Ancient Mesoamerica News Updates 2011, No. 18: Mexico City - The Exhibit six ancient cities in Mesoamerica. Society and Environment Opens on Thursday March 17
On Thursday March 17, 2011, the exhibit "Six cities ancient Mesoamerica. Society and Environment "will open at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. A total of 411 Archaeological objects from six cities (Monte Alban, Palenque, El Tajin, Teotihuacan, Tenochtitlan and Tlatelolco) and Covering 2000 years of history Will Be Shown at this exhibit, as Was Just Report by the National Institute of Anthropology and History . Several of the objects That Will Be exhibit for the first time at the Mexico City museum Are Described in short in the bulletin Below (edited by amanu):
"Six cities in Mesoamerica" \u200b\u200bbrings together two thousand years of history - The ancient cultures that flourished in what Today is Mexico, conducted in different ecological niches, a unique case with respect to other native civilizations of the world show how pre-Hispanic man and created this biodiversity controlled cities such as Monte Alban, Palenque, El Tajin, Teotihuacan, Tenochtitlan and Tlatelolco, is the theme of the exhibition six ancient cities in Mesoamerica. Society and Environment.
inaugurated on Wednesday March 16 at the National Museum of Anthropology (MNA), and open to the public starting Thursday, "this major exhibition brings together for the first time 411 pieces from 17 collections, mostly from INAH, through which visitors learn about the common features of the first cities, writing, economic control as the ideological myths that sustained the social, as well as the development of predictive sciences, monumental architecture, figurative art and long-distance trade.
Under this conception, exhibition organized by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), brings together under one roof, the Temporary Exhibition Hall of the MNA, the Mayan, Totonac, Zapotec and Mixtec, Teotihuacan and Mexico, which make up a historical past two thousand years. Six
originating cities - Professor Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, chief curator of the exhibition will remain until the end of May, explained that only six companies worldwide civilization reached as part of their own development: Egypt, Mesopotamia, China and the Indus Valley (Pakistan) in regard to Africa and East, while in our continent include the Andes and Mesoamerica.
"The development of these societies of antiquity was important to have great rivers, what is striking in the case of Mesoamerica is how the man knew how to use different ecosystems to establish their settlements."
Six cities that exemplify the above are: Monte Alban (400 BC-1200 AD) whose development occurred in a mountainous region in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca and at its peak reached a population of 40 000 inhabitants, Palenque, Chiapas (350 AD-830 AD), was built in a jungle environment where, during its peak, had to live about 10 thousand people.
El Tajin, Veracruz (600-1200 AD) was located in wetlands of the Gulf Coast, with an estimated population of 20 thousand inhabitants. While in the center of Mexico, Teotihuacan was established (150 BC-650 AD) and had about 100 thousand residents because, among other things, to its unique urban planning.
Finally, Tenochtitlan (1325-1521 AD) and Tlatelolco (1337-1521 AD) accounted for at least 175 000 inhabitants in a lacustrine environment master who knew how to save space in Lake Texcoco, take fishing and hunting, in addition to exploiting the various sites that offered the Valley of Mexico.
six ancient cities in Mesoamerica, "continued the archaeologist Eduardo Matos, provides the public a dual education:" On one hand, the creative power of man do not be discouraged by anything, and, second, how the proposed Mesoamerican base their housing facilities, regardless of adverse events and places in which was embodied his idea of \u200b\u200bthe universe. "
In this regard, Diana Magaloni Kerpel, director of the National Museum of Anthropology, reports that in various forms, a Mesoamerican cities were joined by a common origin myth: "The Earth was born as a monster, a lizard, that when he stood up took the form of a tree. According to the Mesoamerican concept of the cosmos, it had a vertical order, divided into three regions: water main (underworld), land surface (where human events occur) and sky (the upper), with the mountain axis joining at three o'clock.
This pair of myths were present at the stroke of cities, building of pyramids as representations of the mountain, and in everyday life, "Hence the display pieces reflect these beliefs."
