[Aztlan] Thoughts and a query on the discovery of Teotihuacan style murals in Queretaro

[michael ruggeri]

Here they are Mario,

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/
On Jun 12, 2009, at 5:08 PM, micc2 wrote:

> Can you please re-send the link to the article.... I must have  
> missed this important find!
>
> Mario
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> michael ruggeri wrote:
>> Listeros,
>>
>> Yesterday, I posted the amazing find of Teotihuacan style murals   
>> uncovered at El Rosario in Queretaro which date back to the  
>> beginning  of Teotihuacan. It was assumed in the articles that this  
>> must have  been a very early colony of Teotihuacan beyond the  
>> central basin.
>>
>> I am wondering if there is another plausible explanation. If some  
>> of  the Teotihuacan builders came from the north, why can't we now  
>> open a  new avenue of investigation. Perhaps these very early Teo  
>> style murals  originated in the north with the group that painted  
>> the murals in  Queretaro and continued to the south where they  
>> painted the murals at  Teotihuacan.
>>
>> I think this is easier to envision than a Teotihuacan colony  
>> existing  this far north right at the beginning of Teotihuacan  
>> history.
>>
>> Any thoughts on this?
>>
>> Mike Ruggeri
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