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KeyDo the Dispilio tablet, the Gradešnica plaque and the Karanovo seal belong to the same sign tradition as the Vinča pottery marks?

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KeyDo the Vinča signs record language, a conventional notation, or neither?

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Do the multi-sign Vinča sequences differ statistically from potters'-mark and emblem corpora of the same size?

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Is there any sign of a numeral system beyond simple stroke tallies?

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KeyHow many distinct Vinča signs are there, and how stable is the inventory across sites and phases?

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KeyWhat were the signs for: ownership, potters' marks, counting, ritual, or something else?

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KeyWhen were the Tărtăria tablets made, and are they genuine Neolithic objects from the pit Vlassa described?

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Were the Tărtăria tablets fired in antiquity or only after their discovery in 1961?

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