Script Delivery: New World writing takes disputed turn [ from 2002 ]

Science News; Vol. 162, No. 23 , p. 355 ^ | Dec. 7, 2002 | Bruce Bower

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Inscriptions on the seal and plaque display important elements of later scripts employed by civilizations in Mexico and Central America, the researchers say. These include a mix of language-related symbols and drawings, as well as references to a sacred calendar and specific kings. According to the scientists, the seal carries two sets of symbols emanating from the beak of a bird to show that the signs represent spoken words. Pohl and her coworkers interpret these hieroglyphics as representing the name "King 3 Ajaw." ...The researchers couldn't translate the two complete hieroglyphic signs and two possible partial ones on the plaque fragments... Pohl's position receives partial support from John Justeson of the State University of New York at Albany and Terrence Kaufman of the University of Pittsburgh. At least one of the San Andrés plaques—but not the seal—bears symbols that were part of a writing system, Justeson and Kaufman assert in a joint e-mail to Science News. This finding reinforces earlier suggestions that a stone monument at another Olmec site contains writing that dates to about 500 B.C., they hold. Olmec researcher Michael D. Coe of Yale University regards the new finds as "an early kind of writing." However, it will take more discoveries to confirm that the symbols represented speech, he says.

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This story was linked off the story about the not-so-recent but recently announced Veracruz inscription.

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TELLTALE SIGNS. Examples of newly discovered Olmec inscriptions appear on jade plaque fragments and this colored imprint from a cylindrical seal. — Pohl, K. Pope, and C. von Nagy

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This is a story from 2002, related to the recently announced Veracruz inscription.

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Oldest writing in the New World discovered
NewScientist.com | 14 September 2006 | Jeff Hecht
Posted on 09/14/2006 4:09:26 PM EDT by flevit
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1701572/posts

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Inscription says:Rockin' robin, Go Rockin' robin, you're really gonna rock tonite!

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bird bump.

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That wings a bell.

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The Secret Language of Birds...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIs0vtujiPk

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Capon sending those interesting links.

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Did you call me a capon? LOL

You know about the language of birds, right? How much of it is a bunch of new agey hokum & how much of it was earlier human beliefs, I've no idea. But, since the list is *G*GG...

http://www.innerlight.org.uk/journals/Vol24No4/langbird.htm

http://www.thorsons.com/resources/extracts/ex_Secret_language_birds_nozedar.pdf#search=%22language%20of%20birds%22

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