ISBN:
91-85344-40-0
,
978-91-85344-40-6
ISSN:
1102-6502
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 114 Seiten, 175 Seiten Bildtafeln
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Series Statement:
Monograph Series. Folkens Museum - Etnografiska (Stockholm) 18
Keywords:
Mexiko, alt Teotihuacan
;
Terrakotta
;
Plastik
;
Archäologie
;
Sammler und Sammlung
;
Folkens Museum - Etnografiska (Stockholm)
Description / Table of Contents:
The ancient city of Teotihuacan has been the focus of scientific archaeological investigations for more than a century. Famous for the size of its ceremonial center and its towering ruins, Teotihuacan had no rivals in the Central Highlands during the many centuries it flourished as an urban phenomenon (200 BC-700 AD).The polulation at Teotihuacan (perhaps more than 150,000 at its height) was not reached by any other city and the enormous amount of terracotta figurines that were manufactured in Teotihuacan cannot be overstated, not their importance in the life of the city's residens. Teotihuacan figurines have never received the attention they deserve. Important information is shown in the decoration of the figurines' clothing, with symbolic elements that have analogies with the Teotihuacan artistic canon a s well as with other arts in Mesoamerica. To fully understand the meaning behind these little clay statuettes, it is necessary to study and compare a large amount of them. Such a corpus is housed in the National Museum ot Ethnograpohy in Stockhom. Excavated during two field seasons in the 1930s by the renown Swedish archaeologist Sigvald Linné, it serves as the core of this study.Although the full scope of the variations of figurines may never be known, until this ambitious study, carried through by the American archaeologist, Dr. Sue Scott, no one has attempted to bring together such a large number of pieces for descriptiuon, analysis, and interpretation.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 105 - 114; Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral)--University College, London, 1994, entitled "Terracotta figurines from ancient Teotihuacán : typology and iconographic themes"
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