What do the dazante figures from monte alban depict?
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What do the dazante figures from monte alban now thought to depict? What do the dazante figures from monte alban thought to depict in the 19th century?
tortured, sacrificed war prisoners sacrificial victims
dancers
Monte Albán
What do the dazante figures from monte alban depict?
Monte Albán Zapotec civilization San José Mogote Dainzú Olmecs Mesoamerican writing systems Guiengola
The <b>figures are</b> said to <b>represent</b> sacrificial victims, which explains the morbid 
characteristics of the <b>figures</b>. The Danzantes feature physical traits characteristic 
of&nbsp;... Painted ceramic funerary urn <b>depicting</b> a seated <b>figure</b>. Zapotec culture (phase 
<b>Monte Albán</b> III), Early and Middle Classic Period (100-700 AD). Mexico. Like 
most&nbsp;... San José Mogote is a pre-Columbian archaeological site of the Zapotec, a 
Mesoamerican culture that flourished in the region of what is now the Mexican 
state of Oaxaca. A forerunner to the better-known Zapotec site of <b>Monte Albán</b>, 
San José ... This <b>would</b> enable an individual to gain a foothold up in social 
ranking, as that&nbsp;... The site features a gallery of carved stone bas-reliefs similar in style to the 
<b>danzante</b> bas-reliefs at <b>Monte Albán</b>. Forty-seven of these <b>represent</b> ball-players
&nbsp;... The Olmecs were the earliest known major civilization in Mesoamerica following 
a progressive ... The Kunz axes (also known as &quot;votive axes&quot;) <b>are figures</b> that 
<b>represent</b> werejaguars and were apparently used for rituals. ... victims (as <b>do the</b> 
<b>danzante figures</b> of <b>Monte Albán</b>) or scenes of human sacrifice (such as <b>can</b> be 
seen&nbsp;... These <b>are</b>, however, speculations. The earliest known monument with Zapotec 
writing is a &quot;<b>Danzante</b>&quot; stone, officially known as Monument 3, found in San Jose
&nbsp;... <b>Monte Albán</b> was one of the first major cities in Mesoamerica and the center of a 
Zapotec state that dominated much of what we know of as the current state of&nbsp;...
sacrificial victims
Monte Albán