# Horley 2009: Rongorongo Script: Carving Techniques and Scribal Corrections

> Paul Horley, 2009. 1 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for the carving technique and for corrections to Barthel's drawings.

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# Rongorongo Script: Carving Techniques and Scribal Corrections

Paul Horley, 2009. _Journal de la Société des Océanistes 129_.

Examines the tool marks and corrections on the tablets to reconstruct how the glyphs were cut, and identifies misreadings in earlier drawings. Pages 249 to 261.

**Rongorongo** Articledoi: **[10.4000/jso.5813](https://doi.org/10.4000/jso.5813)** Checked against the original0

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Source for the carving technique and for corrections to Barthel's drawings.

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Horley, P. (2009). Rongorongo Script: Carving Techniques and Scribal Corrections. Journal de la Société des Océanistes 129. https://doi.org/10.4000/jso.5813
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