tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964045848562350512024-03-05T02:32:19.234-08:00The Plumed ConchMary Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05135906126659162422noreply@blogger.comBlogger154125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396404584856235051.post-37538587247804170692013-07-21T16:58:00.002-07:002013-07-21T17:17:20.670-07:00Pottery Mound Kiva Mural - Song with the Squash Maiden<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6H-prHUmzqy_fqrYglgtUOyKB3BrMIzXsr9k9p6vNr_kZJ752uOWJFXJv5w4GWzeqNViHvAoaI2_39D1h6cP3CSin0JfJq401EGsJFn3pY80WVnpzIDBiJXrzrYKZtAnvhnojsM3vqKw/s1600/pic006.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6H-prHUmzqy_fqrYglgtUOyKB3BrMIzXsr9k9p6vNr_kZJ752uOWJFXJv5w4GWzeqNViHvAoaI2_39D1h6cP3CSin0JfJq401EGsJFn3pY80WVnpzIDBiJXrzrYKZtAnvhnojsM3vqKw/s320/pic006.jpg" /></a>
Song with the Squash Maiden and a masked green parrot.Mary Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05135906126659162422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396404584856235051.post-32762935949089602822013-07-21T16:54:00.000-07:002013-07-21T17:17:50.325-07:00Pottery Mound Kiva Mural New Mexico - The Water Carrier with Parrots<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw9yl7oDxjnsala_ARCh21AarxCYnDP5xkqICxPUlnJW4n_Nh4op-P3wI5NVgzTohp_lMsT80oQNwIp5zyCs7CIlJYGK4HdWejGKe_P1Rtg2i39PTrYZUWs4mHjQCZi1hyphenhyphenxHrQiaZBg9Q/s1600/pic005.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw9yl7oDxjnsala_ARCh21AarxCYnDP5xkqICxPUlnJW4n_Nh4op-P3wI5NVgzTohp_lMsT80oQNwIp5zyCs7CIlJYGK4HdWejGKe_P1Rtg2i39PTrYZUWs4mHjQCZi1hyphenhyphenxHrQiaZBg9Q/s320/pic005.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8-g0UOsUT1IA3DBZ-8EuDN-njYnsPATTX66pgwN1svhWhjqQCGc3INmFemqFc2EFuj9aZx0Wfw6Rs2MVPzdfGcGBdColy6TcOoMklxNe3w5SfdJIx5KIjpESF767Ja_XJbYTmfNvXN8/s1600/pic004.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8-g0UOsUT1IA3DBZ-8EuDN-njYnsPATTX66pgwN1svhWhjqQCGc3INmFemqFc2EFuj9aZx0Wfw6Rs2MVPzdfGcGBdColy6TcOoMklxNe3w5SfdJIx5KIjpESF767Ja_XJbYTmfNvXN8/s320/pic004.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjXYhsucmRRaJLSbzJghqNzuzhYfIsV2klzHZn-Ad6b6dnwOA3Qw4OvVAFpd5xzQ0OE19kfxug3Fg4vWwbsKvE0B3twuI5gIyeZSdmo5xbGVwhzr5XxhMjC-QkjNkuzIOfwCOEnZlXODc/s1600/pic003.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjXYhsucmRRaJLSbzJghqNzuzhYfIsV2klzHZn-Ad6b6dnwOA3Qw4OvVAFpd5xzQ0OE19kfxug3Fg4vWwbsKvE0B3twuI5gIyeZSdmo5xbGVwhzr5XxhMjC-QkjNkuzIOfwCOEnZlXODc/s320/pic003.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-bjYg_xyBMtnXigAmLo_fcupya7FEhk7JmL2Vh_5DPgKMC_Yi98J0c4QSCe_Xv2vifaUnGRtrqf-HmElUkeR1eXX2cITo8KHX7V-od9i_U0m07chNKPbyuDrMJ42aPsZ4ZIjAjTPH7M/s1600/pic001.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-bjYg_xyBMtnXigAmLo_fcupya7FEhk7JmL2Vh_5DPgKMC_Yi98J0c4QSCe_Xv2vifaUnGRtrqf-HmElUkeR1eXX2cITo8KHX7V-od9i_U0m07chNKPbyuDrMJ42aPsZ4ZIjAjTPH7M/s320/pic001.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJztUmylm-s7y6XL3sdFsBalecq4fcgW3yEWyqTa-9oSEbiU8LwLPHvuE2vokOSA92h_4iVjGoTBn_DxaediBovbteo5wjhc-VBpN0Xa7WcD5nN0nejP99i9uu5xsqBILS7ypGkJk7BOs/s1600/pic002.