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- Title
LA LEGITIMACIÓN DE LA REALEZA ENTRE LOS MAYAS DEL PRECLÁSICO TARDÍO. LOS MASCARONES DE EL TIGRE, CAMPECHE.
- Authors
Pacheco, Ernesto Vargas
- Abstract
The images of Maya dignitaries take the most important places in monumental art during Classic period, and all other representations occupy a secondary position in that context. This paper pretends to demonstrate that Maya kings tried to duplicate their conception of the Universe on civic architecture since Preclassic period, or even before; they used huge mask representations to transmit the sacred condition of their ancestors, their gods and their selves. At El Tigre site, in Campeche, have been explored several stucco masks of Late Preclassic date, showing human faces that may represent ancestors of the kings who tried to deify them in order to legitimate Maya royalty.
- Subjects
CAMPECHE (Mexico : State); MEXICO; MAYA mythology; ANCESTORS; MASKS; MAYAS
- Publication
Estudios de Cultura Maya, 2010, Vol 36, p11
- ISSN
0185-2574
- Publication type
Article