Izapa

Japanese: Izapa
Izapa

…However, during the three centuries preceding this, a culture flourished in the south that combined stone monuments and altars, stone carvings in relief, a writing system and dot-and-line representations of numbers, and other basic elements of the later Maya period. This culture is called the Izapa culture. There are also records of a long count system (calendar) dating back to the 1st century BCE, and it is believed that the early center of Maya culture was in the south. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Izapa" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しかしそれに先立つ3世紀余の間,南部を中心に,石碑と祭壇の組合せ,浮彫による石彫,石彫にみる文字体系や点と棒による数表現,その他のちのマヤ文化最盛期の基本的な文化要素を備えた文化が栄えた。これをイサパIzapa文化という。ここでは前1世紀に相当する長期計算法(暦)による年代記録も見つかっており,マヤ文化の初期の中心は南部地域にあったと考えることができる。…

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