Elizabeth Wayland Barber Quote

We decipherers cannot afford to be as picky as the linguist, who can always run back to a native speaker for a few more forms.


Archaeological Decipherment: A Handbook (ed. 1974)


We decipherers cannot afford to be as picky as the linguist, who can always run back to a native speaker for a few more forms.

We decipherers cannot afford to be as picky as the linguist, who can always run back to a native speaker for a few more forms.

We decipherers cannot afford to be as picky as the linguist, who can always run back to a native speaker for a few more forms.

We decipherers cannot afford to be as picky as the linguist, who can always run back to a native speaker for a few more forms.