essay

Miscellaneous bedrock and boulder carvings

ancient chalcatzingo • Austin • Published In 1987 • Pages: 159-170

By: Grove, David C..

Abstract

Grove provides an inventory describing a variety of stone carvings discovered mostly in survey at the Olmec-influenced highland site of Chalcatzingo. Very few are found in unambiguous or undisturbed context, and there are few temporally diagnostic features. Any and all therefore may date to any time from the later Early Formative through Postclassic periods. Only objects MCR-5, -6 and -7 are conjectured to pertain to the pertinent Middle Formative period Cantera phase. Most intriguing are: 1) a possible architectural model or three dimensional map of the site at that time emphasizing the flow of 'sacred water' (MCR-8); and 2) hollows and grooves typically carved in peripheral areas of the site, perhaps meant to capture and channel rainwater for ritual purposes.

HRAF PubDate

2000

Region

Middle America and the Caribbean

Sub Region

Central Mexico

Document Type

essay

Evaluation

Creator Type

Archaeologist

Document Rating

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

Leon G. Doyon ; 2007

Field Date

1972-1978

Coverage Date

3500 BP-650 BP

Coverage Place

Chalcatzingo, Morelos State, Mexico

Notes

David C. Grove

For bibliographical references see Grove: 1987 (Document 3)

LCCN

85022673

LCSH

Olmecs