[SunkenCiv]

Thanks stainlessbanner.

I'd like to know a bit more about the dating method used; also, these don't appear to be anything but space-filling patterns rather than script characters.

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[Mamzelle]

First thought--"decorative."

[ValerieUSA]

I'd like to know a bit more about the dating method used

Eharmony?

[Fred Nerks]

The first known examples of writing may have been unearthed at an archaeological dig in Pakistan.

So-called 'plant-like' and 'trident-shaped' markings have been found on fragments of pottery dating back 5500 years.

Dr Richard Meadow of Harvard University: "We may be able to follow the history of signs." They were found at a site called Harappa in the region where the great Harappan or Indus civilisation flourished four and a half thousand years ago.

Harappa was originally a small settlement in 3500 BC but by 2600 BC it had developed into a major urban centre.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/334517.stm

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