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The Earliest Traces of Protowriting: Compositional Glyphs in the Palaeolithic
Work on individual Upper Palaeolithic signs generally takes the form of inventories. One sign, Lozenge <◊>, has been interpreted as the stylisation of a fish. Other signs are still incomprehensible, b
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THE EARLIEST TRACES OF PROTOWRITING: COMPOSITIONAL GLYPHS IN THE PALAEOLITHIC00:00
GRADUALISM & CONTINUITY: NOT ONLY “US”?04:56
PETZINGER’S 2009 INVENTORY OF RECURRENT SYMBOLS08:00
PHENOLOGICAL ALMANACS09:01
ENTER THE LORTHET BATON12:40
RESEARCH ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT PALEOLITHIC REGISTERS (PARIETAL OR MOBILIARY)15:43
QUANTITATIVE SEMIOTICS16:43
RESEARCH QUESTIONS18:22
Q1: LOZENGE PRESENCE BY RIVER20:52
FLIPPING A COIN THOUSANDS OF TIMES21:36
LOZENGES REPRESENT SPECIFIC FISH 23:26
Q2: LOZENGE+PIPE AT SPAWNING SITES24:32
Q3: PIPE ONLY WITH FEMALES25:44
PIPES ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR WITH FEMALES28:03
Q4: PIPE OCCURRENCE IN BELLY28:52
Q4: PIPE OCCURRENCE IN BELLY30:04
Q5: PIPES PERPENDICULAR TO BODY31:30
COGNITIVE PRECURSORS OF A PROTO-WRITING SYSTEM32:06
I AWAIT YOUR MANY HELPFUL COMMENTS32:41