Zapotecs / Monte Albán / Oaxaca / Mexico – Concentric Mandala Ancient Civilization
Tags
Recommended materials
This is how it could look
Zapotecs Monte Albán Oaxaca Mexico: characteristic concentric mandala — CENTER: characteristic Monte Albán Main Plaza characteristic extraordinary single artificially-levelled mountaintop plaza Mesoamerica characteristic enormous artificially-flattened hilltop characteristic North Platform large stepped multi-terraced / characteristic Building J arrowhead-shaped arrow-pointing characteristic building plan only differently-oriented building Monte Albán astronomical observatory war-trophy — RING 1: characteristic danzantes characteristic ~300 carved stone slabs nude near-nude distorted-body-posture incised-outline characteristic relief figures closed-eye death sacrifice / characteristic Zapotec cruciform tomb characteristic cross-shaped underground characteristic Zapotec tomb painted stucco-decorated characteristic tomb chamber walls — RING 2: characteristic Cocijo motif most important Zapotec deity Cocijo rain-lightning characteristic forked-tongue jaguar-serpent-combined characteristic Cocijo mask face characteristic bifurcated forked lightning-tongue projecting downward / characteristic Zapotec bat jaguar serpent motifs bat-god Murciélago night underworld death — RING 3: characteristic Zapotec funerary urn large complex figure-adorned characteristic Zapotec ceramic funerary urn god-figure-adorned mask-or-deity-figure-decorated characteristic urn face / characteristic Zapotec glyphs characteristic compound logograms-and-phonetic-signs characteristic Zapotec hieroglyphic script signs — BORDER: characteristic xicalcoliuhqui step-fret most important Mesoamerican geometric ornament characteristic interlocking stepped meander-like step-fret motif continuous interlocking frieze / characteristic 260-day Zapotec piye sacred calendar characteristic calendrical glyph signs.
