essay
Chalcatzingo's formative figurines
ancient chalcatzingo • Austin • Published In 1987 • Pages: 252-263
By: Harlan, Mark.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Harlan provides a typology of Formative period ceramic figurines from the Olmec-influenced highland site of Chalcatzingo. Nearly all are found to be stylistically related Tlatilco and other contemporary highland sites. Although also of a distinctively highland style, Middle Formative period Type C8 figurines exhibit unique, repetitive traits analogous to the portrayal of specific rulers in the monumental stone heads of the Olmec core area and share features with figurines from the Gulf Coast center of Tres Zapotes. A very few Early Formative period Amate phase specimens (Type C9) exhibit unmistakable Olmec 'baby-face' characteristics. The work concludes with a lengthy discussion about the contexts of figurines as related to emerging social stratification in the highlands.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Visual arts
- Ceramic technology
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Comparative evidence
- Mnemonic devices
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Olmec
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Mexico
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Leon G. Doyon ; 2006
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1972-1976
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 3500 BP-1850 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chalcatzingo, Morelos State, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Mark Harlan
- figurines, ceramic, as portraiture - use 'MNEMONIC DEVICES (211)' and 'CERAMIC TECHNOLOGY (323)' and 'VISUAL ARTS (5311)'
- For bibliographical references see Grove: 1987 (Document 3)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 85022673
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Olmecs