Veracruz Mural Traditions: Las Higueras, México
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Research Year:  2001
Culture:  Classic Veracruz
Chronology:  Late Classic
Location:  Veracruz, México
Site:  Las Higueras

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Abstract
Introduction
The Murals of Mound 1
Positioning Las Higueras Identity
List of Figures
Sources Cited

Abstract

The documents created with the aid of the FAMSI research grant "Veracruz Mural Traditions: Las Higueras" constitute the central iconographic corpus of my dissertation in pre-Columbian art history at the University of Texas at Austin. The main objectives of the dissertation, The Murals of Las Higueras, Veracruz, México, are to: (1) document, identify and analyze the iconography used in the narrative programs portrayed on the murals of Mound 1 at Las Higueras (c. 600-900 CE); (2) consider these findings in a regional comparative analysis of Central Veracruz visual art; and (3) develop a methodology that allows a synchronic and diachronic study of the role that this culture region had in influencing the creation of visual art and ideology in Mesoamerica. This report summarizes the activities and initial research undertaken during the documentation of the surviving fragments of these murals currently located at the Xalapa Museum of Anthropology.

Submitted 10/15/2002 by:
John L. Machado, Jr.
jlmachado2@mail.utexas.edu

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