[Aztlan] Important Teotihuacan murals discovered in Queretaro

[michael ruggeri]

Listeros,

INAH has discovered Teotihuacan style murals at the site of El Rosario  
in Queretaro. The murals were probably painted from 200-650 CE. These  
are the only Teo sytle murals ever found in Queretaro or north of the  
basin. The murals will be secured and moved to the Regional Museum.  
The iconography is of obsidian knives, bleeding hearts, people with  
plumes and possibly shields. The murals are of the style found in the  
beginning of Teotihuacan history. They have also found textile  
fragments, wood logs, charcoal, obsidian knives and pottery sherds.

There are four stages of construction stretching from 200 CE to the  
epi-Classic at 900 CE.

Erik Boot reports that the story can be found at La Jornada and at El  
Universal;

The El Universal story here (in Spanish)
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/603940.html

And the La Jornada story here (in Spanish)
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2009/06/11/index.php?section=cultura&article=a05n1cul

And Erik Boot has two good photos of the murals at his site;

Erik Boot's Ancient  Mesoamerican News Updates
http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/

Mike Ruggeri

Mike Ruggeri's Teotihuacan; City of the Gods
http://tinyurl.com/2nrs9d

Mike Ruggeri's Teotihuacan Art Portfolio
http://tinyurl.com/6ovgvf