Chapter IV · reading orientation
Kohau Field Notes · Page 18
Reader cohort · paired line review
The turn reveals the missing hand.
Straight-line scan
alternate rows treated as identical reading direction
38%
+38 pts
same tablets, rotated alternate lines
Reverse-boustrophedon scan
paired after each line is turned before comparison
76%
matched glyph pairs
n = 1,842 incisions
12 reader passes
alternate rows are compared after a half-turn
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Rapa Nui Rongorongo Glyph
design system, applied by
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