purposes. This tendency continued and ultimately lead to the abandonment of the system:

Wider usage and development

The Zapotec script spread widely in southwestern Mesoamerica, possibly as a reflex of hegemonic interests and/or the emergence increasingly wider networks of interaction among the elites. The westernmost extent of Zapotec script is the Pacific coast of Oaxaca and Guerrero, with most inscribed material dating from 600 - 900 CE. As a result of its spread, Zapotec writing became

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