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A Newly Discovered Column in the Hieroglyphic Text on La Mojarra Stela 1: A Test of the Epi-Olmec Decipherment

John S. Justeson, Terrence Kaufman, 1997. Science 277(5323), pp. 207 to 210.

Reports that a column of glyphs noticed on the side of La Mojarra Stela 1 in November 1995, after the 1993 decipherment, read readily with the 1993 values, and presents this as a test passed.

MYS0CYBBQ225GHJ · mystery · click to copyMCascajal block and Isthmian writingArticledoi: 10.1126/science.277.5323.207Checked against the original0

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The decipherers' predictive test.

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Justeson, J. S., & Kaufman, T. (1997). A Newly Discovered Column in the Hieroglyphic Text on La Mojarra Stela 1: A Test of the Epi-Olmec Decipherment. Science 277(5323), pp. 207 to 210. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.277.5323.207
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