WRITING
Archaeologists say the oldest known writing was found on a tablet in Mesoamerica at a site called Cascajal, and they believe that it is Olmec writing. Some argue that it is a fake, since the symbols are in horizontal rows, and all other mesoamerican writing found are in vertical columns. Others believe the tablet is real, and that they will find many more.
The Chavin, on the other hand, used no writing system that archaeologists have ever found evidence for.
Archaeologists say the oldest known writing was found on a tablet in Mesoamerica at a site called Cascajal, and they believe that it is Olmec writing. Some argue that it is a fake, since the symbols are in horizontal rows, and all other mesoamerican writing found are in vertical columns. Others believe the tablet is real, and that they will find many more.
The Chavin, on the other hand, used no writing system that archaeologists have ever found evidence for.