Answer · Vinča signs
The signs are a writing system (the Danube script)
The Vinča signs are a writing system, the Old European or Danube script, able to record language or fixed meanings, developed independently before Mesopotamian writing.
Where it stands
Still possibleOne piece of evidence for, two against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.
What it predicts
- Multi-sign sequences repeat across sites far more often than a potters'-mark null model predicts.
- Sign order within a sequence carries information: some signs are confined to initial or final position, as in every known script.
- Longer texts (tens of signs) exist and will turn up in excavated contexts.
- A numeral system with bundling, not just strokes, is present.
What would rule it out
- An open corpus shows that sequence repetition and positional structure are no stronger than in heraldry, kudurru emblems or barn-star corpora of the same size.
- The longer objects (Tărtăria, Gradešnica) prove to be intrusive, modern or unrelated to the Vinča pottery marks.
Evidence 1 for · 2 against
AGAINST
The questions it answers
Open6 answers, none ahead
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). The signs are a writing system (the Danube script) [Answer ANS0DEDY2WPCBY6]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DEDY2WPCBY6
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