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia Bulgaria. His spirited dedication to the ethical preservation and professional development of Bulgarian archaeology will be greatly missed.
The Journal of Archaeomythology Winter Issue 2008
The current issue of our online Journal focuses on the Neolithic symbol system of Southeast Europe by featuring selected papers from the symposium, "Signs of Civilization," held in Novi Sad in collaboration with the Novi Sad Branch of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Contents:
An Introduction to the Study of the Danube Script
Harald Haarmann and Joan Marler
The Danube Script and other Ancient Writing Systems: A Typology of Distinctive Features
Harald Haarmann
Challenging Some Myths About the Tărtăria Tablets:Icons of the Danube Script
Marco Merlini
Symbols and Signs of the Cucuteni-Tripolye Culture
Cornelia–Magda Lazarovici
Database for Signs and Symbols of Spiritual Life
Gheorghe Lazarovici
The Danube (Old European) Script:
Ritual use of Signs in the Balkan-Danube Region c. 5200-3500 BC
Shan M. M. Winn
Book review: A New Look at Culture
Jeri L. Studebaker
The Journal of Archaeomythology, is a peer-review online publication.
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Mark this date!
The National Brukenthal museum, Sibiu, Romania, will host an international symposium, “The Danube script: Neo-Eneolithic ‘writing’ in Southeastern Europe,”
accompanied by a multi-media exhibition of photographs of inscribed artifacts from Romania, and paintings of inscribed objects from the larger Danube region. These events are sponsored by the National Brukenthal Museum in collaboration with the Institute of Archaeomythology.
May 18-20, 2008
National Brukenthal Museum, Sibiu, Romania
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