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Mäder's 2019 analysis of the sign sequences classed 59 per cent as pottery marks and 11.5 per cent as whorl ornament…

Mäder's 2019 analysis of the sign sequences classed 59 per cent as pottery marks and 11.5 per cent as whorl ornament, and concluded the Danube script is neither writing nor proto-writing.

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What it means

Openunchanged
Answer this evidence bears onThe signs are a writing system (the Danube script)
Counts against1 for, 2 against
Still possibleunchanged

Sources 1

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Mäder's 2019 analysis of the sign sequences classed 59 per cent as pottery marks and 11.5 per cent as whorl ornament… [Evidence EVD0DEE9AY8JDBR]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEE9AY8JDBR
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