# Andrej Starović 2005: If the Vinča Script Once Really Existed Who Could Have Written or Read It?

> Andrej Starović, 2005. 7 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Survey of more than 1,000 inscribed fired-clay objects with over 1,500 signs from 17…

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# If the Vinča Script Once Really Existed Who Could Have Written or Read It?

Andrej Starović, 2005.

**Vinča signs** Articledoi: **[10.4312/dp.32.19](https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.32.19)** 0

## What it's used for here

Survey of more than 1,000 inscribed fired-clay objects with over 1,500 signs from 17 museum collections and over 40 Vinča sites; about 95 per cent of well-recorded finds come from houses and their pits, so the signs belong to domestic life. Starović argues the signs are a regular system of written communication, perhaps carried by craftsmen and traders. Documenta Praehistorica 32: 253-260. Open access.

## Cited by on this site 7 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)

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[Most signs sit alone on vessel bases or bodies in domestic contexts, where potters' and owners' marks are found in…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/evidence/EVD0DEE9CJ9X51M/most-signs-sit-alone-on-vessel-bases-or-bodies-in-domestic)

Evidence

EVD

[Starović's survey found inscribed objects in all 79 houses examined at 38 sites, with standardised recurring shapes…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/evidence/EVD0DEE9ADM7YX2/starovics-survey-found-inscribed-objects-in-all-79-houses)

Evidence

EVD

[Lazarovici and Merlini publish radiocarbon dates for the Tărtăria bones; Starović surveys over 1,000 inscribed objects](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/events/EVT0DEDT2Z2S6K0/lazarovici-and-merlini-publish-radiocarbon-dates-for-the)

EVT

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

The mystery article

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[National Museum of Serbia, Belgrade](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDPHB7WC05/national-museum-of-serbia-belgrade)

PLC

[What were the signs for: ownership, potters' marks, counting, ritual, or something else?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/questions/QST0DEDW3BWBZWN/what-were-the-signs-for-ownership-potters-marks-counting)

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## Cite it

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Andrej Starović (2005). If the Vinča Script Once Really Existed Who Could Have Written or Read It?. https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.32.19
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