📅 4 April 2012
Published on 4 April 2012, the paper interprets patterned notches on the Central African artifact as a calculating tool.
📅 4 April 2012
Repeated relationships among notches are used to test arithmetic, calendar and slide-rule interpretations.
📅 4 April 2012
It challenges assumptions that formal numerical reasoning began only in literate Eurasian civilizations.
📅 4 April 2012
The paper presents a hypothesis, not certainty, reminding users that archaeological objects can sustain multiple mathematical readings.
