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Science 3 March 2006:
Vol. 311. no. 5765, pp. 1249 - 1250
DOI: 10.1126/science.1122724
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ANTHROPOLOGY:
An Example of Preclassic Mayan Writing?

Stephen D. Houston

Archaeological discoveries at San Bartolo, Guatemala, have provided a rich trove of information about Maya culture. Painted hieroglyphs in an early temple at this site suggest that Mayan writing had developed by 200 to 300 B.C.

The author is in the Department of Anthropology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA. E-mail: stephen_houston{at}brown.edu

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)