Earliest Known New World Writing Discovered.
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- Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 04:43:52 GMT
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We are dealing with the first, clear evidence of writing in the New World,"
said Stephen Houston, a Brown University anthropologist. Houston and his U.S.
and Mexican colleagues detail the tablet's discovery and analysis in a study
appearing this week in the journal Science.
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Based on other materials, including pottery sherds, believed found with the
slab, team concluded it is roughly 2,900 years old. Isolated signs similar to
those inscribed on the block also appear on even older figurines found
elsewhere in Mexico.
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