The Chalcatzingo Reliefs Seen from a Critical Perspective
Author(s): Julio Amador; Ofelia Márquez Huitzil
Year: 2021
Summary
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
This paper is dedicated to carrying out a detailed study of some of the reliefs that were carved on the slopes of Cerro Chalcatzingo, during the Middle Formative period, as well as to present some critical reflections about the interpretations that have been made by other authors. All descriptions imply interpretation, in consequence, every process of perception and theoretical construction embodies a framework of thought that is determined historically and culturally. We have observed that between the interpreters of the reliefs, a dominating preconception determines their process of observation and the formulation of their hypothesis, something that we have made explicit in our critique. We have dedicated ourselves to contextualize the reliefs and the interpretations, and have also contrasted the zoomorphic images of the reliefs with the living animals that may have inspired them, as well as with their representations in several codex, in order to accomplish more precise descriptions and interpretations, founded more solidly.
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The Chalcatzingo Reliefs Seen from a Critical Perspective. Julio Amador, Ofelia Márquez Huitzil. Presented at The 86th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2021 ( tDAR id: 467475)
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Spatial Coverage
min long: -107.271; min lat: 18.48 ; max long: -94.087; max lat: 23.161 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 32433