# Shan M. M. Winn 1981: Pre-writing in Southeastern Europe: The Sign System of the Vinča Culture, ca. 4000 B.C.

> Shan M. M. Winn, 1981. 8 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The standard sign list (210 signs reduced to about 30 core shapes with variants) and…

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# Pre-writing in Southeastern Europe: The Sign System of the Vinča Culture, ca. 4000 B.C.

Shan M. M. Winn, 1981.

**Vinča signs** Book0

## What it's used for here

The standard sign list (210 signs reduced to about 30 core shapes with variants) and the first systematic corpus, built from Vinča, Turdaș (Tordos), Banjica and Divostin material; Winn's own verdict was "pre-writing", not writing. Calgary: Western Publishers, ISBN 0-919119-09-3. Source of the sign numbering used in Sproat's Vinca.xml corpus.

## Cited by on this site 8 records

[The inscribed pottery, whorls and figurines of Vinča-Belo Brdo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/artifacts/ART0DEDTPFPT74T/the-inscribed-pottery-whorls-and-figurines-of-vinca-belo)

ART

[Comb and brush motifs make up about a sixth of all signs and are plausibly tallies, and Mäder leaves 29.5 per cent of…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/evidence/EVD0DEE9BH2JY3Y/comb-and-brush-motifs-make-up-about-a-sixth-of-all-signs-and)

Evidence

EVD

[Mäder's classification is built on Winn's and Merlini's published sign identifications, which Mäder himself…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/evidence/EVD0DEEAWP0Q4V7/maders-classification-is-built-on-winns-and-merlinis)

Evidence

EVD

[Shan Winn publishes Pre-writing in Southeastern Europe with the 210-sign list](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/events/EVT0DEDT1V7KR8Y/shan-winn-publishes-pre-writing-in-southeastern-europe-with)

EVT

[Shan M. M. Winn](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDQ64A7D7S/shan-m-m-winn)

FIG

[The Vinča signs](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs)

The mystery article

MYS

[Turdaș (Tordos)](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDP8EPHHFC/turdas-tordos)

PLC

[How many distinct Vinča signs are there, and how stable is the inventory across sites and phases?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/questions/QST0DEDW37PF87Q/how-many-distinct-vinca-signs-are-there-and-how-stable-is)

Question

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## Cite it

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Shan M. M. Winn (1981). Pre-writing in Southeastern Europe: The Sign System of the Vinča Culture, ca. 4000 B.C.. https://search.worldcat.org/title/579644774
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