In this article I try as main objective to review some Olmec jade canoes from Mexico's southeast, which belong to some private Mexican and foreign collections and some museums. My argument points out how these canoes represent some complex of ideas related to the ancient Olmec myth of creation that involves the God of Maize. I review some readings from epigraphist coming from Maya art devices of the Classic period; I'm retaking ancient stories about the creation of the world made it by the young God of Maize. These tales include the canoe as vehicle of the god. In this context of ideas, it is possible to me to show the continuity between Olmec and Maya religious ideologies and to offer an interpretation of a sign carved out in one canoe of ...
Notice dans le numéro 73 de Totem, magazine du Musée d'Ethnographie de GenèveThis article aims to gi...
textThe topic of my dissertation is the architectural symbolism of the Maya ballcourt. The typical M...
textThe topic of my dissertation is the architectural symbolism of the Maya ballcourt. The typical M...
The paper presents evidence for the definition and origin of a figural jade theme that is common in ...
This article presents the main characteristics of the baroque art found in a current Mayan village i...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-112)The primary concern of this thesis is to examine ...
nuloO jade foi um dos materiais mais valiosos na Mesoamérica, onde era amplamente usado na elaboraçã...
This article provides new evidence for understanding Aztec religion and worldviews as multivalent ra...
Although Maya area does not have rich micaceous deposits, its ancient inhabitants used these mineral...
This article provides new evidence for understanding Aztec religion and worldviews as multivalent ra...
In this article we analyze the archaeological and etnohistorical evidences related with the ornament...
This article presents elements of symbolic discourse that contribute to the maintenance of cultural ...
Notice dans le numéro 73 de Totem, magazine du Musée d'Ethnographie de GenèveThis article aims to gi...
This essay is study of Aztec stone boxes from the pre-conquest Aztec empire. My study focuses on the...
Article in Spanish. Abtracts in English and Spanish.AbstractOne of the most persistent mysteries in ...
Notice dans le numéro 73 de Totem, magazine du Musée d'Ethnographie de GenèveThis article aims to gi...
textThe topic of my dissertation is the architectural symbolism of the Maya ballcourt. The typical M...
textThe topic of my dissertation is the architectural symbolism of the Maya ballcourt. The typical M...
The paper presents evidence for the definition and origin of a figural jade theme that is common in ...
This article presents the main characteristics of the baroque art found in a current Mayan village i...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-112)The primary concern of this thesis is to examine ...
nuloO jade foi um dos materiais mais valiosos na Mesoamérica, onde era amplamente usado na elaboraçã...
This article provides new evidence for understanding Aztec religion and worldviews as multivalent ra...
Although Maya area does not have rich micaceous deposits, its ancient inhabitants used these mineral...
This article provides new evidence for understanding Aztec religion and worldviews as multivalent ra...
In this article we analyze the archaeological and etnohistorical evidences related with the ornament...
This article presents elements of symbolic discourse that contribute to the maintenance of cultural ...
Notice dans le numéro 73 de Totem, magazine du Musée d'Ethnographie de GenèveThis article aims to gi...
This essay is study of Aztec stone boxes from the pre-conquest Aztec empire. My study focuses on the...
Article in Spanish. Abtracts in English and Spanish.AbstractOne of the most persistent mysteries in ...
Notice dans le numéro 73 de Totem, magazine du Musée d'Ethnographie de GenèveThis article aims to gi...
textThe topic of my dissertation is the architectural symbolism of the Maya ballcourt. The typical M...
textThe topic of my dissertation is the architectural symbolism of the Maya ballcourt. The typical M...