Person · in 1 mystery

Marco Merlini

Italian researcher (Prehistory Knowledge Project, Institute of Archaeomythology) who built the DatDas databank of Danube script signs and re-investigated Tărtăria with Lazarovici

The Vinča signs 2 events 1 source

Marco Merlini is italian independent researcher on the Danube script; builder of the DatDas databank, and appears in the record of Vinča signs as italian researcher (Prehistory Knowledge Project, Institute of Archaeomythology) who built the DatDas databank of Danube script signs and re-investigated Tărtăria with Lazarovici.

Two events on the site involve Merlini, from The Signs of Civilization symposium at Novi Sad gives the Danube script thesis an academic platform (May 2004) to Lazarovici and Merlini publish radiocarbon dates for the Tărtăria bones; Starović surveys over 1,000 inscribed objects (Dec 2005).

Four questions rest in part on what Merlini did or said, among them “Do the Vinča signs record language, a conventional notation, or neither?”, which stands open: 6 answers, none ahead.

Written from the site's records. Improve it

In the mysteries

The Vinča signs

2 events

The mystery

Do the Vinča signs record language, a conventional notation, or neither?Open: 6 answers, none ahead

When were the Tărtăria tablets made, and are they genuine Neolithic objects from the pit Vlassa described?Open: 4 answers, none ahead

Do the Dispilio tablet, the Gradešnica plaque and the Karanovo seal belong to the same sign tradition as the Vinča pottery marks?No evidence yet: No evidence yet

How many distinct Vinča signs are there, and how stable is the inventory across sites and phases?No evidence yet: No evidence yet

What Marco Merlini did 2

May 2004The Signs of Civilization symposium at Novi Sad gives the Danube script thesis an academic platform

with Harald Haarmann

Dec 2005Lazarovici and Merlini publish radiocarbon dates for the Tărtăria bones; Starović surveys over 1,000 inscribed objects

Worked with 1

Harald Haarmann

Sources 1

Neo-Eneolithic Literacy in Southeastern Europe: An Inquiry into the Danube Script

SRC

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Marco Merlini [Person FIG0DEDQ7CH0BF2]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/FIG0DEDQ7CH0BF2

@misc{mysteriesdept_fig0dedq7ch0bf2,
  title     = {Marco Merlini},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Person, catalog key FIG0DEDQ7CH0BF2},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/FIG0DEDQ7CH0BF2}
}