Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ILLUSTRATIONS vi
4. VIGNETTES xix
5. Preface. Navigating through the Book xx
6. Acknowledgments xxiii
7. Introduction 1
8. CHAPTER 1 BIOGRAPHIC ART AS PICTURE WRITING 39
9. CHAPTER 2 THE BIOGRAPHIC ART LEXICON 86
10. CHAPTER 3 THE PICTOGRAPHIC DICTIONARY 102
11. CHAPTER 4 CONVENTIONS AND CONNOTATIONS 328
12. CHAPTER 5 READING THE NARRATIVES 407
13. APPENDIX I SITE NAMES AND NUMBERS FOR FIGURE 1.1, NORTH AND SOUTH HALVES 425
14. APPENDIX II SOURCE MATERIALS AND SITE INDEX FOR ILLUSTRATIONS 428
15. APPENDIX III IDENTIFICATION OF SOURCE MATERIALS FOR FIGURES 433
16. GLOSSARY 442
17. REFERENCES 446
18. INDEX 464