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Zapotec script

The Zapotec script is the writing system of the Zapotec culture and represents one of the earliest writing systems in Mesoamerica. Rising in the late Pre-Classic era after the decline of the Olmec civilization, the Zapotecs of present-day Oaxaca built an empire around Monte Albán. One characteristic of Monte Albán is the large number of carved stone…

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Direction
Top to bottom
Languages
Zapotec languages
Parent systems
Zapotec script
Period
5th century BCE to 8th century CE
Script type
Undeciphered
Sister systems
Isthmian script? · Mayan script?

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Origins

San Jose Mogote Monument 3 ("Danzante")

At Monte Albán

Wider usage and development

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Zapotec script

Nodes38
Edges37
Triples25
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.052632
Components1

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Zapotec script

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related to Wider usage and development · 16
Zapotec script → As, At, CE, Central Mexican, Chiapas, Guerrero, Isthmus, Mesoamerica, Oaxaca, Pacific, Tehuantepec, Teotihuacan, The, The Zapotec, Traditionally, Zapotec
Sister systems · 2
Zapotec script → Isthmian script?, Mayan script?
is a · 2
Zapotec script → Pacific coast of Oaxaca and Guerrero, writing system of the Zapotec culture and represents one of the earliest writing systems in Mesoamerica
Direction · 1
Zapotec script → Top to bottom
Languages · 1
Zapotec script → Zapotec languages
Parent systems · 1
Zapotec script → Zapotec script
Period · 1
Zapotec script → 5th century BCE to 8th century CE
Script type · 1
Zapotec script → Undeciphered

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script writing zapotec monte albán oaxaca period bce mesoamerica system phonetic ce earliest ipa san jose mogote 500 development carved

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Zapotec scriptDirectionTop to bottom1.00infobox
Zapotec scriptLanguagesZapotec languages1.00infobox
Zapotec scriptParent systemsZapotec script1.00infobox
Zapotec scriptPeriod5th century BCE to 8th century CE1.00infobox
Zapotec scriptScript typeUndeciphered1.00infobox
Zapotec scriptSister systemsIsthmian script?1.00infobox
Zapotec scriptSister systemsMayan script?1.00infobox
Zapotec scriptis awriting system of the Zapotec culture and represents one of the earliest writing systems in Mesoamerica0.90text
Zapotec scriptis aPacific coast of Oaxaca and Guerrero0.90text
Zapotec scriptrelated to Wider usage and developmentThe Zapotec0.60section
Zapotec scriptrelated to Wider usage and developmentMesoamerica0.60section
Zapotec scriptrelated to Wider usage and developmentThe0.60section

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