'Earliest Writing' Found In China

BBC ^ | 4-17-2003 | Paul Rincon

[PLMerite]

"Here I sit, broken hearted..."

[montag813]

Good, hopefully now we can stop the whining on CNN about how Iraq is "where civilization began".

[Quix]

GREAT ARTICLE.

THANKS.

The National Palace Museum in Taipei has some such 7,000+ years old.

[D-fendr]

Is that work still valid?

Dunno. First learned of it 25 years ago; last saw it referenced (as valid) about five or so years ago I think.

I did a little googling: Here's a link to her book.  The local rag did a lengthy article about her in 1992 here.

Biblical Archaeology Review published an article by her in Jan, 2002.

She was also lecturing on it in 2002, here.

Seems to me it's certainly still in play.

[liberallarry]

Thanks for the references. It'll take me awhile to go through them. If I find anything of interest I'll certainly let you know.

It seems to me that this was certainly "proto" writing. I wonder why the article's author doesn't mention it.

[SunkenCiv]

Another oldie that I'd missed. Thanks Blam. And now, an off-topic, drolly humorous interlude...

How does a liberal change a lightbulb? Doesn't. Under the zero-tolerance policy for burned-out bulbs, the ethnically balanced (i.e. non-white) maintenance staff is required to make sure all bulbs are lit at all times, and when burned out, replaced with strict observance of OSHA guidelines. [rimshot!]

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[SunkenCiv]

thanks, D-fendr:

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How Writing Came About by Denise Schmandt-Besserat U of T page

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[SunkenCiv]

a couple of D-fendr's links died, here are the Wayback Machine links:

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.bib-arch.org/bswb_BAR/aojf02origins.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20021112022314/http://bib-arch.org/bswb_BAR/aojf02origins.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20030120234611/http://bib-arch.org/bswb_BAR/aojf02origins.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20030327104335/http://www.bib-arch.org/bswb_BAR/aojf02origins.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20030402151911/http://www.bib-arch.org/bswb_BAR/aojf02origins.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20030607224837/http://bib-arch.org/bswb_BAR/aojf02origins.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20030625012208/http://www.bib-arch.org/bswb_BAR/aojf02origins.html

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.beloit.edu/~pubaff/releases/2002/02writing.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20030101061211/http://www.beloit.edu/~pubaff/releases/2002/02writing.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20030301202917/http://www.beloit.edu/~pubaff/releases/2002/02writing.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20030502224323/http://www.beloit.edu/~pubaff/releases/2002/02writing.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20030818204932/http://www.beloit.edu/~pubaff/releases/2002/02writing.html

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[tet68]

Message found on 5,000 year old turtle shells...

Pick up two turtles, put one on post for later.