The Isthmian script is a very early Mesoamerican writing system in use in the area of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec from perhaps 500 BCE to 500 CE, although there is disagreement on these dates. It is also called the La Mojarra script and the Epi-Olmec script ('post-Olmec script').
Isthmian script is structurally similar to the later Maya script, and like Maya uses one set of characters to represent logograms (or word units) and a second set to represent syllables.
Read more about Isthmian Script: Recovered Texts, Decipherment
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