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79:, it became apparent in the middle of the 20th century, as a result of further research, that the artifacts and tombs were instead over a thousand years older. Until recently, the looted artifacts were all that was known of the people and culture or cultures that created the shaft tombs. So little was known, in fact, that a major 1998 exhibition highlighting these artifacts was subtitled: "Art and Archaeology of the Unknown Past".
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and rectangular central plazas, the
Teuchitlán tradition is marked by central circular plazas and unique conical pyramids. This circular architectural style is seemingly mirrored in the many circular shaft tomb tableau scenes. Known primarily from this architecture, the Teuchitlán tradition rises
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who firmly declared that Purépecha culture appeared only "after the 10th century". Toscano's and
Covarrubias's views were later upheld by radiocarbon dating of plundered shaft tombs' charcoal and other organic remains salvaged in the 1960s by Diego Delgado and Peter Furst. As the result of these
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is also elongated and the large eyes are wide and staring, with pronounced rims created by adding separate strips of clay ("fillets") around the eyes. The wide mouth is closed or slightly opened and the large hands have carefully delineated nails. Kubler detects both an early "sheep-faced" style
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says, for example, that "At no time in the pre-Hispanic era did any political or cultural entity impose itself on the whole region, even though certain cultural patterns (such as the building of shaft-and-chamber tombs) have in fact been widely diffused", Michelet p. 328. Beekman (2000, p. 393)
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Multiple burials are found in each chamber and evidence indicates that the tombs were used for families or lineages over time. The labor involved in the creation of the shaft tombs along with the number and quality of the grave goods indicate that the tombs were used exclusively by the society's
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Western Mexico archaeological sites. The orange circles show archaeological sites. The larger green circles highlight the most important sites. Note that the sites form what has been called the "shaft tomb arc" which extends from northwest
Nayarit through the central Jalisco highlands and down to
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Other styles include El Arenal, San
Sebastián, and Zacatecas. Although there is general agreement on style names and characteristics, it is not unanimous. Moreover, these styles often overlap to one degree or another, and many figurines defy categorization.
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began accumulating many
Western Mexico artifacts for his private collection, a personal interest that sparked a wider public interest in West Mexican grave goods. It was in the late 1930s that one of the most prominent of Western Mexico archaeologists,
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at roughly the same time as the shaft tomb tradition, 300 BCE, but lasts until 900 CE, many centuries after the end of the shaft tomb tradition. The
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peoples of
Nayarit, Furst proposed that the artifacts were not only mere representations of ancient peoples, but also contained deeper significance. The model houses, for example, showed the living dwelling in context with the dead – a miniature
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America in a somewhat later timeframe than western Mexico (e.g. 200-300 CE in northern Peru, later in other areas). To Dorothy Hosler, Professor of Archaeology and Ancient Technology at
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Cebollas tomb contained 125 conch shells (Meighan & Nicholson, p. 39). Beekman (2000) lists conch shell trumpets, along with dogs and horned figures, as three examples of "common symbolic threads" of the shaft tomb
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Winning published an exhaustive classification of Western Mexico shaft tomb artifacts (including, for example, the Chinesco A through D types mentioned above), a classification still largely in use today.
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Ancestor (or marriage) pairs of female and male figurines are common among shaft tomb tradition grave goods. These figurines, perhaps representing ancestors, may be joined or separate and often are executed in the
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Many shaft tomb figurines, spanning various Western Mexico styles and locations, wear a horn set high on the forehead. Several theories have been advanced for these horns: that they show that the figure is a
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cultures to represent soul guides of the dead and several dog ceramics wear human masks. Nonetheless, it should also be noted that dogs were often the major source of animal protein in ancient Mesoamerica.
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A Zacatecas style ceramic figurine showing the distinctive horns (perhaps bundles of hair) found on male figurines. Both male and female figurines display the characteristic flat-top heads and rope-like
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The 1993 discovery of an unlooted shaft tomb at Huitzilapa is the latest major milestone, providing "the most detailed information to date on the funerary customs" associated with shaft tomb tradition.
