The Stone Statues of Nicaragua
The Stone Statues of Nicaragua
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The standing figure (a) was found on Zapatero Island and is en- AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST [N. S. , 23, 1921 tirely typical of that region. A seated figure (b) was found by the writer at La Florida, a town some sixty miles from the great Maya city of Copan and itself surrounded by ruins of Maya type. The La Florida sculpture bears on its back a small animal figure, which, we have seen, is a Nicaraguan feature and is not characteristic of Mayan art.
While the La Florida figure belongs in the same g...roup with what we have called the Nicaraguan figures, it also is stylistically MP FIG. 69. A stone statue from southwestern Mexico (a) compared with statues of Nicaraguan type (b, c).
affiliated with a group of crude sculptures found principally in the highlands of Guatemala (fig. 70, c), which are probably a local development of the Nicaraguan type. The method of representing the hands and arms as well as their position on the body indicate stylistic affiliation, and, furthermore, similar subjects, among which should be mentioned crude figures with a plate or disk held on the belly, are represented all the way from Guatemala to Costa Rica.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The standing figure (a) was found on Zapatero Island and is en- AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST [N. S. , 23, 1921 tirely typical of that region. A seated figure (b) was found by the writer at La Florida, a town some sixty miles from the great Maya city of Copan and itself surrounded by ruins of Maya type. The La Florida sculpture bears on its back a small animal figure, which, we have seen, is a Nicaraguan feature and is not characteristic of Mayan art.
While the La Florida figure belongs in the same g...roup with what we have called the Nicaraguan figures, it also is stylistically MP FIG. 69. A stone statue from southwestern Mexico (a) compared with statues of Nicaraguan type (b, c).
affiliated with a group of crude sculptures found principally in the highlands of Guatemala (fig. 70, c), which are probably a local development of the Nicaraguan type. The method of representing the hands and arms as well as their position on the body indicate stylistic affiliation, and, furthermore, similar subjects, among which should be mentioned crude figures with a plate or disk held on the belly, are represented all the way from Guatemala to Costa Rica.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Samuel Kirkland Lothrop to read onlineMoreLess
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