[Aztlan] Teotihuacan Clay Heads

[Mary Hopkins]

Making of new figurines from old molds, and from molds copied from old 
figurines, continues actively today. MHopkins

On Thu, 18 Jan 2007, Justin Kerr wrote:

> Dear Pamela,
> You can find considerable information bye searching the FAMSI web site for
> Teotihuacan.
> You can find articles by Saburo Sugiyma as well as many others.
> Refer to an article by Janet Montoya
> http://www.famsi.org/reports/98060/
> on the figurines.
> Good luck
> Justin Kerr
> P.S. If the items in the collection you are studying have not been recovered
> archaeology, there is always the possibility that some may be new pulls from
> old molds. There was a very large industry at Teotihuacan producing
> reproductions for tourists including heads and body parts called "chiquitas"
> selling for about 1 peso each (8 cents in those days).
>
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> On Behalf Of Archaeology Institute
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> To: C1grandes at aol.com
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> Subject: Re: [Aztlan] Teotihuacan Clay Heads
>
> C1grandes at aol.com on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 at 12:25 PM -0800 wrote:
>> A small archaeological museum in El Paso, TX has a sizable collection of
>> small bodiless heads from the area of Teotihuacan, Mexico.  I've
> volunteered to
>> assist them in obtaining information about the heads that can be  used to
> sort
>> and/or classify them.  Unfortunately, I've been unable to  learn much
> beyond
>> the fact that they used to be found in fields as, perhaps,  offerings.
>>
>> I'd appreciate any information or reference suggestions that you can
> provide.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Pamela K
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