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A Nayarit tableau showing a multi-layered tree with birds. It has been proposed that the birds represent souls who have not yet descended into the underworld, while the central tree may represent the
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that seem "eroded or melted in the continuous passages of modelling that unite rather than divide the parts of the body" and a later style which are "more animated and more incisively articulated".
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Ceramic tableaus showing several or even several dozen people engaged in various seemingly typical activities. Concentrated in highland Nayarit and adjoining Jalisco, these tableaus present rich
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has been dated to 1500 BCE but is linked to Central, rather than Western, Mexico. Like much else concerning the tradition, its origins are not well understood, although the valleys around
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finds that "the square bodies, grimacing mouths, and staring eyes convey a disturbing expression which is only in part resolved by the animation and plastic energy of the turgid forms".
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stated that it "reaches the limits of absurd, brutal caricature, a peculiar aesthetic concept that relishes the creation of haunting subhuman monstrosities". Art historian
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some 250 kilometres (160 mi) to the east, and was one of the first to incorrectly use the term "Tarascan" (Purépecha) to describe the shaft tomb artifacts.
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An Ameca-style figurine from Jalisco. The crest is a not-uncommon feature of many tradition figurines. The ball would appear to link the subject to the
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and other tubers, various grains, and with animal protein from domestic dogs, turkeys, and ducks, and from hunting. They lived in thatched roof
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Despite this, the inhabitants of this area lived much like their Mesoamerican counterparts elsewhere. The usual trio of beans, squash, and
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as well. It has been proposed that these models show the house of the living above and attached to the house of the dead.
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are characterized by a vertical or nearly vertical shaft, dug 3 to 20 meters down into what is often underlying volcanic
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trumpets covered with stucco and other appliques. Unlike those of other Mesoamerican cultures such as the
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A characteristic circular ceramic tableau showing more than a dozen musicians and dancers
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An Ameca-style figurine from Jalisco. Height: 22 in (56 cm).
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feature some shaft tombs, and are often associated with the
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Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian (2005)
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Sculpture of Ancient West Mexico, Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima
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Sculpture of Ancient West Mexico, Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima
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Coe, Michael and Dean Snow and Elizabeth Benson (1986)
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to its south, roughly dating to the period between 300
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Common subjects of shaft tomb tradition ceramics are:
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Since the vast majority of these ceramics are without
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Painting in the Americas before European colonization
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Heritage of Power: Ancient Sculpture from West Mexico
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LĂłpez Mestas C. and Jorge Ramos de la Vega, p. 271.
410:Because western Mexico is on the very periphery of
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373:While these ceramics were obviously recovered as
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723:The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures
705:The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures
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1602:, Timeline of Art History, accessed April 2008.
1584:Michelet, Dominique (2000) "Western Mexico" in
1237:Among others, see Meighan and Nicholson, p. 58.
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1426:Christensen, Alexander F. (1999) "Review of
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1269:"Mexican and Central American Virtual Hall"
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3127:Portal:Indigenous peoples of the Americas
1636:Arte Precolombino del Occidente de Mexico
1344:Beekman, Christopher S. (December 2000).
1731:Pre-Columbian civilizations and cultures
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1179:Meighan and Nicholson, p. 33. Crossley.
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1444:, Fourth Edition, Thames and Hudson,
1442:Mexico, from the Olmecs to the Aztecs
689:Mexico: from the Olmecs to the Aztecs
1267:American Museum of Natural History,
230:The major stylistic groups include:
2155:Cultures of Pre-Columbian Venezuela
1471:"Unknown Mexico/MĂ©xico Desconocido"
687:Also, in the fourth edition of his
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1009:Coe (1994), p. 45 and many others.
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1275:Beekman, Christopher S. (1996).
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1086:Meighan and Nicholson, p. 60.
836:Meighan and Nicholson, p. 47.
