{"id":9452,"date":"2016-10-19T18:59:31","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T22:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jayceland.com\/blog\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=9452"},"modified":"2016-10-19T18:59:31","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T22:59:31","slug":"the-invention-of-writing-in-mesopotamia-new-approaches-to-a-very-old-problem-lecture-dr-jennifer-c-ross","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/jayceland.com\/blog\/event\/the-invention-of-writing-in-mesopotamia-new-approaches-to-a-very-old-problem-lecture-dr-jennifer-c-ross\/","title":{"rendered":"The Invention of Writing in Mesopotamia: New Approaches to a Very Old Problem lecture, Dr. Jennifer C. Ross"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dr. Jennifer C. Ross<\/strong> will present an <strong>Archaeological Assoc. of America (AIA), Rochester Society<\/strong> lecture titled <strong>The Invention of Writing in Mesopotamia: New Approaches to a Very Old Problem<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The invention of writing, an event that took place around the globe at several different times and places, has typically been attributed to a \"genius\" who had a need for a new method of communication and vision for how to fulfill that need. Evidence exists, however, that can get us closer to an answer of who invented cuneiform writing, and how; this lecture offers new perspectives on who the earliest writers were, and how they developed their communication system.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <em>[source: <a HREF=\"https:\/\/mag.rochester.edu\/calendar\/?event&#038;id=1098052&#038;from=20October2016&#038;to=20October2016\">MAG website<\/a>, 2016-Oct-17]<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Jennifer C. Ross will present an Archaeological Assoc. of America (AIA), Rochester Society lecture titled The Invention of Writing in Mesopotamia: New Approaches to a Very Old Problem. The invention of writing, an event that took place around the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jayceland.com\/blog\/event\/the-invention-of-writing-in-mesopotamia-new-approaches-to-a-very-old-problem-lecture-dr-jennifer-c-ross\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[3177],"class_list":["post-9452","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe_events_cat-jayceland-2016-oct-20","cat_jayceland-2016-oct-20"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayceland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/9452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayceland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayceland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayceland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jayceland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/9452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9520,"href":"https:\/\/jayceland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/9452\/revisions\/9520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayceland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayceland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9452"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayceland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=9452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}