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DescriptionJiahu writing.svg SVG version of Image:Jiahu writing.gif using Inkscape. Examples of the——script found at the Jiahu archaeological site
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Nature, April 28, 2003 (original filename writing_160.gif)

  • Helen R. Pilcher 'Earliest handwriting found? Chinese relics hint at Neolithic rituals', Nature (30 April 2003), doi:10.1038/news030428-7
  • Li, "X.", Harbottle, "G.", Zhang, J. & Wang, C. 'The earliest writing? Sign use in the "seventh millennium BC at Jiahu," Henan Province, China'. Antiquity, 77, 31 - 44, (2003).
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Example: the Chinese character 龍/龙 in seal script
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Examples of symbols found at the Neolithic Jiahu archaeological site in Henan
贾湖契刻符号

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Jiahu symbols

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