492:History of scholarly research
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3152:Mesoamerican writing systems
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2148:Archaeological sites in Peru
1529:, vol. 17, pp. 271–281.
1493:, University of Utah Press,
1466:, Alfred A. Knopf, New York.
1049:Meighan and Nicholson, p.59.
1018:Metropolitan Museum of Art,
22:Reconstruction of excavated
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1462:Covarrubias, Miguel (1957)
1411:Bruhns, Karen Olsen (1994)
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2977:Uaxaclajuun UbĘĽaah KĘĽawiil
1695:Metropolitan Museum of Art
1643:Encyclopedia of Prehistory
1600:Metropolitan Museum of Art
1520:"Nayarit figures (Mexico)"
1479:"On the Dilemma of a Horn"
1459:; Facts on File, New York.
1294:Cambridge University Press
1292:(1). London and New York:
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2143:Cultural periods of Peru
1691:A Chinesco ancestor pair
1477:Danien, C. Elin (2004).
1457:Atlas of Ancient America
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708:makes the same argument.
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1926:Mesoamerican chronology
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1489:Foster, Michael (2000)
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1077:Beekman (1996), p. 138.
659:Anawalt, Patricia Rieff
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163:Mesoamerican world tree
1783:Archaeological periods
1554:Kubler, George (1984)
1551:, accessed April 2008.
1522:, accessed April 2008.
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1271:, accessed April 2008.
845:Covarrubias, p. 89-90.
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1473:, accessed June 2008.
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485:Teuchitlan tradition
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1793:Ancestral Puebloans
1624:, the Art Bulletin.
1527:Ancient Mesoamerica
1483:Expedition Magazine
1285:Ancient Mesoamerica
764:Classic period page
760:Coe et al., p. 102.
719:Classic period page
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2776:Architecture
2771:Architecture
2767:Architecture
2761:Gender Roles
2506:Tenochtitlan
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3007:Manco Cápac
2956:Moctezuma I
2867:Agriculture
2862:Agriculture
2857:Agriculture
2848:Agriculture
2791:Road System
2680:Mathematics
2545:Muysc Cubun
2399:San AgustĂn
2349:Monte Verde
2026:Teotihuacan
1918:Mesoamerica
1813:Coles Creek
1798:Anishinaabe
1755:Archaeology
1365:: 385–412.
1296:: 135–147.
1188:Sund, p. 2.
1170:Coe, p. 58.
956:Kan, p. 26.
908:Kan. p. 22.
890:Kan, p. 22.
881:Kan. p. 21.
640:Judy Sund,
570:, mythical
412:Mesoamerica
375:grave goods
209:Mesoamerica
186:conch shell
170:Grave goods
120:shaft tombs
90:Description
3206:Categories
2994:Tisquesusa
2968:Cuauhtémoc
2964:Cuitláhuac
2294:Lauricocha
2264:Gran Chaco
2254:Cupisnique
2239:Chinchorro
2214:Chachapoya
2204:Caral–Supe
2046:Tlaxcaltec
2036:Teuchitlán
1951:ChupĂcuaro
1878:Plum Bayou
1873:Plaquemine
1843:Marksville
1808:Chichimeca
1404:2008-04-18
1262:References
1206:See Sund,
1031:tradition.
762:Williams,
717:Williams,
627:Williams,
220:provenance
139:La Campana
63:provenance
24:shaft tomb
3015:Atahualpa
3011:Pachacuti
2986:Nemequene
2852:Chinampas
2674:Astronomy
2663:Astronomy
2643:Mythology
2638:Mythology
2633:Mythology
2628:Mythology
2624:Mythology
2454:Wankarani
2444:Tuncahuán
2334:Marajoara
2289:Las Vegas
2175:Atacameño
2071:Xochipala
2011:Purépecha
1971:Epi-Olmec
1961:Cuicuilco
1903:Troyville
1893:St. Johns
1645:, Vol 5,
1387:201247825
1379:0278-4165
1326:145100919
1310:0956-5361
808:Kappelman
543:cosmogram
149:culture.
