#mesoamerica

[sergioguymanproust]

The predominant civilization in that part of what is now known as as Veracruz were the Olmecs that ruled between the 1300 and 400 B.C. Of course there were other indigenous cultures that existed but the Olmecs were by far the oldest. In Mesoamérica. An interesting point is that they did influence the Mayas with theirs sport and the calendar system .The reason why the Olmecs went extinct is not clear ,some suggests that their rivers got so much silt that eventually reduced them food production.As far as alien contact there are no records of such events compare to the Maya . Words by Sergio GuymanProust.

Sculpture of a seated man with two dogs (one of the dogs is seen in the image). Dated (400-800 AD), from Veracruz, Mexico.

It could depict a warrior, as the man wears a full head mask that represents a (prairie) wolf.

[tlatollotl]

Cultura: Culturas de la costa del Golfo, Centro de Veracruz

Técnica: Modelado

Provenience unknown, possibly looted

MNA

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Skull Necklace.

Culture: Aztec

Period: Late Postclassic

Date: A.D. 1200-1520

Medium: Shell

[dyke-delphinia]

3D Reconstruction of Tenochtitlán by Thomas Kole

[memories-of-ancients]

Frog vessel, Colima, Mexico, 2nd century BC - 3rd century AD

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[canisvesperus]

And we wouldn’t have to pay to see ourselves in museums.

Source

[jstor]

Happy Monday! Here are three Aztec stone snakes for you. The greenish one (13th-16th century) is from the Cleveland Museum of Art and the other two (15th-early 16th century) are from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, two open access collections on JSTOR.

[mapsontheweb]

Main Mesoamerican Civilizations (1800 BCE-1521)

[larrycoyote]

Sculpture of a seated warrior with two dogs. Veracruz, Mexico, 400-800 AD

[illustratus]

[yekokataa]

shoutout to ancient mesoamerican artists. greatest creature designers of all time

[shi-gu]

Codex Black character design sketches. A traveler guy named Tecolli, and a local Zapotec goddess named Yaghelao.

[tlatollotl]

Can I share something neat for a moment?

Look at this ceramic figurine. Three people are participating in a group cheek piercing ceremony. We believe it is a form of auto sacrifice, akin to cutting earlobes, piercing foreskin, or running a nettle filled thread through the tongue.

What is neat about the cheek piercing ceremony is that the aftermath of the ceremony is depicted on other, larger, hollow figurines. Take this figurine for example. You can see the vertical scars of multiple ceremonies. As a result, this person's mouth now droops.

We see the drooping mouth in other figurines, but without the scars. These two figurines also happen to be musicians. While there could be a connection between music and group ceremonies....

There are other figurines, like this starving (?) woman in the middle of preparing maize who also has the characteristic drooping mouth. This figurine also demonstrates that the ceremony was not gender exclusive, but rather practiced by all.

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Eccentric Flint in the Form of a Scorpion.

Place of origin: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, or Mexico (Mesoamerica)

Culture: Maya

Date: A.D. 600–900

Medium: Stone, Chert

[justsomeectoplasm]

MAN

[memories-of-ancients]

Vessel in the form of a dog, Colima, Mexico, 100 BC - 300 AD

from The Walters Art Museum