Denise Schmandt-Besserat
✓ Source-basedrisingProfessor of Art and Archaeology (born 1933)
Denise Schmandt-Besserat is a French-American archaeologist and retired professor of art and archaeology of the ancient Near East. She spent much of her professional career as a professor at the University of Texas. She is best known for her work on the history and invention of writing.
Also inDeutsch
Photos 1
On YouTube
113 subscribersAwards 1
Academics from United States 6
About this person
Denise Schmandt-Besserat is a French-American archaeologist and retired professor of art and archaeology of the ancient Near East. She spent much of her professional career as a professor at the University of Texas. She is best known for her work on the history and invention of writing. While her research is highly cited, it has been controversial among scholars. The controversies, as detailed below, concern the interpretation of early tokens, particularly the complex ones; however, the idea that writing emerged out of the counting, cataloging, management, and transactions of agricultural produce has been largely accepted.
United StatesFame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.