Preliminary Report on the Study of the Written Language of Easter Island

Nikolai A. Butinov, Yuri V. Knorozov, 1957. Journal of the Polynesian Society 66(1).

Proposes that a repeated run of about fifteen glyphs on the Small Santiago tablet (Gv5 to 6) is a genealogy, with a repeated glyph marking a title, and reports early statistical work on the texts. Pages 5 to 17.

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What it's used for here

Origin of the genealogy reading, still regarded as plausible.

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A repetitive run on text G with a recurring marker glyph is structured like a genealogy.

Evidence

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The mystery article

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Cite it

Butinov, N. A., & Knorozov, Y. V. (1957). Preliminary Report on the Study of the Written Language of Easter Island. Journal of the Polynesian Society 66(1). https://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/

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Butinov, Nikolai A. and Yuri V. Knorozov. “Preliminary Report on the Study of the Written Language of Easter Island.” Journal of the Polynesian Society 66(1) (1957).