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJztUmylm-s7y6XL3sdFsBalecq4fcgW3yEWyqTa-9oSEbiU8LwLPHvuE2vokOSA92h_4iVjGoTBn_DxaediBovbteo5wjhc-VBpN0Xa7WcD5nN0nejP99i9uu5xsqBILS7ypGkJk7BOs/s320/pic002.jpg" /></a>Mary Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05135906126659162422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396404584856235051.post-48973347503947098392013-07-17T17:00:00.001-07:002013-07-21T17:21:05.848-07:00Pottery Mound - New Mexico Kiva Mural<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnjl-_fDsz4jff1ocFb_RuucClfu-pODa6hsDIAitKd0_PHggswl_swsgXvCPFigruBJadJy2RUtJkAgFN89LxxtowsFgvjYIjyib-IKLLcj8DYioWgvAtXJfdonJEFvYzEN6kbG5thj0/s1600/scaining+job002_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnjl-_fDsz4jff1ocFb_RuucClfu-pODa6hsDIAitKd0_PHggswl_swsgXvCPFigruBJadJy2RUtJkAgFN89LxxtowsFgvjYIjyib-IKLLcj8DYioWgvAtXJfdonJEFvYzEN6kbG5thj0/s320/scaining+job002_1.jpg" /></a>
Pottery Mound kiva mural of a vision quest with woodpeckers. Pottery Mound is on the property of Isleta Pueblo.
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Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico - further north.
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Mesoamerican quetzal bird, one of them stands next to the Tree of life on the carving below - Stela 5 Izapa.Mary Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05135906126659162422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396404584856235051.post-19318156048464823442013-07-10T16:49:00.005-07:002013-07-10T16:49:59.425-07:00Izapa Stela 5<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir_EjdMDffjO2Ah5MsIEZtx-lZPm8GdCh1Omin_0mIIUHWkn1QI3-wxb8sHfCgLzjulTZDlQ7F734gQNJaf2teZjmjDo99FBT7eswKdKUrkVoMg3cE5LrPhfidweECtghKLFi1dJEvKXU/s1600/Scanning001.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir_EjdMDffjO2Ah5MsIEZtx-lZPm8GdCh1Omin_0mIIUHWkn1QI3-wxb8sHfCgLzjulTZDlQ7F734gQNJaf2teZjmjDo99FBT7eswKdKUrkVoMg3cE5LrPhfidweECtghKLFi1dJEvKXU/s320/Scanning001.jpg" /></a>
(Click to enlarge).
"Izapa Stela 5 is one of a number of large, carved stelae found in the ancient Mesoamerican site of Izapa, in the Soconusco region of Chiapas, Mexico along the present-day Guatemalan border. These stelae date from roughly 300 BCE to 50 or 100 BCE, although some argue for dates as late as 250 CE.
Also known as the "Tree of Life" stone, it appears to illustrate a Mesoamerican creation myth.
Documented by Smithsonian archaeologist Matthew W. Stirling in 1941, Stela 5 is composed of volcanic andesite and weighs around one-and-a-half tons. Stela 5 presents the most complex imagery of all the stelae at Izapa. Researcher Garth Norman, for example, has counted "at least 12" human figures, a dozen animals, over 25 botanical or inanimate objects, and 9 stylized deity masks.
Like much of Izapan monumental sculpture, the subject matter of Stela 5 is considered mythological and religious in nature and is executed with a stylized opulence. Given the multiple overlapping scenes, it appears to be a narrative.
Mesoamerican researchers identify the central image as a Mesoamerican world tree, connecting the sky above and the water or underworld below".
