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The third gender of southern #Mexico
In #Oaxaca’s #IstmoDeTehuantepec region, the traditional #Indigenous division of three genders is seen as a natural way of being.
by Ola Synowiec
26 November 2018" 'Which form should I use when I talk to you: feminine or masculine?' I asked #LukasAvendaño, who I had seen in trousers earlier in the day but now was wearing a traditional black skirt with colourful embroidered flowers called an enagua. We were speaking in Spanish, with its gendered nouns and pronouns. 'I prefer you’d just call me sweetheart,' Avendaño giggled.
"Here, in the Istmo de Tehuantepec region in Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca, there are three genders: #female, #male and #muxes. This third classification has been acknowledged and celebrated since #PreHispanic times, and it’s hard to imagine life without muxes here. But in this region where most people speak the indigenous #Zapotec language, my question doesn’t make much sense.
'In Zapotec, as in English, there are no grammatical genders. There is only one form for all people. Muxes have never been forced to wonder: are they more man or woman?' Avendaño explained.
'We’re the third sex,' added Felina, who, unlike Avendaño, decided to change his given male name, Ángel, and goes only by this moniker. 'There’s men and women and there’s something in between, and that’s who I am.' "Read more:
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20181125-the-third-gender-of-southern-mexicoArchived version:
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Scientists uncover purpose of 5,200 mystery holes in Peru, revealing a lost Andean system of trade and record-keeping
In the southern Peruvian Andes, a long band of thousands of carefully carved holes at a high altitude has perplexed researchers for nearly a century. Monte Sierpe—also sometimes called the “Band of Holes”—stretches along a ridge above the Pisco Valley for about 1.5 kilometers...
More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/11/scientists-uncover-purpose-of-mystery-holes-in-peru/
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Maya children’s teeth with jade inlays reveal rare ancient practice, study finds
Archaeologists have made a surprising discovery in Maya cultural traditions: decorative jade dental inlays, a practice previously thought to be exclusive to adults, have now been found in the teeth of children...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/maya-childrens-teeth-with-jade-inlays/
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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #mayaculture #prehispanic #MayaCivilization
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Ceremonial club heads and over 200 structures found in lost Chachapoyas city, Peru
Archaeologists have unearthed more than 200 pre-Hispanic structures and two ceremonial club heads in the Amazonas region, Peru—shedding new light on the Chachapoyas civilization, also referred to as the “Warriors of the Clouds.”More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/ceremonial-heads-and-structures-in-lost-chachapoyas-city/
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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #Chachapoyas #prehispanic
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De la colección: Spamton en extraños lugares.
#deltarune #spamton #mexico #travel #prehispanic #culture #photography #olmecas #tabasco #park -
U.S. researchers discover large #Maya city in Mexican jungle. The remains of the pre-Hispanic settlement are right next to a highway. #latinamerica #prehispanic #news #science #research #archeology #lidar #antiquity #ancient #pyramids @tulane university
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▶︎ Aztec AM | Toltech | New Latam Beats https://newlatambeats.bandcamp.com/album/aztec-am
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The ancient snake-shaped steam bath... 📸 🐍 💨💧
#history #prehispanic #culture #sculptures #nanciyaga #temazcal #blackandwhitephotography #snakehead #monochrome #digikam
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Two Thousand Years Of Garden Urbanism In The Upper Amazon
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https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi6317 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #archeology #preHispanic #prehistoric #urban #LiDAR #UpanoValley #amazon #ecuador #Andes #fieldwork #earthobservation #buildings #roads #agriculture #drainage #terraces #roadnetwork #civilisation ##UpperAmazon #urbansystems #maya #agrarian -
Mystery of Peru ‘alien’ figures finally solved | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/peru-aliens-ufos-forensic-scientists-b2478751.html#AnimalBones
#Dolls
#Peru
#Alien
#Mexico
#Archeology
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beware of the doggy... 😯 🐶 📸
#photography #culture #sculptures #prehispanic #history #clay #dog #mesoamerican
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Tlaltecuhtli: La señora de la tierra devora todo.... 💀️
#culture #archeology #aztecgods #history #photography #prehispanic #tenochtitlan
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Cabeza de Serpiente Emplumada (Quetzalcoatl) 🐍📸
#quetzalcoatl #photography #history #blackandwhite #prehispanic #culture #aztec #deities
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Basamento: palabra adecuada para referirse al término coloquial de pirámide prehispánica, como esta, perteneciente a la Cultura Totonaca en el centro ceremonial del #Tajin 📸 🤠
#photography #history #prehispanic #culture #pyramid #mesoamerica #totonaca
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🎨 Huitzilopochtli Street Art 🎨
#streetart #art #hutizilopochtli #mosaics #prehispanic #culture #history
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How pre-colonial “Filipinos” used numbers. Let's use dates as an example.
Pre-colonial #Tagalog: maikatlong pito sa unang buwan sa taong dalawang libong maikatlong tatlo.
Modern Tagalog: sa ika-dalawampu't pito sa unang buwan sa taong dalawang libo at ika-dalawampu't tatlo.
In #Filipino: ika-dalawampu't pito sa unang buwan sa taong dalawang libo't dalawampu't tatlo.
In #Baybayin (pre-colonial Tagalog): ᜋᜁᜃᜎᜓ ᜉᜒᜆᜓ ᜐ ᜂᜈ ᜊᜓᜏ ᜐ ᜆᜂ ᜇᜎᜏ ᜎᜒᜊᜓ ᜋᜁᜃᜎᜓ ᜆᜎᜓ᜶
In Baybayin with virama (pre-colonial Tagalog): ᜋᜁᜃᜆ᜔ᜎᜓᜅ᜔ ᜉᜒᜆᜓ ᜐ ᜂᜈᜅ᜔ ᜊᜓᜏᜈ᜔ ᜐ ᜆᜂᜅ᜔ ᜇᜎᜏᜅ᜔ ᜎᜒᜊᜓᜅ᜔ ᜋᜁᜃᜆ᜔ᜎᜓᜅ᜔ ᜆᜆ᜔ᜎᜓ᜶
In English, it translates to: the seventh of the third set [of tens], in the first month of the year two-thousand and the third of the third set [of tens].
In proper English, that is: the 27th of the 1st month, of the year 2000 and 23.
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Based on: https://www.pilipino-express.com/history-a-culture/in-other-words/847-counting-the-old-way.html
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As it's #LGBT+ #HistoryMonth in the UK, here's a prayer to Wiracocha (or Viracocha), the Inca's intersex creator deity.
'Intrepid Dudettes of the Inca Empire' out now at Apple, Amazon etc. https://books2read.com/idie
#spirituality #inca #incaempire #incahistory #wiracocha #viracocha #voices #precolombian #prehispanic #SouthAmerica #Peru
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Las Plazuelas. Guanajuato, Mexico 2022
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We just need lots more of this happening! Every artefact returned is good news.
#netherlands #mexico #artefacts #archaeology #archeology #mexican #prehispanic #precolumbian
www.artnews.com/art-news/news/netherlands-returned-pre-hispanic-artifacts-to-mexico-1234649810/