# Michael Mäder 2019: Ist die Donauschrift Schrift? Eine systematische Untersuchung der Zeichensequenzen aus der Vinča-Kultur (5200-3400 v. Chr.) > Michael Mäder, 2019. 8 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The only systematic quantitative study of the sign sequences. Classifies 59 per cent of… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDMNMGY359/ist-die-donauschrift-schrift-eine-systematische-untersuchung Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Vinča signs](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs)Michael Mäder 2019 **0** # Ist die Donauschrift Schrift? Eine systematische Untersuchung der Zeichensequenzen aus der Vinča-Kultur (5200-3400 v. Chr.) Michael Mäder, 2019. **Vinča signs** Book0 ## What it's used for here The only systematic quantitative study of the sign sequences. Classifies 59 per cent of signs as pottery marks, 11.5 per cent as asymmetric spindle-whorl ornament and 29.5 per cent as possible non-phonetic (semasiographic) notation; concludes the Danube script is neither writing nor proto-writing, and criticises Winn's list for rotating and grouping signs arbitrarily. Budapest: Archaeolingua, Series Minor 42, 110 pp., ISBN 978-615-5766-29-9. ## Cited by on this site 8 records [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 [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 [Mäder's 2019 analysis of the sign sequences classed 59 per cent as pottery marks and 11.5 per cent as whorl ornament…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/evidence/EVD0DEE9AY8JDBR/maders-2019-analysis-of-the-sign-sequences-classed-59-per) 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 [Mäder's three-way classification (59 per cent pottery marks, 11.5 per cent whorl ornament, 29.5 per cent possible…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/evidence/EVD0DEE9ET12F63/maders-three-way-classification-59-per-cent-pottery-marks-11) Evidence EVD [Michael Mäder publishes the first systematic quantitative study and concludes the signs are not writing](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/events/EVT0DEDT3R0P1EC/michael-mader-publishes-the-first-systematic-quantitative) EVT [The Vinča signs](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs) The mystery article MYS [Do the Vinča signs record language, a conventional notation, or neither?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/questions/QST0DEDW2Y5RPT1/do-the-vinca-signs-record-language-a-conventional-notation) Question QST ## Cite it ``` Michael Mäder (2019). Ist die Donauschrift Schrift? Eine systematische Untersuchung der Zeichensequenzen aus der Vinča-Kultur (5200-3400 v. Chr.). https://www.hungarianarchaeology.hu/konyvajanlo/ist-die-donauschrift-schrift-eine-systematische-untersuchung-der-zeichensequenzen-aus-der-vinca-kultur-5200-3400-v-chr/ ``` [Find it at hungarianarchaeology.hu](https://www.hungarianarchaeology.hu/konyvajanlo/ist-die-donauschrift-schrift-eine-systematische-untersuchung-der-zeichensequenzen-aus-der-vinca-kultur-5200-3400-v-chr/) Key **SRC** 0DEDMNMGY359 Kind Book Rights The publisher's Kept 31 Oct 2026, for editors Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDMNMGY359/ist-die-donauschrift-schrift-eine-systematische-untersuchung/csl.json)