Mounting - The body that integrates six ancient cities in Mesoamerica includes guard pieces are housed in INAH national museums of Anthropology and Cultures at the Templo Mayor, the Cultures of Oaxaca and site museums . Others belong to museums Amparo (Puebla), Regional Anthropology "Carlos Pellicer Camara" and Marin Azcuaga Ventura (Tabasco).
During assembly, designed by a team National Coordination of Museums and Exhibitions INAH archaeological objects also highlight recent findings and / or had a long restoration process, which is why several of them are exhibited for the first time in Mexico City, some examples are:
* The dancer, stone block showing a Zapotec warrior ranks first in a ritual act in which genitals were bleeding. It was developed by the fourth century BC to commemorate the early rulers of Monte Alban. * Board
Temple of the Foliated Cross, Palenque, this scene recreates a ritual stone in honor of the god GI, Khan made K'inich B'ahlam the day of his enthronement (7 January 684 AD), in those Mayan city.
* death mask of the Red Queen (600 to 900 AD) found in 1994 in Temple XIII, Palenque. This piece, 25 x 19 cm, belonged to an elite woman of the time and was made with tiles of malachite, jade and obsidian.
* A panel dating from 702 AD and that evokes the death of M. de Palenque K'an Bahlam II
* The shafts of the pillars of the Palace of the Columns of El Tajin, where the arrival of the ruler told Thirteen Rabbit who conquered the city and initiated profound changes in its architecture to 800 - 1200 AD Teotihuacan
* A monolith depicting the Earth Monster, made between the first and second centuries AD, and was richly decorated with pigments of various colors.
* obsidian knives serpent who took part an offering that was found inside the Pyramid of the Moon in Teotihuacan. * Sculpture
old god of fire or Huehuetéotl, considered the most comprehensive so far found in the vicinity of the Teotihuacan.
* Almena spiral-shaped building had to finish the old Tenochtitlan, possibly a calmecac-school-children of the rulers, between 1250 and 1521 AD
* A canoe made from a single trunk that sailed the canals of Tenochtitlan and Lake Texcoco in the late fifteenth century.
* Three wooden lintels 800 years ago belonged to a building in Tlatelolco, and who may have seen Hernan Cortes on his arrival in this ancient city. The restoration of these pieces, by INAH experts, involved a 15 years. Although the curatorship
Six Cities of Mesoamerica was provided by Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, INAH emeritus researcher, the sections for each city had to be responsible to specialists in each of these: Martha Carmona (Monte Alban), Laura Fillion ( Palenque), Patricia Castillo (El Tajin), Alejandro Sarabia (Teotihuacan) and Bertina Olmedo (Tenochtitlan and Tlatelolco).
With a museum that lets you "talk" to the part itself, the journey starts with the original cultures and myths rooms originating, to continue the dedicated each of the cities: Monte Alban, Palenque, El Tajin, Teotihuacan, Tenochtitlan and Tlatelolco, linked by their ecosystem.
Likewise, the assembly repeats the architectural features of each city, both ceremonial and residential spaces, one example is the recreation of a Zapotec tomb, the false arch of the Mayan temples, the courts of The Ball Game Tajin and Teotihuacan a residential complex with its walls painted, to name a few.
Other materials that complement the exhibition, are recreations of how these cities should look at their best, in addition to their videos on the most representative offices: the gold Monte Alban, Palenque stucco, paint mural in El Tajin, ceramics at Teotihuacan, the feather in Tenochtitlan and Tlatelolco marketing.
Finally, the publication of exhibition catalog essays compiled by renowned researchers and Eduardo Matos, Bertina Olmedo, Ruben Cabrera, Diana Magaloni, Jesus Galindo, Miguel Leon-Portilla, Nelly Robles, Patricia Castillo, Saburo Sugiyama, Salvador Guilliem, Teresa Uriarte and Sara Ladrón de Guevara. (Source INAH)
The INAH has Developed a website to Accompany the exhibit, more information on Which Can Be found.
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