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The iconography of power at Xochicalcoessay 2000 • Smith, Virginia
Central Mexico Postclassic • Middle America and the Caribbean > Central Mexico
In this paper, carvings on the Pyramid of the Plumed Serpents are analyzed as expressions of social and political themes. This study is an analysis of how power was portrayed and how images of power directly express and reflect the sociopolitical org...The art and iconography of the Xochicalco steleessay 2000 • Smith, Virginia
Central Mexico Postclassic • Middle America and the Caribbean > Central Mexico
In 1961 excavations under the direction of Cesar Sßenz recovered three carved stelae on the summit of a structure adjacent to the Pyramid of the Plumed Serpents in the Ceremonial Plaza on Cerro Xochicalco. In this paper Smith describes in detail the ...Appendix Bessay 2000 • Smith, Virginia
Central Mexico Postclassic • Middle America and the Caribbean > Central Mexico
Smith explains her rationales behind her reconstruction drawing of the Pyramid of the Plumed Serpents....A Catalogue of carved monuments and a guide to the visual characteristics of Xochicalco's art styleessay 2000 • Smith, Virginia & Hirth, Kenn
Central Mexico Postclassic • Middle America and the Caribbean > Central Mexico
This catalog of the published and unpublished stone carvings located at Xochicalco before 1990 provides a general description of the carvings, identifies their original and present locations, and lists the primary published references for each work. ...