# Jean-Pierre Olivier 1986: Cretan Writing in the Second Millennium B.C.

> Jean-Pierre Olivier, 1986. 8 records on Mysteries Department cite it. World Archaeology 17(3), pp. 377 to 389. Olivier's survey of the three Cretan…

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# Cretan Writing in the Second Millennium B.C.

Jean-Pierre Olivier, 1986.

**Cretan Hieroglyphic** Articledoi: **[10.1080/00438243.1986.9979977](https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.1986.9979977)** 0

## What it's used for here

World Archaeology 17(3), pp. 377 to 389. Olivier's survey of the three Cretan scripts before CHIC, setting out the corpus counts, the coexistence of Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A in the Protopalatial palaces, and his view that the two are separate scripts of the same administration. Abstract not retrieved (publisher page blocked).

## Cited by on this site 8 records

[Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A were used at the same time in the same palaces, on the same kinds of administrative…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/evidence/EVD0DEEAA6BZ807/cretan-hieroglyphic-and-linear-a-were-used-at-the-same-time)

Evidence

EVD

[The coexistence of two scripts in one administration leaves room for more than one language on Protopalatial Crete.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/evidence/EVD0DEEAVYQ4RMW/the-coexistence-of-two-scripts-in-one-administration-leaves)

Evidence

EVD

[The same administrations kept the two scripts apart for two centuries, which some read as a sign of two languages or…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/evidence/EVD0DEEAMGFAYWN/the-same-administrations-kept-the-two-scripts-apart-for-two)

Evidence

EVD

[The scripts run side by side for most of their history rather than one replacing the other, and the Archanes seals are…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/evidence/EVD0DEEBEMTE79N/the-scripts-run-side-by-side-for-most-of-their-history)

Evidence

EVD

[The two scripts coexist from about 1800 BC in the same palaces and share sign shapes and some sign groups, which fits…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/evidence/EVD0DEEBDYYJE2R/the-two-scripts-coexist-from-about-1800-bc-in-the-same)

Evidence

EVD

[Jean-Pierre Olivier](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/people/FIG0DEDR2RNQSAD/jean-pierre-olivier)

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[Cretan Hieroglyphic](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic)

The mystery article

MYS

[How is Cretan Hieroglyphic related to Linear A: parent, sister, or neither?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/questions/QST0DEDWYGYVMBZ/how-is-cretan-hieroglyphic-related-to-linear-a-parent-sister)

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## Cite it

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Jean-Pierre Olivier (1986). Cretan Writing in the Second Millennium B.C.. https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.1986.9979977
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