A conference on the emergence of Greek and other writing systems in the Early Iron Age Mediterranean, held under the auspices of the Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents at St. Hilda's College, Oxford, 1st - 3rd July 2004.

Supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the British Academy, the Craven Committee, the Hellenic Society, the Meyerstein Fund, the Puseyh & Ellerton Fund, the Classics Faculty and the School of Archaeology (University of Oxford).