[Aztlan] Teotihuacan Clay Heads

[Oralia Cabrera]

Hi Pamela,

For the study of Teotihuacan figurines, see:

_Barbour_, Warren
    1976    The Figurines and Figurine Chronology of Ancient 
Teotihuacan, Mexico. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Rochester,  
       Rochester, New York.

    1998    The Figurine Chronology of Teotihuacan, Mexico. In Los 
Ritmos de Cambio en Teotihuacán: Reflexiones y Discusiones de su 
Cronología, edited by R. Brambila and R. Cabrera Castro, pp. 243-253. 
Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México, D. F.

_Goldsmith_, Kim C.
    2000    Forgotten Images: A Study of the Ceramic Figurines from 
Teotihuacan, Mexico. Doctoral Dissertation, University of California, 
Riverside.

_Scott_, Susan
    2001    The Terracotta Figurines from Sigvald Linné's Excavations at 
Teotihuacan. Monograph Series, vol. 18. The National Museum of 
Ethnography, Stockholm.


See also the FAMSI reports by

_Montoya_, Janet
1999    Terracotta Figurines from the Pyramid of the Moon at 
Teotihuacán, México.

_Sullivan_, Kristin
2004    Making and Manipulating Ritual in the City of the Gods: Figurine 
Production and Use at Teotihuacán, México.

Oralia Cabrera


C1grandes at aol.com 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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Oralia Cabrera Cortés
School of Human Evolution & Social Change
Arizona State University