Chiapa de Corzo (Mesoamerican site)
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Chiapa de Corzo is an archaeological site of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, located in the Chiapas highlands region of present-day Mexico. The modern township of Chiapa de Corzo, founded in Colonial times and after which the site was named, is nearby.
[edit] History
The site shows evidence of continual occupation since the Early Formative period ( ca. 1400 BCE). The mounds and plazas at the Chiapa de Corzo archaeological site date to approximately 700 BCE with the temple and palace constructed during the Late Formative, perhaps 400 BCE to 200 CE.[1]
The oldest Maya Long Count date yet discovered, December 36 BCE, was found on one of several monuments here. Chiapa de Corzo is also notable for a pottery sherd containing what is likely Epi-Olmec script -- dated to as early as 300 BCE, this sherd would be the oldest instance of that writing system yet discovered.[2]
[edit] Notes
[edit] References
- Justeson, John S., and Kaufman, Terrence (2001) Epi-Olmec Hieroglyphic Writing and Texts.
- Lowe, G. W., "Chiapas de Corzo", in Evans, Susan, ed., Archaeology of Ancient Mexico and Central America, Taylor & Francis, London.
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