Research Catalog

Title

Teotihuacan Mazapan figurines and the Xipe Totec statue : a link between the Basin of Mexico and the Valley of Oaxaca / by Sue Scott.

Author

Scott, Sue.

Publication

Nashville, Tenn. : Vanderbilt University, 1993.

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Description

iv, 80 pages, 47 unnumbered pages : illustrations; 28 cm.

Series Statement

Vanderbilt University publications in anthropology ; no. 44

Uniform Title

Vanderbilt University publications in anthropology ; no. 44.

Subject

• Terra-cotta figurines > San Juan Teotihuacán
• Xipe Totec statue
• Indian sculpture > Mexico
• Teotihuacán Site (San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 64-79).

Contents

• Background -- Identifying the Figurines -- Archaeological Context and Chronology -- The Figurine Tradition. Teotihuacan Mazapan and Lambityeco Figurines. Teotihuacan Mazapan Figurine Classification. Attributes of female figurines. Attributes of male figurines. Lambityeco Figurines. Attributes of female figurines. Attributes of male figurines -- The Teotihuacan Xipe Totec Statue. Description of the statue -- The Xipe Statue and Its Analogues. Oaxacan Xipe-Bat Motifs. Zapotec Claw Vessels. Interchangable Xipe-Bat Motifs on Ceramic Statues. The Tezoquipan statues. The Tezoquipan bat figure. The Tezoquipan "Xipe" The Stendahl statue. Figures Holding Claw Vessels. The Vienna figure. The Heye figure. Figures Holding Trophy Heads. Monte Alban Tomb 58 brazier. Monte Alban Tomb 103 urn. The "Xipe" Statues. The Coatlinchan statue. The Chalchuapa statue. The Swallowtail Motif. Tula stela #1 -- Metaphor. The Selerian legacy. Beyond Oaxaca, recent studies -- Origins. The Teotihuacan "masked face" motif.
• Vertical stripes on the face -- Ritual Human Sacrifice and the Skeletal Evidence. Teotihuacan Mazapan Graves and Skull Burials.

ISBN

093546235X

OCLC

• 28371983
• ocm28371983
• SCSB-14408915

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries