ART HIS C139A Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Codex Borgia, La Mojarra Stela 1, El Mirador
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There are maya in mexico they occupy the state of chiapas and part of the state of tabasco. Tabasco is at the heart of the olmec world. It can be seen in the origins of writing. We go back in time to another culture that emerged, the. They emerged on a very broad, high altitude plain. Early on, in 500 bc, we see the emergence of a very large, dominant ceremonial center called monte alban. Monuments here were found and dated back to 500 bc. We begin to note that these had commonly been called danzantes because they look to be dancing, but these are in fact defeated individuals they have been castrated, their eyes are closed in death. Hieroglyphic writing begins with the zapotec, not the maya. We know exactly what we"re looking at thanks to the codex borgia. These codices tell us they are using a calendar constructed of 260 days 20 day signs and 13 numerals.
