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Published online 14 September 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news090611-11
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Written in stone
A previously unknown form of writing — and the oldest piece of text ever discovered in the Americas — has been unearthed in southern Mexico. Kerri Smith tries to decipher the questions posed by ancient scribes.
What has been found?
Archaeologists have unearthed a block of stone from the Veracruz region of Mexico that is inscribed with a mysterious and hitherto unknown script.
By comparing their find to other fragments of ceramics, clay and stone found in the same place, Ma.
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