AMERICA'S FIRST WRITING: GLYPHS OF THE OLMEC AND ZAPOTEC - Native American Writing Systems, Part 6

Edgar explains how the ancient Olmec and Zapotec of southern Mexico wrote in glyphs, the earliest grammar-based writing in the Americas! He reads texts from visits to the Dallas Museum of Art and the archaeological site Monte Alban, Oaxaca.

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0:00 Introduction: Greetings from Monte Alban
1:00 The Olmec Ahuelican Tablet
2:41 The Cascajal Block
4:38 Monte Alban and the Zapotec
8:31 Monte Alban Building "J"

Marcus, J. and K. Flannery 1996 Zapotec Civilization: How Urban Society Evolved in Mexico's Oaxaca Valley. London: Thames and Hudson.
Urcid Serrano, J. 2001 Zapotec Hieroglyphic Writing. Washington: Dumbarton Oaks. Electronic resource accessed Nov. 21, 2021:
https://ia803400.us.archive.org/3/ite...
Dallas Museum of Art notes on the Guerrero Olmec celt: https://collections.dma.org/artwork/3...
Dallas Museum of Art notes on the Ahuelican tablet: https://collections.dma.org/artwork/5...
Public Domain Cascajal Block image from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascaja...
John Justeson's lecture on the Zapotec "W"-Glyph:    • "La cuenta lunar de los zapotecos pre...  
Public Domain Ming Dynasty letter by Song Jue from the Metropolitan Museum of Art: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...