# Rongorongo was in use before European contact.

> Disputed: Rongorongo was in use before European contact.

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# Rongorongo was in use before European contact.

Rongorongo was in use before European contact.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** One 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.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/easter-island-moai/evidence/EVD0CTG38D26Y53/one-rome-tablets-wood-dates-securely-to-the-mid-fifteenth)

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## The questions it answers

[Is rongorongo a pre-contact writing system, and can it be read?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/easter-island-moai/questions/QST0CTG30TW0W1X/is-rongorongo-a-pre-contact-writing-system-and-can-it-be)

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