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Original study by Beau Duke Carroll et al., "Talking stones: #Cherokee #syllabary in #ManitouCave, #Alabama" published in @AntiquityJ 93(368),...

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"The inscriptions were written in #Cherokee #syllabary, a writing system formally adopted in 1825. It quickly allowed a majority of the tribe to become literate in their own language, and the #ManitouCave inscriptions are among a few rare examples of historic Cherokee writing."

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