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.
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Smith, K. Written in stone. Nature (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/news090611-11
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