Seis ciudades antiguas de Mesoamérica : sociedad y medio ambiente /
Major edition comprising multidisciplinary essays by well-known specialists on the relationship between the sacred, power and nature in six important Pre-Hispanic cities of Mesoamerica: Teotihuacán in the state of Mexico, Monte Albán in Oaxaca, Palenque in Chiapas, El Tajín in Veracruz and Tenoch...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Spanish |
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México, D.F. :
Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia : Conaculta,
2011
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| Summary: | Major edition comprising multidisciplinary essays by well-known specialists on the relationship between the sacred, power and nature in six important Pre-Hispanic cities of Mesoamerica: Teotihuacán in the state of Mexico, Monte Albán in Oaxaca, Palenque in Chiapas, El Tajín in Veracruz and Tenochtitlan and Tlatelolco in Mexico City. The surrounding ecological and environmental conditions were different for each one and these differences had a distinct influence on the way their cultures and rituals developed and were expressed. The Mesoamerican cities studied in this book share the diverse characteristics of the location in which they were established; of how they used the local fauna, flora and natural resources; how they developed their own artistic style and how they administered great areas around these cities through a highly stratified social structure. Despite the differences between these cities, a common element was the presence of the Ball Courts. It is only in Mesoamerica, in the Caribbean and in the south west of the United States that we find this Game as a distinctive part of their cultures. Curated by eminent archaeologist Eduardo Matos Moctezuma the exhibition gathered together for the first time more than 400 pieces of high archeological value including the Pre-Columbian wooden lintels recovered at the Tlatelolco (Mexico City) archaeological site, 18 sandstone discs that formed the middle part of 3 columns that must have supported the palace of an ancient Totonaca ruler of El Tajín (Veracruz), a stone monolith of an unknown deity discovered in 2007 and that was part of the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacán (Estado de Mexico), amongst others |
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| Item Description: | Published on the occasion of the magna exhibition "Six Ancient Cities of Mesoamerica. Society and Environment" held in 2011 at the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City |
| Physical Description: | 455 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 30 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 441-451) |
| ISBN: | 6074841799 9786074841794 |