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The Quest for Information Retrieval: An Inscribed Relic from Ancient Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Part I

Tomi S. Melka, Robert M. Schoch, 2021. Asian and African Studies 30(1).

Analyses a small wooden object with a single glyph, and in passing summarises the state of the corpus (a couple of dozen accepted texts from two glyphs to over 2,000) and the weaknesses of Barthel's sign inventory. Pages 137 onward.

MYS0D4CC6RM5DJH · mystery · click to copyMRongorongoArticledoi: 10.31577/aassav.2021.30.1.07Checked against the original0

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Source for the corpus description and for the critique of Barthel's inventory.

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Melka, T. S., & Schoch, R. M. (2021). The Quest for Information Retrieval: An Inscribed Relic from Ancient Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Part I. Asian and African Studies 30(1). https://doi.org/10.31577/aassav.2021.30.1.07
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