[Aztlan] Scale drawings

[Justin Kerr]

Dear Sid,
This is my personal opinion; the fact that wheeled Mesoamerican objects are
called "toys" is in the mind of the caller. We have no evidence that in fact
these objects were dragged around by children as the Donald Duck toys that I
remember. By and large they are tomb furniture and what their function was
is yet to be determined. 
As far as the Maya temple "model", it is not alone as there are a number of
"models" not only representing individual temples but villages (see number
9141 posted 9/30/2008 [tomorrow]. Again, the actual use or meaning of these
objects is unclear, so research is necessary to elucidate why these objects
were created.
As far as your P-51, I made a number of models of airplanes, but we used
them to identify friendly or enemy aircraft, were they toys or "models" or
teaching devices? I am sure some of them became toys when the war was over.
I guess by point is that for the objects we are familiar with we can
determine their function, but as far as ancient objects go, we still have
work to do. 
Justin

-----Original Message-----
From: aztlan-bounces at lists.famsi.org [mailto:aztlan-bounces at lists.famsi.org]
On Behalf Of Sid Hollander
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 6:50 PM
To: AZATLAN
Subject: [Aztlan] Scale drawings

Just curious.  How does on distinguish between:

   1. My boyhood P-51 MUSTANG scale model
   2. Maya Temple Model (K3935)
   3. Maya wheeled toys

Which one is a scale model and which one is a toy?




-- 
Sid Hollander
Merida, Yucatan
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