precolumbiancivilizations

Zipotecs (Halea and Jason)

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~Zapotecs~

The Zapotec Community Flourished between 400 and 700 B.C. In the ancient town of Oaxaca.They made much art and were also famous for making a scultptures. Most Zapotecs were pvery artistic. The zapotec community is still poorly understood.

The zapotecs writing was very interesting. They were one of the earliest writers in Mesoamerica. The first examples of Zapotec writing are in the form of danzante slabs, stone monuments carved with the imag of slain and mutilated captives and a brief inscriptions. The majority of dazantes are found in Monte Alban, but one is found in the nearby town of San Jose Mogote.

The first European record of the Zapotec language dates from no earlier than the 16th century, and the ancient form of Zapotec from a thousand years ago and none of it is docemented at all so there is no evidence besides what we can find from the history. What we do know about Zapotec derive mostly from comparing with similiar features in other Mesoamerican writing systems. Like other Mesoamerica scripts, Zapotec used the bar-and-dot notation tro represent numbers.

The women in the Zapotec civilization had many important roles. They were expected to stay at the household and to take care of the kids, and to keep the house nice and clean.

The Zapotecs studies many things. The three main things that they studied were numbering, writing, and astronomy. The Zapotecs made a calender that all of them used, and it was a 65 day calender.

"The Zapotecs". April12, 2009.

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapotecs

"The Zapotecs". April 15, 2009.

http://www.indiginouspeople.net/Zapotecs

Zapotec sculpture