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Netted Jaguar mural from Teotihuacan. Note the fanged mask at the left side of the picture, it is very similar to masks found from Nepal to Indonesia.Mary Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05135906126659162422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396404584856235051.post-66675739492262237322013-01-04T16:21:00.000-08:002013-01-04T16:21:43.350-08:00Zapotec Urns - Monte Alban, Oaxaca<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ishi-No-Hoden - Kofun, Japan.Mary Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05135906126659162422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396404584856235051.post-57880762894593262442013-01-03T16:17:00.001-08:002013-01-04T16:23:52.601-08:00Puma Punku, Bolivia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Puma Punku ruins, Tiahuanaco, Bolivia
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Tiahuanaku area.
The quarry for these giant blocks was on the western shore of Titicaca, some ten miles away. There is no known technology in all the ancient world that could have transported stones of such massive weight and size. The Andean people of 500 AD, with their simple reed boats, could certainly not have moved them. Even today, with all the modern advances in engineering and mathematics, we could not fashion such a structure.
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Puma Punku is an engineering marvel that still remains unsolved. Out of all the known megalithic structures throughout the world, Puma Punku is probably at the top in terms of precision and engineering. It is quite possibly one of the oldest and most mysterious ruins on the face of earth. The original structure is estimated to have been built around 14,000 BC, over 16,000 years ago. Somehow later on the structure was destroyed in some sort of major explosion or cataclysmic event.
Most of the stones weigh between 200 and 450 tons with one of them weighing over 600 tons. With modern technology it would take at least a 300 horsepower diesel engine with a hydraulic lifter to pick up just a 7- ton granite slab. 10 full sized automobiles weigh about 15 tons. Now take into consideration that the nearest location for a possible quarry was over 10 miles away. The plateau that the ruins are located on is at an elevation of 13,000 feet and the terrain here is free of trees so they probably didn’t use log rollers.
What’s even more confusing is how they were able to cut these stones. The stones were cut with extreme precision and designed to lock together like pieces of a puzzle. Sophisticated knowledge of geometry is most definitely exhibited in Puma Punku’s construction, as well as advanced masonry, stone cutting, and possibly even machining.
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Recently discovered Long Skull skull found at Puma Punku. Many of these have been collected from the burial ground at Paracas near the ocean.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Was there machinery and a mining operation at Puma Punku?
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Carved boulder in a side valley outside of Cuzco, Peru.
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Naupa Huaca.
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Easter Island Moai with island script.
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Ancient wall on Easter Island, compare to the megalithic walls of Cuzco in Peru.Mary Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05135906126659162422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396404584856235051.post-11048028321399025422012-12-07T17:02:00.002-08:002012-12-07T17:09:49.511-08:00Historic photo - White Indians of Darien, Panama 1920<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"There is evidence that some pre-Columbian American Indians had white skin and blond hair. This photograph taken in the 1920s shows a white Indian child in native dress from the Chepu Tule tribe in Panama.
Besides Columbus, Cortez found white Indians imprisoned in Montezuma's palace in Mexico City, George Vancouver saw them on Vancouver Island in 1792, and commander Stiles of the American Navy claimed to have seen the same group in 1848. Humboldt saw about 100 of them in Columbia in 1801." Mary Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05135906126659162422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396404584856235051.post-61111449385121664642012-12-07T17:01:00.000-08:002012-12-07T17:10:53.512-08:00Long Skull Paracas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Paracas, Peru.Mary Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05135906126659162422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396404584856235051.post-28811919359903687132012-11-27T16:32:00.002-08:002012-11-28T16:04:28.818-08:00Andean Flutists<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Andean Aymara flutists.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Flutist in Cuenca, Ecuador.
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CUENCA, ECUADOR - MAY 27: Andean Indian plays traditional instrument on May 27, 2011 in Cuenca, Ecuador. Indigenous descendants are found in the towns of the Andes mountain range in South America.
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This Andean pan pipe flutist is wearing a North American Plains Indian inspired costume.
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Traditional Andean flutists.
Mary Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05135906126659162422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396404584856235051.post-33368436962173127642012-11-27T16:29:00.000-08:002012-11-29T15:47:16.381-08:00Salasaca Indians of Ecuador<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Salasaca tapestry.
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Fiesta de la Novia.
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Salasacan men outside the church after Sunday mass.
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Male dancers at the festival of Corpus Christi.
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Ecuador, Tungurahua province, Salasaca, portrait of a Salasaca Indian woman.
