Oaxacan Culture - Oaxacan Culture

Japanese: オアハカ文化 - オアハカぶんか

The term refers to the Zapotec and Mixtec cultures that developed mainly in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. The Zapotec culture was born around the 7th century BCE, influenced by the Olmec culture, and was centered around the ruins of Monte Alban. The characteristics of this early Zapotec culture can be seen in part in a stone carving called the "Dancing Man." The fact that this unique relief already bears an inscription combining numbers written with sticks and dots and letters, and its similarity to the stone carvings at the Cerro Sechin ruins in Peru, show some of the importance of this culture.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

メキシコ，オアハカOaxaca州を中心に展開したサポテカ文化とミシュテカ文化をいう。サポテカ文化は，モンテ･アルバン遺跡を中心に，前7世紀ころオルメカ文化の影響を受けつつ誕生した。この初期サポテカ文化は〈踊る人〉と称する石彫からその性格の一部を知ることができる。この特異な浮彫にすでに棒と点による数表記と文字を組み合わせた碑文がみられること，ペルーのセロ･セチン遺跡の石彫との類似などは，この文化の重要性の一端を示している。

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