# Rongorongo was invented on Rapa Nui before 1722.

> Most likely: Rongorongo was invented on Rapa Nui before 1722.

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# Rongorongo was invented on Rapa Nui before 1722.

Rongorongo was invented on Rapa Nui before 1722.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Some tablets give direct radiocarbon dates on wood and carving before 1722.
- Glyph forms show developmental stages (palaeographic change) across the corpus.
- Early visitors' accounts or archaeological contexts include inscribed objects before the 1860s.

## What would rule it out

- Every tablet dated to the carving falls after 1770 and the single early date is shown to be old or reused wood.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[Barthel's glyph catalogue was built from texts carved in alternating orientation with developed ligatures, a…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rongorongo/evidence/EVD0D4CCH0R5BB3/barthels-glyph-catalogue-was-built-from-texts-carved-in)

Suggestive

FOR

[One of four Rome tablets gives a secure radiocarbon date of 1493 to 1509 cal AD.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rongorongo/evidence/EVD0D4CCGRY5PZS/one-of-four-rome-tablets-gives-a-secure-radiocarbon-date-of)

Supported

FOR

## The questions it answers

[Did rongorongo exist before European contact in 1722?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rongorongo/questions/QST0D4CCDBJ4KJW/did-rongorongo-exist-before-european-contact-in-1722)

Most likelyRongorongo was invented on Rapa Nui before 1722

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