The Stuccoed and Painted Benches of Xochicalco, Morelos, Mexico
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The Stuccoed and Painted Benches of Xochicalco, Morelos, Mexico. / Nielsen, Jesper; Alvarado León, Claudia; Helmke, Christophe.
I: Ancient Mesoamerica, Bind 32, Nr. 2, 2021, s. 249-268.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - The Stuccoed and Painted Benches of Xochicalco, Morelos, Mexico
AU - Nielsen, Jesper
AU - Alvarado León, Claudia
AU - Helmke, Christophe
N1 - Publisher Copyright: Copyright © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The cultural tradition of stuccoed and polychromatic murals in central Mexico dates back to Early Classic Teotihuacan and continued into the subsequent Epiclassic period, with the stunning murals from Cacaxtla as the most famous and well-studied example. In this paper, we present three examples of stuccoed and richly painted benches or thrones from the mayor Epiclassic site of Xochicalco in the Mexican state of Morelos. A careful iconographic and epigraphic analysis of the imagery, as well as the associated hieroglyphic signs from one of the benches, leads us to suggest that these benches played a pivotal role in displaying the religious, mythological, and historical underpinnings of hierarchical power at Xochicalco. Based on comparisons with benches and seats from Classic Maya culture and, in particular, the contemporaneous Terminal Classic city of Chichen Itza, which was deeply involved in interregional relations with central Mexico, we also suggest that the Xochicalco benches may even have served as royal seats or thrones.
AB - The cultural tradition of stuccoed and polychromatic murals in central Mexico dates back to Early Classic Teotihuacan and continued into the subsequent Epiclassic period, with the stunning murals from Cacaxtla as the most famous and well-studied example. In this paper, we present three examples of stuccoed and richly painted benches or thrones from the mayor Epiclassic site of Xochicalco in the Mexican state of Morelos. A careful iconographic and epigraphic analysis of the imagery, as well as the associated hieroglyphic signs from one of the benches, leads us to suggest that these benches played a pivotal role in displaying the religious, mythological, and historical underpinnings of hierarchical power at Xochicalco. Based on comparisons with benches and seats from Classic Maya culture and, in particular, the contemporaneous Terminal Classic city of Chichen Itza, which was deeply involved in interregional relations with central Mexico, we also suggest that the Xochicalco benches may even have served as royal seats or thrones.
U2 - 10.1017/S0956536120000012
DO - 10.1017/S0956536120000012
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85088960794
VL - 32
SP - 249
EP - 268
JO - Ancient Mesoamerica
JF - Ancient Mesoamerica
SN - 0956-5361
IS - 2
ER -
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