Tokens are first identified at around the same time as the local peoples changed from a life based on hunting and gathering to one based on agriculture. The tokens, as Schmandt-Besserat says, "were part and parcel of the Neolithic phenomenon; that is, the so-called agricultural revolution." (Before Writing 41).

... I was fascinated by a pair of stories about a Neolithic girl who wrote the first letter, and invented the first alphabet.

What am I supposed to do with this neolithic piece of machinery?

For the Neolithics, the stone was flint, and it's still impressive to see what they were able to achieve with it.

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