> Julio:
>
> Denise S-B's view of the origins of writing, based on
> fingers and toes tokens, is just as incomplete as
> the Shinago Bone and its numerical markings. Denise first
> wrote her 'token' thesis as a member of the Univ. of
> Texas at San Antonio, around 1986. The original paper
> was followed by the two books that you cited, and all
> three publications having been equally panned by
> professional linguistics and historians for being
> overly simplistic and generally not being historical.
Milo --
I hadn't realized that DSB's views were "panned by professional
linguistics and historians for being overly simplistic and generally not
being historical."
Can you give me any references?
Thanks.
Guy Brandenburg