# Mäder's classification is built on Winn's and Merlini's published sign identifications, which Mäder himself…

> Mäder's classification is built on Winn's and Merlini's published sign identifications, which Mäder himself criticises, so it has not been tested on an…

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# Mäder's classification is built on Winn's and Merlini's published sign identifications, which Mäder himself…

Mäder's classification is built on Winn's and Merlini's published sign identifications, which Mäder himself criticises, so it has not been tested on an independent corpus.

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## What it means

Key question[Do the Vinča signs record language, a conventional notation, or neither?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/questions/QST0DEDW2Y5RPT1/do-the-vinca-signs-record-language-a-conventional-notation)

6 answers, none ahead yet

**Open** unchanged

Answer this evidence bears on[Mostly marks, with a small notation subset](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/answers/ANS0DEDY5KJ4CYS/mostly-marks-with-a-small-notation-subset)

Bears on1 for, none against

**Still possible** unchanged

## Sources 2

[Ist die Donauschrift Schrift? Eine systematische Untersuchung der Zeichensequenzen aus der Vinča-Kultur (5200-3400 v. Chr.)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDMNMGY359/ist-die-donauschrift-schrift-eine-systematische-untersuchung)

Mäder 2019

SRC

[Pre-writing in Southeastern Europe: The Sign System of the Vinča Culture, ca. 4000 B.C.](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKP9499A0/pre-writing-in-southeastern-europe-the-sign-system-of-the)

Winn 1981

SRC

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Mäder's classification is built on Winn's and Merlini's published sign identifications, which Mäder himself… [Evidence EVD0DEEAWP0Q4V7]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEAWP0Q4V7
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**EVD** 0DEEAWP0Q4V7

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