Two Recent Books on Ancient Scripts

Reviewed Works

The Shape of Script: How and Why Writing Systems Change, edited by Stephen D. Houston (School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series). Pp. xxiii + 317, figs. 54, tables 5. School for Advanced Research Press, Santa Fe 2012. $34.95. ISBN 978-1-934691-42-7 (paper).

Agency in Ancient Writing, edited by Joshua Englehardt. Pp. xviii + 299, figs. 76, tables 7. University Press of Colorado, Boulder 2012. $75. ISBN 978-1-60732-199-6 (cloth).