Is the 7,200 Year-Old Greek Dispilio 'Tablet' the Earliest Recorded Piece of Writing?
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Skeptics debate whether the Dispilio 'Tablet' incisions are a true proto-writing system or merely "marking" symbols for property, ritual, or tallying.
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Introduction
The Neolithic lakeside settlement of Dispilio, Greece, dating between 6,000 and 12,000 BCE, has yielded a controversial find: a "wooden tablet bearing engraved symbols." Archaeologists involved in the excavation suggest these carvings"represent the earliest known example of writing, predating Sumerian cuneiform by thousands of years.
Critics and skeptics debate whether these incisions are a true proto-writing system or merely "marking" symbols for property, ritual, or tallying. We will work to get to the bottom of it.
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