THE INVENTION OF WRITING ON RAPA NUI (EASTER ISLAND). NEW RADIOCARBON DATES ON THE RONGORONGO SCRIPT

Abstract Placing the origin of an undeciphered script in time is crucial to understanding the invention of writing in human history.Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, developed a script, now engraved on fewer than Recycling Bins 30 wooden objects, which is still undeciphered.Its origins are also obscure.Central to this issue is whether the scri