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The Invention of Tradition: Vinča Script

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Vinča Culture

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Direct scholarly corrective on the problematic 'Vinča script' label, its media history, and its pseudoarchaeological and nationalist uses.

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Sign-bearing Vinča artifacts are real, but neither their age nor visual recurrence establishes a language-encoding writing system.

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The Vinča signs are old and genuine artifacts, while classification as true writing remains disputed.

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