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Monument 3 at San Jose Mogote
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based on a drawing at Japanese Wikipedia, created & uploaded there by Siyajkak, with some highlighting of the glyphs by Madman hisself.
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September 2, 2006
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Madman
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GFDL
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Monument 3 is one of the earliest examples of writing and calendrics in Mesoamerica. Monument 3 depicts a slain captive with two glyphs inscribed below the body, probably giving the calendrical name of the victim (as given by his birth-day in the 260-day sacred Mesoamerican calendar (see Tonalpohualli).
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