'oldest' New World Writing Found

[Ozymandias]

Ancient civilisations in Mexico developed a writing system as early as 2,000 years ago, new evidence suggests.

The discovery in the state of Veracruz of a block inscribed with symbolic shapes has astounded anthropologists.

Researchers tell Science magazine that they consider it to be the oldest example of writing in the New World.

 

BBC - "oldest" New World writings

[DecimusCaesar]

Interesting discovery! Am I mistaken or have the BBC reporters saying that the Olmec writings pre-date Western writings by 400 years. They then say it dates to the early first millennium BC. Didn't the Minoans have a system of writing (linear A, Linear B ?) that predates this era...going to the back to the Second Millennium BC and before the Trojan wars.