#pre-hispanic

[archaeologicalnews]

1,200-year-old lord's tomb laden with gold unearthed in Panama

Archaeologists in Panama have discovered a 1,200-year-old tomb belonging to pre-Hispanic royalty that also contains a sizable gold collection.

The tomb is located in El Caño, an archaeological park in the Coclé province of central Panama. It is the final resting place of an "important Coclé lord," according to a translated statement from Panama's Ministry of Culture.

The lord likely lived during the late 700s and would have been in his 30s when he died, according to an El Caño Foundation Facebook post.

The tomb contained an impressive amount of grave goods belonging to the unnamed royal, such as ceramic artifacts and gold pieces from a funerary trousseau — a collection of an individual's personal possessions. Read more.

[pre-hispanic]

“ Este portaestandartes huasteco retrata a una deidad del pulque, puesto que la fecha dos-conejo era el día en que se le festejaba junto a esta bebida. La rigidez de la composición denota influencia mexica, pues la escultura huasteca era mucho menos rígida en periodos anteriores”.

A Huastec pulque deity with a rabbit design on its chest. The 2 rabbit day was the day in which the drink was celebrated. It’s believed to have Mexica influence in its design due to Huastec sculptures were less rigid in prior times.

[conformi]

Quadrangle of the Nuns | East Building, Uxmal, Mexico, 906 AD VS Emporio Armani, Logo, 1981

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[historical-nonfiction]

Possible Embassy Found In Major Mayan City

A recent study of the area in the Maya city of Tikal has found an unusual complex of buildings, which seems to be similar to the citadel of Teotihuacan. Tikal is in northern Guatemala, and Teotihuacan is central Mexico about 600 miles to the north.

Inside the complex in Tikal were found weapons in a Teotihuacan style, including ones made from green obsidian from central Mexico, incense burners, carvings of Teotihuacan's rain god, and a burial in a pyramid with offerings similar to offerings in Teotihuacan burials. Ceramics within the pyramid have been dated to around 300 CE.

Interestingly, an elite Maya compound has been discovered in Teotihuacan, with its murals smashed and buried. Was this site the corresponding Tikal embassy to Teotihuacan, the partner of Teotihuacan's embassy complex in Tikal? The two cities had a difficulty relationship: Teotihuacan invaded Tikal in 378 CE.

[thegoodmexican]

Mexico displays pre-Hispanic artifacts recovered from abroad

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two Mexican museums have opened a massive show this week of 1,525 pre-Hispanic and historical artifacts, more than half of which were recovered from abroad. Mexico has long had a problem with collectors or traffickers taking artifacts out of the country, even though that has been illegal since 1972.

[42frankee]

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[allthelexart]

Characters from a story about a newbie pochtecatl and an unruly calmecac youth (a young vanguard merchant and a student in ancient Mexico) I’m currently writinggg I am so eager to show it to my friends for input and proof reading, but the ***renovation drama*** keeps delaying it. I’ve posted conceptual art of these two previously! The story is meant to be published in comic form later. I’ve spent a lot of time reading codex texts, more in-depth university publications and any and all material I can get my paws on regarding the time and era. I’m sure I’ll still get a lot of things wrong- but I am doing a very honest attempt to stay respectful and true to the historical setting while still allowing myself to write a (hopefully) exciting and emotional story. It’s homoromantic/gay but it feels a bit ethnocentric to use modern western terms like that describing even a fictional mlm relationship between people in a time and place so far detached. The more I read about the Mexica, Tepaneca, Acolhua, Huaxteca, Xochimilca and so forth to build a mental image of the area around 15th century Tenochtitlan/Tlatelolco (and Lake Texcoco itself) the more fascinated and eager to make a good job I get ;;w;; Amazing civilizations, amazing historical setting, genuinely. I love. Passion project for sure.