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Salasacan Fiesta de Corpus Christi - Ecuador.Mary Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05135906126659162422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396404584856235051.post-75148379573321687932012-11-27T16:12:00.001-08:002012-11-28T16:12:35.003-08:00Araucanian Mapuche Indians of Chile<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Povo Mapuche.
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Mapuche female dancer`s costume.
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Traditional Mapuche silver ornaments.Mary Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05135906126659162422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396404584856235051.post-62879858853489437272012-11-27T15:43:00.001-08:002012-11-27T15:50:02.699-08:00Indians of Ecuador - Andes and Amazon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Achuar boys in Ecuador
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"A Sarayaku Indian girl shades herself with a large leaf as she watches a celebration in the village of Sarayaku, Ecuador, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012. The Sarayaku people are gathering to celebrate a ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in their favor, winning a 2003 lawsuit against oil activity on their ancestral Amazon lands. The court ruled that Ecuador's state violated the Sarayaku's property rights for not consulting them before signing an oil contract with the Argentine oil company Compania General de Combustibles (CGC) in 1996. The state must pay the Sarayaku $1.4 million dollars for property damage on communal land caused by oil exploration and for court costs. The company withdrew from Ecuador in 2011 after violent protests by the Sarayaku."
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Guarani girl - Amazon.
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Andes Otavalo Indian dressed as the Inca king at the Fiesta de San Luis Obispo - Ecuador.
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Otavalo Indian woman - northern Ecuador.Mary Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05135906126659162422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396404584856235051.post-56405898456374447592012-11-23T11:50:00.000-08:002012-11-23T11:50:17.189-08:00The Chocolate Warrior<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This imposing Mayan warrior figurine was discovered on the funerary island of Jaina in Campeche, Mexico off of the northeastern coast of the Yucatan peninsula. He is being used to illustrate an article about prehistoric war, but is he ready for battle or for a ballgame with the powers of the Underworld?
This statuette is painted with the famous “Maya blue” which colors the headdress, ear spools, padding, and two fringed shields. The tunic is scaled like the overlaying scales of a fish and the figure wears a broad collar. Ballplayers were warriors and the opposing team was made up of prisoners of war. The player holds no weapon, but he lifts two protective decorated shields.
A Mayan ballplayer can often be identified by the masked knee pad he wears in order to kneel down to hit the large ball, which was made of latex tree sap, with his hip. The target of the goal was the carved stone hoop set high up on the wall of the ballcourt, the hoop was decorated with carvings of the feathered serpent. This player does not seem to be wearing a knee pad but instead he displays two thick padded blocking devices – does this indicate that there was another, more defensive, position to be manned in the ballgame?
The ballcourt itself was set low into the ground in order to be closer to the Underworld and the game reflected the story of the Hero Twins who played against the gods of the Underworld in exchange for their lives. This story is from their book of creation ”The Popul Vuh”, much of Mayan art relates back to the tales in this important and ancient source.
The most interesting element of the warrior`s costume consists of the pods attached to his shirt. Are these perhaps water-lily buds that represent the underwater realm? These pods actually portray the sacred food of the gods, they are the pods of the cacao plant whose seeds within are the source of chocolate. The Maya were very attached to their whipped chocolate drink, the kings drank it constantly. The seeds of the plants were so valuable that they were used for money.
The losers of the ballgame were sent to Xibalba - the Underworld. This figurine portrays the occupant of a tomb on Jaina (pronounced “high-nah” with the accent on the last syllable). He was a member of the ruling class and he played the sacred ballgame dressed as the god of chocolate in order to honor the god of chocolate.
