The Performance of Rulership in Mesoamerican Izapan Style Art
by
Julia Guernsey
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
The ancient Mesoamerican city of Izapa in Chiapas, Mexico, is renowned for its extensive collection of elaborate stone stelae and altars, which were carved during the Late Preclassic period (300 BC-AD 250). Many of these monuments depict kings garbed in the costume and persona of a bird, a well-known...