Una Concha Esgrafiada Tolteca: Apuntes Tecnológicos E Iconográficos

Bernal, Stephen Castillo; Castro, Adrián Velázquez; Maldonado, Norma Valentín

doi:10.1017/s0956536117000281

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“…On the other hand, other Toltec shell artifacts incised with anthropomorphic figures are stylistically unlike the semielliptical gorgets. A good example is a fragmentary oyohualli excavated in 2011 from an elite residential context on the periphery of Tula (Castillo Bernal et al 2019). This piece is incised with figures including the death god Mictlantecuhtli and two armed warriors with Feathered Serpent imagery, all rendered in a fluid style that has none of the divergent traits present on the six lunate pendants.…”

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confidence: 99%

Terminal Classic Conch-Shell Gorgets from the Maya Region and Central Mexico

Carter

Lukach

2023

Ancient Mesoam

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This article discusses a category of conch-shell gorgets, mainly semielliptical in shape, which were produced during the Terminal Classic period in central Mexico and/or the Maya lowlands. We describe the iconography and style of these ornaments, seek precedents in other media for their themes, and use stylistic and epigraphic data to connect them to long-distance economic and political interactions between the Maya region and central Mexico. Although the portraits on most of the gorgets diverge from earlier Classic Maya conventions, neither do they conform to central Mexican canons. Further discoveries of such pendants in archaeological context may clarify their origins and social uses.

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Section: Stylistic Comparisonsmentioning

confidence: 99%