(Click on image to enlarge).Mary Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05135906126659162422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396404584856235051.post-14586286551802679472012-11-23T11:43:00.001-08:002012-11-23T11:44:29.771-08:00The Dancing King of Dos Pilas Part I<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dos Pilas is a late classic Mayan city located at the headwaters of the Usumacinta River in Guatemala on the border with Mexico. It is upriver from the major city of Yaxchilan on this main highland waterway that runs into the Gulf of Mexico to the east. What we know of Dos Pilas has been discovered in the ruin of its destruction. At the end, its last defense was a barrier constructed of the stone blocks from its decorative roofcombs. The stela carving of the dancing king has obviously been broken and not by an earthquake given the destruction of war all around it. It is apparent from the break that this monument was carved from a comparitively thin slab of rock. Much gratitude is due the team of archaeologists who took the time to reassemble this unique carving. The chieftans of the Maya participated in the ballgame that symbolized the co-existence of the Underworld and its dieties with the terrestrial plane. They played the game for high stakes as did the participants in their book of creation "The Popul Vuh". The ballcourts were dug low to represent the lower world. If the hosting team were victorious, the king would perform a victory dance much like the football players of today dance when they`ve made a touchdown. The profile portrait of the dancing king of dos Pilas portrays just such an event. The action on this stela has been captured by a talented an innovative artist. It stands in sharp contrast to the stiff poses and static archaic style of the majority of other Mayan monuments even those other monuments of Dos Pilas itself. The motion in this piece indicates that it is from the late stage of the civilization. The headdress of the king is made of the feathers of the Harpy eagle with its distinctive large eyes, raised comb of feathers, and screaming eagle pose. Most Mayan royalty wore green quetzal plumes, but this ruler is adorned with the black and white striped wing feathers of the Harpy. The Aztecs painted the Harpy as a black and white striped eagle in their codices.
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The carving with line drawing overlay.
Mary Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05135906126659162422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396404584856235051.post-77120759251343675332012-11-23T11:36:00.002-08:002012-11-23T11:37:32.071-08:00The Dancing King of Dos Pilas in Color<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Dancing King of Dos Pilas in Color - The king wears a headress made of the striped feathers of the Harpy eagle which swoops down to capture monkeys right out of the trees of the towering jungle forest. On his chest, he wears a winged pectoral. He has a necklace made of blue jade as well as a face carved of precious green jade below his chest pectoral. The colors of green and yellow used here represent the corn god in whose honor many of the sacrifices were conducted. It is apparent that this warrior king is a ballplayer from the fringed masked knee pad that he wears on his right knee. The ballplayers knelt down on one knee in order to hit the large rubber ball with their hip to send it through a stone hoop set high on the ballcourt wall. Unfortunately, the losers of the ballgame were dispatched to the Underworld as offerings to the gods of Xibalba. The padded costumes of the warriors on the court were incredibly ornate and individualistic, there was no team uniform. They wore full headresses adorned with gold, plumes, and gems as they portrayed the gods of the "Popul Vuh" their book of creation. Judging from the profile of the king, he was from a different tribe than those depicted in the art of the other Mayan cities in the Peten such as Palenque. The rulers of Palenque bound their heads and had long deformed skulls as well as pronounced Roman noses. In the later stage of the civilization in this area, the Maya had merged with the tribal types from the Yucatan - the Toltec Maya, and the inhabitants of the great city of Teotihuacan. Our dancing king`s profile more closely resembles that of the bearded Toltec race that had joined with the civilization of the Usumacinta River basin and highlands. These overgrown jungle cities lay buried and unknown until the 19th century when they were discovered by the workers of the rubber tree sap harvesting industry. Archaeologists found one of the tall carved monuments overturned and reburied upside-down, it had remained in that position undisturbed for hundreds of years. These cities were destroyed at the same time. Fortification walls had been erected between the hills to keep out the invaders, but they were overrun from the south. Perhaps the El Nino storms had devasted the war-like tribes in South America who then came north to invade Mesoamerica. The motion shown in the carving of the smashed and reconstructed stela of the dancing king of Dos Pilas shows that it was carved in the late phase of the city. Much is made of the Mayan prophecies concerning 2012 and the Apocalypse, but we can see from the destruction suffered by this artifact that the apocalypse hit the city of Dos Pilas centuries ago. (Click on color image to enlarge).Mary Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05135906126659162422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396404584856235051.post-63493571589875277352012-10-29T18:07:00.000-07:002012-10-29T18:12:07.683-07:00Leg Rattles - Native Dancers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mary Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05135906126659162422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396404584856235051.post-41617657244471920902012-10-16T17:59:00.000-07:002012-10-16T17:59:04.050-07:00Dancer from Peru<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Folk dancer from a Peruvian group performing in Tucson.Mary Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05135906126659162422noreply@blogger.com0