Some types of mathematics are as old as the written word.
Geometry is probably older. We have written records from cultures
that arose early in world history in which we can find geometry
problems and solutions. Ancient scholars were working on
geometry even as they were developing a system of writing to
express their geometric insights. We can also point to cultures that
never developed their own written language but did develop their
own arithmetic. At least in some cultures, ’rithmetic is the oldest
of the three Rs.