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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Olmec art"”.
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Sculpting the narrative : the material practice of Epi-Olmec art and writing
From approximately 350 BCE to CE 550, artist-scribes in Mexico’s Isthmus of Tehuantepec produced inscriptions using one of the most complicated hieroglyphic systems known from the ancient world. In the 2nd century CE, a group of such literate sculptors carved the La Mojarra Stela, one of the great …
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Evidence for the Use of Bufo marinus in the Olmec Shamanic Tool Kit
This thesis explores the use of toad imagery in Olmec iconography. The Bufo marinus, secretes a highly toxic poison that, when used with discretion, has hallucinogenic properties. Both archaeological and artistic representations strongly suggest imagery of the Bufo marinus was used in Olmec art as …
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A Possible Ehecatl Figure from West Mexico
This thesis focuses on a particularly sophisticated example of Pre-Columbian West Mexican ceramic sculpture from the Museum of Fine Arts Houston: a dancing figure with a complex zoomorphic headdress. Late Pre-Classic Colima, the figure's culture of origin, is poorly understood due to its severely …