A study says the inscription details an 1828 match and indicates players entered the cave before the games and for ceremonies.
A team of scholars and archaeologists have decoded Cherokee inscriptions written hundreds of years ago in a cave in Alabama.
The inscriptions inside Manitou Cave near Fort Payne are the first evidence of the tribe's syllabary, which uses symbols to create words.They say it details an 1828 match and indicates players entered the cave before the games and during intermission for specific ceremonies. Jan Simek, co-author of a study on the discovery, published in international archaeological journal Antiquity, said:"It is far more than a simple game."It is a ceremonial event that often continues over days, focusing on competition between two communities who epitomise the spirit and power of the people and their ancestors."
Another inscription that was"written backwards, as if addressing readers inside the rock itself" was not translated.
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