Editing Chevron (insignia) (section)

==Ancient history==
Appearing on [[pottery]] and [[Rock art|petrographs]] throughout the ancient world, the chevron can be considered to be one of the oldest symbols in human history, with V-shaped markings occurring as early as the [[Neolithic era]] (6th to 5th millennia [[Before Christ|BC]]) as part of the [[Vinča symbols]] inventory. The [[Vinča culture]] responsible for the symbols appear to have used the chevron as part of a larger [[proto-writing]] system rather than any sort of heraldic or decorative use, and are not known to have passed the symbol on to any subsequent [[Archaeological culture|cultures]].<ref name="Mäder 2019">Mäder, Michael: ''Ist die Donauschrift Schrift?'' Budapest: Archaeolingua. {{ISBN|978-615-5766-29-9}}, (2019),</ref>

Many comparatively recent examples appear from approximately 1800 BC onward, beginning as part of an archaeological recovery of pottery designs from the palace of [[Knossos]] on [[Crete]] in the modern day country of [[Greece]].<ref>C.Michael Hogan (2007) [http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/10854/knossos.html#fieldnotes ''Knossos Fieldnotes'' The Modern Antiquarian]</ref> Furthermore the [[Nubia]]n [[Kingdom of Kerma]] produced pottery with decorative repertoire confined to geometric designs such as chevrons.<ref>{{cite book| last = Bianchi| first = Robert Steven| title = Daily Life of the Nubians| year = 2004| publisher = Greenwood Publishing Group| isbn = 978-0-313-32501-4| page = 81 }}</ref>