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Ancient MesoAmerica News Updates 2011, No. 20: El Tajín, Veracruz - New Hypothesis on the Structure of Power at El Tajín Last Thursday, March 24, 2011 (late posting due to no web access), the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) posted a bulletin in which a new hypothesis on the structure of power is described at El Tajín, as recently proposed by archaeologist Arturo Pascual Soto, former director of the site. The bulletin additionally provides a description of the recently found fragments of a painted mural in Structure 40 at El Tajín (edited by AMaNU): Rev elan estructura de poder de Tajín - Nuevas hipótesis sobre final stage and form of government civilization Tajin, indicating that the mandate of this ancient city was not unique to one person but several individuals were released in a series of conferences organized by the National Institute Anthropology and History (INAH). According to studies in the archaeological zone of Veracruz, by Dr. Arturo Pascual, of the National Autonomous University of Mexico , Tajin experienced intense in its final phase transformations in its form of government and ideology that were reflected in its architecture and iconography. In this regard, he said, about 800-850 AD, this ancient Mesoamerican city experienced a profound change in his government with the rise of a new lineage group linked to the figure of Thirteen Rabbit, officer referred to in the carved pillars of the Columns Building. However, the relief of those pillars are represented characters who hold the same calendar name, will have both in the arcades west (800-850 AD) and east (900-950 AD). "With this evidence," said the former director of the archaeological zone, "knowing there is more than a century between the two sculptures, one can not assume that it is the same ruling. In any case, different characters appear to be referring to the same lineage group and not different configurations of a particular individual. " "I think Thirteen Rabbit and his people were not necessarily coming from elsewhere in Mesoamerica, it did not end suddenly with the cultural universe of Tajin. Instead, the archaeological data of the Columns Building show a sequence of events, running in the direction of the transformation, but still tries to balance the principles that traditionally harmonized society. "Arturo Pascual said that the reference other characters on the pillars of the Palace of the Columns, as the lords and Ocho Cinco Deer Movement, does not refer to a shared government in Tajin, but a scheme of delegation of power As for administrative functions. Likewise, the expert Institute of Aesthetic Studies at UNAM considered that before the changes that had Tajín around 800 AD, it is necessary to review the timelines for the final phase of this civilization, which until now has been raised for Epi-Classic period, from 900 to 1100 of our era. "If we want to portray the final days of civilization Tajín maybe we 'squeeze' fewer things, which actually already warns of a political and social scene more dynamic, to accommodate a longer period, which must be approximately from 800 to 1200 AD. " The researcher abounded that lived around 800 AD Tajín one of his last moments of cultural flowering, architecturally complex represented by the Columns Building. Between 1100 and 1200 AD, constructive reforms were dwindling, perhaps provided a much more crude technique in regard to stone masonry, but not allowed to print their particular stamp. " The author of El Tajin. In search of the origins of civilization (2006) and El Tajin. Art and Power (2010), indicated that this final stage of Tajin, specifically between 800 and 900 AD, was marked by observation of the stars, an activity reserved for the elite and even led to the calendrical counting the appearances of Venus as morning star. "The issue is particularly important to note that at least in the relief sculpture of the Palace of the Columns is the notion of deities who descend from a celestial plane to manifest in the universe of men. Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli is the case, the deity armed with arrows, which is related to the war, human sacrifice and Venus in the form of a morning star. " "That was the stage that saw Tajin, which modeled a last face to the city, and without the presence of dignitaries of the sign-Rabbit Thirteen immersed in a new ideology military-style, absolutely elite, very typical of Epi in Mesoamerica. " Fragments of wall - in this academic forum held at the archaeological site of El Tajin, Dr. Arturo Pascual also reported finding a series of wall pieces, found during excavations from a project sponsored by the UNAM and the Council National Science and Technology. Were found, detailed in the core construction of Building 40, which is part of the Columns. Already in 2004, in nearby West Hill, similar traces had been found in Building 14. "The number of fragments of wall paintings of the West Hill allowed us recreate the scenes of a huge wall where he observed a large tiger and a group of macaws. For now, the mural shows the old Building 40 is still very small, but it is clear that the artistic discourse is based on the representation of several richly dressed, of human sacrifice by decapitation and the configuration of different plant motifs. " "In both cases these murals were destroyed in antiquity and used as rubble remains, that by reason of architectural reforms experienced both buildings, probably before 900 AD," he concluded. (Source INAH)