Answer · Easter Island moai

Rongorongo was in use before European contact.

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Where it stands

DisputedOne piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

What it predicts

Tablets carved on wood that predates 1722 and shows no European tool marks; an internal structure consistent with a developed system.

What would rule it out

All tablets on post-contact wood, or the glyphs shown to derive from European writing seen in 1770.

Evidence 1 for · none against

One Rome tablet's wood dates securely to the mid-fifteenth century; three others are nineteenth century.

Suggestive

FOR

The questions it answers

Is rongorongo a pre-contact writing system, and can it be read?

Part of Did Rapa Nui society collapse before European contact?

Open3 answers, none ahead

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Rongorongo was in use before European contact. [Answer ANS0CTG38582RAE]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CTG38582RAE

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  title     = {Rongorongo was in use before European contact.},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Answer, catalog key ANS0CTG38582RAE},
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