Numbers and Bodies: Potential Early Numeration on a Middle Preclassic Figurine from La Blanca, Guatemala
Julia Guernsey, Stephanie M. Strauss, Michael Love
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This article presents a potential instance of early dot-based numeration on a fragmentary Middle Preclassic ceramic figurine from La Blanca, Guatemala, dated to 750–650 cal BC. It opens with a discussion of numerical systems and their links to early writing and graphic notation, surveys the few known examples of pre-Late Preclassic numeration in Mesoamerica, and discusses La Blanca's early figurine tradition, focusing on the dots that mark the figurine and arguing that this pattern hints at a connection between numeration, body representation, and identity in ancient Mesoamerican worldviews.
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