Smoke Signals: Interpretations

Author(s): Marion Popenoe Hatch; Matilde Ivic de Monterroso

Year: 2015

Summary

This paper compares expressions of ritualistic concepts that can be found on images on censers and on other artistic creations, including monuments and documents. The research concentrates on Late Preclassic and Early Classic developments in the Guatemala South Coast and Highlands but also uses relevant information from other areas. One of the objectives is to trace continuities and changes in forms of rituals and the manner in which individuals participated in them. It is found that contrasting attitudes can be recognized between regional populations. The idea is tested at Takalik Abaj.

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Smoke Signals: Interpretations. Marion Popenoe Hatch, Matilde Ivic de Monterroso. Presented at The 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Francisco, California. 2015 ( tDAR id: 395113)

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Keywords

General
Censers • Guatemala • rituals

Geographic Keywords
Mesoamerica

Spatial Coverage

min long: -107.271; min lat: 12.383 ; max long: -86.353; max lat: 23.08 ;