新世界最古老的文字。

Oldest writing in the New World.

作者信息

Rodríguez Martínez Ma del Carmen, Ortíz Ceballos Ponciano, Coe Michael D, Diehl Richard A, Houston Stephen D, Taube Karl A, Delgado Calderón Alfredo

机构信息

Centro del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Benito Juárez Número 425-431, Veracruz, Mexico.

出版信息

Science. 2006 Sep 15;313(5793):1610-4. doi: 10.1126/science.1131492.

DOI:10.1126/science.1131492

PMID:16973873

Abstract

A block with a hitherto unknown system of writing has been found in the Olmec heartland of Veracruz, Mexico. Stylistic and other dating of the block places it in the early first millennium before the common era, the oldest writing in the New World, with features that firmly assign this pivotal development to the Olmec civilization of Mesoamerica.

摘要

在墨西哥韦拉克鲁斯的奥尔梅克中心地带发现了一块带有迄今未知书写系统的石板。根据风格及其他年代测定方法，这块石板可追溯到公元前一千年早期，是新世界最古老的文字，其特征明确表明这一关键的文字发展应归功于中美洲的奥尔梅克文明。