Landscape and a Visual Narrative of Creation and Origin at the Olmec Ceremonial Center of La Venta

Tate, Carolyn

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“…Nevertheless, symbolism that associates conical/pyramidal temples in Mesoamerica with lifegiving mountains is well established (e.g., Carballo 2016;Grove 1999;Ortíz andRodríguez 2000, 2015;Reilly 1999;Tate 2008).…”

Section: La Ventamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Arrangements of stone monuments in the plaza -including thrones/altars, colossal heads, early-style stela, and other statuary -form a narrative that heavily references fertility and the lifecycle (e.g., Tate 2008). On the numerous thrones and stelae are references to leaders and their critical roles in ensuring continuous reproduction of the world.…”

Section: La Ventamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Low-Density Urbanism in the Gulf Lowlands of Veracruz

Stoner¹,

Stark²

2022

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The concept of low-density urbanism has developed in archaeology over the past 20 years to characterize settlements that display the same types of features as nucleated cities (monumental architecture, services provided for a hinterland, division of labor, class differences) but lack dense populations. Ancient cities that emerged in tropical regions typically resemble a distributed urban network (Scarborough and Isendahl 2020) with interconnected and regularly spaced urban centers scattered among dispersed residential and agricultural land. We demonstrate that the Gulf lowlands of Mexico exemplifies this type of urbanism, and we highlight a number of its features related to land use, governance, and sustainability. Given the formidable challenges of understanding a distributed urban network, we advocate approaches that do not impose hierarchical interpretations or discrete territories but, rather, explore the characteristics of the network of places.

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Section: La Ventamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: La Ventamentioning

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Low-Density Urbanism in the Gulf Lowlands of Veracruz

Stoner¹,

Stark²

2022

Preprint

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“…Many of the current archaeological studies that address cognitive aspects of cultural landscapes tend to focus on the “symbolic aspects” of the built and unbuilt environments (Earle 2008; Koontz et al. 2001; Mathews and Garber 2004; Tate 2008; see also Rodning 2009:183–187 for a current review). One frequently cited example in Mesoamerican archaeology is temple‐pyramids that are likened to artificial mountains, which often contain real or artificial caves (Brady and Ashmore 1999:132–133; Bassie‐Sweet 1991:167; Benson 1985; Tate 2008:31; Vogt 1969:595).…”

Section: Landscape Archaeology and Animismmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…2001; Mathews and Garber 2004; Tate 2008; see also Rodning 2009:183–187 for a current review). One frequently cited example in Mesoamerican archaeology is temple‐pyramids that are likened to artificial mountains, which often contain real or artificial caves (Brady and Ashmore 1999:132–133; Bassie‐Sweet 1991:167; Benson 1985; Tate 2008:31; Vogt 1969:595). These mountain‐cave complexes are described as symbolic replications of sacred geography (Benson 1985; Prufer and Kindon 2005).…”

Section: Landscape Archaeology and Animismmentioning

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Architecture as Animate Landscape: Circular Shrines in the Ancient Maya Lowlands

Harrison‐Buck

2012

American Anthropologist

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In this study, I develop a theory of landscape archaeology that incorporates the concept of “animism” as a cognitive approach. Current trends in anthropology are placing greater emphasis on indigenous perspectives, and in recent decades animism has seen a resurgence in anthropological theory. As a means of relating in (not to) one's world, animism is a mode of thought that has direct bearing on landscape archaeology. Yet, Americanist archaeologists have been slow to incorporate this concept as a component of landscape theory. I consider animism and Nurit Bird‐David's (1999) theory of “relatedness” and how such perspectives might be expressed archaeologically in Mesoamerica. I examine the distribution of marine shells and cave formations that appear incorporated as architectural elements on ancient Maya circular shrine architecture. More than just “symbols” of sacred geography, I suggest these materials represent living entities that animate shrines through their ongoing relationships with human and other‐than‐human agents in the world. [Maya architecture, animism, relational ontology, landscape archaeology, agency]

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Distributed Urban Networks in the Gulf Lowlands of Veracruz

Stoner

Stark

2022

J Archaeol Res

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Landscape and a Visual Narrative of Creation and Origin at the Olmec Ceremonial Center of La Venta

Cited by 6 publications

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Low-Density Urbanism in the Gulf Lowlands of Veracruz

Low-Density Urbanism in the Gulf Lowlands of Veracruz

Architecture as Animate Landscape: Circular Shrines in the Ancient Maya Lowlands

Distributed Urban Networks in the Gulf Lowlands of Veracruz

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