The magnificent mural paintings remarkably preserved inside the chamber of Pinturas Sub-1, in Gua... more The magnificent mural paintings remarkably preserved inside the chamber of Pinturas Sub-1, in Guatemala, show promise to be one of the most significant archaeological findings in the Maya region. The paintings unfold a minute portrait of the Maya mythology of creation, and an exceptional antiquity, as they date to century I BC. During the 2003 field season, the mural on the North Wall of Pinturas Sub-1 was exposed, and the interpretation of the scenes presented (Taube et al. 2004; Saturno and Taube 2004). This study is focused on the results of the 2004 excavations conducted on the West Wall of the chamber in Pinturas Sub-1. Alike the North Wall, a numeric system was used, and the varied images present in the mural from left to right, and from its upper portion to its base, were labeled. Like there are missing areas in the West Wall, as is the case with the characteristics of image 11 which were not fully identified, it was assigned the letter “P ” in the sequence, which defines it ...
Since its inception in the 1950s, 14C dating has had a profound role in our understanding of the ... more Since its inception in the 1950s, 14C dating has had a profound role in our understanding of the ancient Maya of southern Mexico and Central America, both in terms of culture history and developmental processes. In the case of the Classic Maya period, from AD 300–900, 14C dating has primarily served to augment two other forms of interrelated dating: ceramic chronology and the Long Count system of calendric notation. In this sense, the advent of 14C dating has been less of a revolution than a gradual resolution of several competing chronologic constructs for the Classic Maya.
Los mayas tenian practicas que recuerdan mucho al mundo moderno en lo que se refiere a la varieda... more Los mayas tenian practicas que recuerdan mucho al mundo moderno en lo que se refiere a la variedad de modalidades de vida amorosa, pero tambien otras que nos parecen absolutamente distintas. La identidad sexual era mas fluida y las representaciones de esa fluidez a veces eran francas y abiertas; otras, discretas, ocultan mucho mas de lo que muestran.
... contó con la predilección de los mayas y de sus vecinos en el sureste de Mesoamérica. ... En ... more ... contó con la predilección de los mayas y de sus vecinos en el sureste de Mesoamérica. ... En la creencia mesoamericana, la noche es el momento propicio para que los seres ... Modelos a imitar y conducta social Los mitos mesoamericanos son algo más que crónicas sagradas ...
... fisuras y otras marcas en la superficie pulida y también podía apreciarse de inmediato su tra... more ... fisuras y otras marcas en la superficie pulida y también podía apreciarse de inmediato su transpa-rencia en los delgados bordes de las nava-jas ... Más aún, los murales de Tepantitla, en Teo-tihuacan, muestran a Tláloc con corrien-tes de agua que fluyen desde sus orejeras (fig ...
In 1958 and 1961 a team of excavators from Brigham Young University found the remains of a stucco... more In 1958 and 1961 a team of excavators from Brigham Young University found the remains of a stuccoed altar at the site of Aguacatal, Campeche, Mexico (Figure 1). A review of its style and iconography shows it to be among the first such features in the western reaches of the ...
Smell, sight and hearing can be studied from a purely physiological perspective. With smell, the ... more Smell, sight and hearing can be studied from a purely physiological perspective. With smell, the olfactory epithelium receives molecules, exciting neurons that transmit electrical impulses to the brain (Takagi 1978, 233). In sight, the retina receives images that are transmitted as ...
The magnificent mural paintings remarkably preserved inside the chamber of Pinturas Sub-1, in Gua... more The magnificent mural paintings remarkably preserved inside the chamber of Pinturas Sub-1, in Guatemala, show promise to be one of the most significant archaeological findings in the Maya region. The paintings unfold a minute portrait of the Maya mythology of creation, and an exceptional antiquity, as they date to century I BC. During the 2003 field season, the mural on the North Wall of Pinturas Sub-1 was exposed, and the interpretation of the scenes presented (Taube et al. 2004; Saturno and Taube 2004). This study is focused on the results of the 2004 excavations conducted on the West Wall of the chamber in Pinturas Sub-1. Alike the North Wall, a numeric system was used, and the varied images present in the mural from left to right, and from its upper portion to its base, were labeled. Like there are missing areas in the West Wall, as is the case with the characteristics of image 11 which were not fully identified, it was assigned the letter “P ” in the sequence, which defines it ...
Since its inception in the 1950s, 14C dating has had a profound role in our understanding of the ... more Since its inception in the 1950s, 14C dating has had a profound role in our understanding of the ancient Maya of southern Mexico and Central America, both in terms of culture history and developmental processes. In the case of the Classic Maya period, from AD 300–900, 14C dating has primarily served to augment two other forms of interrelated dating: ceramic chronology and the Long Count system of calendric notation. In this sense, the advent of 14C dating has been less of a revolution than a gradual resolution of several competing chronologic constructs for the Classic Maya.
Los mayas tenian practicas que recuerdan mucho al mundo moderno en lo que se refiere a la varieda... more Los mayas tenian practicas que recuerdan mucho al mundo moderno en lo que se refiere a la variedad de modalidades de vida amorosa, pero tambien otras que nos parecen absolutamente distintas. La identidad sexual era mas fluida y las representaciones de esa fluidez a veces eran francas y abiertas; otras, discretas, ocultan mucho mas de lo que muestran.
... contó con la predilección de los mayas y de sus vecinos en el sureste de Mesoamérica. ... En ... more ... contó con la predilección de los mayas y de sus vecinos en el sureste de Mesoamérica. ... En la creencia mesoamericana, la noche es el momento propicio para que los seres ... Modelos a imitar y conducta social Los mitos mesoamericanos son algo más que crónicas sagradas ...
... fisuras y otras marcas en la superficie pulida y también podía apreciarse de inmediato su tra... more ... fisuras y otras marcas en la superficie pulida y también podía apreciarse de inmediato su transpa-rencia en los delgados bordes de las nava-jas ... Más aún, los murales de Tepantitla, en Teo-tihuacan, muestran a Tláloc con corrien-tes de agua que fluyen desde sus orejeras (fig ...
In 1958 and 1961 a team of excavators from Brigham Young University found the remains of a stucco... more In 1958 and 1961 a team of excavators from Brigham Young University found the remains of a stuccoed altar at the site of Aguacatal, Campeche, Mexico (Figure 1). A review of its style and iconography shows it to be among the first such features in the western reaches of the ...
Smell, sight and hearing can be studied from a purely physiological perspective. With smell, the ... more Smell, sight and hearing can be studied from a purely physiological perspective. With smell, the olfactory epithelium receives molecules, exciting neurons that transmit electrical impulses to the brain (Takagi 1978, 233). In sight, the retina receives images that are transmitted as ...
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