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The partly excavated main pyramid of San Jose Mogote San Jose Mogote and other important Formative Period settlements. San José Mogote is a pre-Columbian archaeological site of the Zapotec, a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in the region of what is now the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
The earliest known artifact with Zapotec writing is a Danzante ("dancer") stone, officially known as Monument 3, found in San José Mogote, Oaxaca. It has a relief of what appears to be a dead and bloodied captive with two glyphic signs between his legs, possibly his name.
One of the earliest settlements in the Oaxaca Valley was San José Mogote, located in the northwestern part of the Etla arm.Initially a permanent agricultural village during the Early Formative, it eventually developed social stratification where elite social positions were ascribed, i.e., sociopolitical prominence was achieved at birth, rather than earned.
Tierras Largas is categorized as a smaller, hamlet village in its region. Located on fertile soils, it was a farming village that contributed resources to the larger governing chiefdom of San José Mogote, 10 kilometers north of Tierras Largas.
The earliest known monument with Zapotec writing is a "Danzante" stone, officially known as Monument 3, found in San Jose Mogote, Oaxaca. It has a relief of what appears to be dead and bloodied captive with two glyphic signs between his legs, probably his name.
San José Mogote: Oaxaca Mexico: 1300 BCE Town San José Mogote was the largest and most important Zapotec settlement in the Valley of Oaxaca during the Early and Middle Formative periods.| [7] Chavín de Huantar: Áncash Peru: 1200 BCE Religious center Occupation at Chavín de Huántar by the Chavín people has been carbon dated to at least ...
Mirrors produced at San José Mogote were distributed to relatively distant places such as Etlatongo and the Olmec city of San Lorenzo. [33] The mirrors from San José Mogote that were excavated at San Lorenzo have been dated to between 1000 and 750 BC. [34] Towards the end of this period, mirror production at San José declined and halted ...
For some time, San Jose Mogote monument 3 (see below) has been considered among the earliest evidence for writing in Mesoamerica, [1] roughly contemporary with La Venta Monument 13, [4] and only slightly later than the San Andres glyphs (both representing possible Olmec writing), but well before Epi-Olmec (Isthmian) script.