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The Collapse of the Indus-Script Thesis: The Myth of a Literate Harappan Civilization
Steve Farmer, Richard Sproat, Michael Witzel, 2004. Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies.
Argues that the Indus Valley symbols were never a writing system, from their short inscriptions, sign frequencies and the absence of long texts, and that the civilisation was not literate.
What it's used for here
The inquiry-framework survey uses the Indus debate as a case where a 'not a script' answer needs its own tests, not just the failure of readings.
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Farmer, S., Sproat, R., & Witzel, M. (2004). The Collapse of the Indus-Script Thesis: The Myth of a Literate Harappan Civilization. Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies. https://hasp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/ejvs/article/view/620
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Farmer, Steve et al.. “The Collapse of the Indus-Script Thesis: The Myth of a Literate Harappan Civilization.” Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies (2004).