Oldest writing in the New World.
A block with a hitherto unknown system of writing has been found in the Olmec heartland of Veracruz, Mexico. Stylistic and other dating of the block places it in the early first millennium before the common era, the oldest writing in the New World, with features that firmly assign this pivotal development to the Olmec civilization of Mesoamerica.
Rodríguez Martínez
Ma del Carmen
Mdel C
Centro del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Benito Juárez Número 425-431, Veracruz, Mexico.
Ortíz Ceballos
Ponciano
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Coe
Michael D
MD
Diehl
Richard A
RA
Houston
Stephen D
SD
Taube
Karl A
KA
Delgado Calderón
Alfredo
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D001106:Archaeology; D002962:Civilization / Q000266:history*; D003469:Culture; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico; D014956:Writing / Q000266:history*