109:Michoacán
73:Purépecha
3111:See also
3029:Conquest
3002:Zoratama
2669:Calendar
2658:Calendar
2653:Calendar
2649:Calendar
2618:Religion
2613:Religion
2602:Religion
2591:Religion
2587:Religion
2576:Numerals
2570:Numerals
2531:Language
2511:Multiple
2449:Valdivia
2434:Tiwanaku
2394:Saladoid
2389:Quimbaya
2279:Kuhikugu
2259:Diaguita
2249:Chorrera
2066:Veraguas
2061:Veracruz
2041:Tlatilco
1853:Mogollon
1760:Cultures
1738:Americas
1318:88113895
1130:Hosler,
793:Archived
661:(1998).
612:Archived
557:See also
310:funerary
192:and the
174:obsidian
105:El Opeño
57:and 400
2998:Tundama
2927:Peoples
2912:History
2907:History
2902:History
2898:History
2892:Cuisine
2887:Cuisine
2882:Cuisine
2877:Cuisine
2873:Cuisine
2731:Warfare
2726:Warfare
2721:Warfare
2717:Warfare
2711:Society
2706:Economy
2695:Society
2690:Society
2686:Society
2556:Writing
2550:Quechua
2535:Nahuatl
2502:Capital
2439:Toyopán
2419:Tairona
2329:Mapuche
2244:Chiripa
2219:Chancay
2190:Cañaris
2165:Amotape
2160:El Abra
2076:Zapotec
2056:Totonac
2031:Tepanec
2016:Quelepa
1986:Mezcala
1976:Huastec
1946:Cholula
1936:Capacha
1931:Acolhua
1888:Sinagua
1863:Patayan
1833:Hohokam
1823:Fremont
1693:at the
1653:(eds),
1440:(1994)
1059:world".
1040:Danien.
568:Naguals
534:Huichol
381:Context
182:metates
147:Capacha
99:Colima.
47:Nayarit
43:Jalisco
2941:Muisca
2936:Mayans
2931:Aztecs
2565:Script
2560:Script
2520:Bacatá
2491:Muisca
2374:Pucará
2369:Piaroa
2364:Paiján
2359:Omagua
2314:Lupaca
2309:Lokono
2274:Kalina
2269:Huetar
2229:ChavĂn
2224:Chango
2199:Nariño
2195:CapulĂ
2185:Calima
2180:Aymara
2170:Arawak
2051:Toltec
2001:Olmecs
1996:Nicoya
1991:Mixtec
1966:Diquis
1868:Picosa
1858:Oshara
1828:Glades
1818:Dorset
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354:shaman
348:style.
226:Styles
213:stelae
143:Colima
132:elites
77:Aztecs
51:Colima
2946:Incas
2837:Music
2832:Music
2827:Music
2823:Music
2756:Women
2751:Women
2746:Women
2742:Women
2700:Trade
2581:Quipu
2525:Cusco
2516:Hunza
2481:Aztec
2414:TaĂno
2409:Sican
2404:Shuar
2354:Nazca
2344:Mollo
2339:Moche
2319:Luzia
2234:ChimĂş
2006:Pipil
1981:Izapa
1956:Coclé
1898:Thule
1788:Adena
1349:(PDF)
1322:S2CID
1280:(PDF)
1208:p. 32
1132:p. 16
642:p. 13
596:arms.
579:Notes
443:maize
416:Olmec
190:Olmec
2736:Army
2518:and
2496:Inca
2486:Maya
2464:ZenĂş
2459:Wari
2304:Lima
1655:ISBN
1649:and
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1590:ISBN
1575:ISBN
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1446:ISBN
1417:ISBN
1383:OCLC
1375:ISSN
1314:OCLC
1306:ISSN
992:See
669:ISBN
609:ICOM
538:Cora
536:and
369:Uses
285:slip
194:Maya
176:and
124:tuff
33:The
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