And its almost impressive to me, in that its almost as though they protest too much, because this is within a couple of decades of the collapse of Maya civilization, and it could be this frenetic cultural activity has something to do, in fact, with a kind of Band-Aid or a way of disguising what could have been fracturing tensions within this kingdom. Since the rest of the costume is depicted without much abstraction, it is suggested that Maya kings may have literally attached a shrunken head to their head band as a representation of power. And I would be very surprised if the great painting at Bonampak wasnt made, ultimately, by painters coming from Yaxchilan. Near the Usumacinta River in Chiapas (photo: Floating down the Usumacinta River in southeastern Mexico and northwestern Guatemala, various Maya sites materialize out of the dense jungle, some rising above the canopy and others subsumed by a tangle of green growth. After the collapse of the Classic Period kingdoms, Maya artists at northern cities like Chichn Itz drew influence from Central Mexico and southern Central America as they adorned their temples and created spectacular offerings to their rulers and deities. Hieroglyphic stairways are also kinetically fascinating from an interpretive viewpoint because you, of course, walk up and down them, but what is often depicted on them, in terms of imagery, or recorded on them in terms of hieroglyphic inscriptions, would be a succession of rulers over time. HOUSTON: Thats right. It really begins to take off in about AD 100 or so. She has likely burned the paper to allow the blood to ascend to the gods, and to bring about the vision serpent. The loss of blood and the burning of incense produced hallucinations, which were desired in certain ritual contexts to access other realms. Now, what we were able to do, and especially Andrew Scherer, whos my colleague who focused in this most particularly, is to go to the remaining papers that Lamb donated to the Sherman Library in Corona del Mar, down in California. CUNO: This episode was produced by Zoe Goldman and Karen Fritsche, with audio production by Gideon Brower and mixing by Myke Dodge Weiskopf. It might be that the ruler wanted to promote his lineage and power through his principal wife (who had more prestige than his other wives). JIM CUNO: Hello, Im Jim Cuno, president of the J. Paul Getty Trust. Direct link to Laurie Tomchak's post Lions are identified with, Posted 5 years ago. It was a significant Maya centerduring the Classic period (250-900 C.E.) All rights reserved. was first hung. Maya sculptors also invested a monumental amount of labor in portable goods made of stone. Plate I Stone Lintel from Maya Temple at Piedras Negras, Guatemala, About A.D. 750. His son and heir, Bird Jaguar IV, continued this tradition. Welcome to Art and Ideas, a podcast in which I speak to artists, conservators, authors, and scholars about their work. And he needed a lost city as a selling point. It weighs 120 tons, with approximate dimensions 8.3 5.2 1.2 m,[2] one of the largest in the world. And thats when we start seeing very large cities, in fact, of a scale, of a magnitude that really is seldom documented even anywhere else in the world. It speaks about cataclysmic storms, almost a hurricane, artesian wells that are spurting like volcanoes, and so forth. Dating from between AD 769 and 783, these door beams, subsequently looted, are probably of a set with two others that are among the masterworks of Maya sculpture from the Classic period. The original interpretation of the studded rope was that there were thorns attached, but this new evidence in context has caused the interpretation to shift. Yaxchilan itself is in not a very prepossessing area. And indeed, for much of its existence, it was a dependency of Yaxchilan, which was the superordinate, dominant kingdom in this area. And then the final touch, which really, really caused us great joy when we figured this out, is that the two underlings are literally also lifting the lintel itself. But the final thing I would say about this trajectory, Jim, that I think is worth mentioning, is that a stunning feature, even today, of all of these descendant Mayan peoples, these Mayan speakers, is that they have this kind of sustained cultural or ritual orientation that demonstrates just astonishing continuity over time. And he eventually produced and helped to release the Kon-Tiki movie itself in the United States. For the AP exam, is it important to know where everything is located in present time? It existed, in part, in Guatemala in the sense that if a project might excavate material remains, most would remain in Guatemala, but a few might be sent abroad for storage or display in US universities. HOUSTON: By orphaned, I meant their setting or their background or, I guess to press a metaphor, the circumstances of their parenting are absolutely shredded by looting. Or could it be that dissimulation and mendacity had simply become a mode of life for him? Now, its also true that Laxtunich was lashing Ian, you might say. T/F 12. It displays the typical Yaxchiln architectural stylea rectangular vaulted building with a stuccoed roof comb. A beautiful diamond pattern decorates Lady Xooks huipil, for instance, in Lintel 24 (below). Miller, Mary Ellen, and Megan O'Neil. Such careful attention to detail as well as the formal qualities of the line compare to other Maya sculptures, as well as vase painting and murals. Dating from between AD 769 and 783, these door beams, subsequently looted, are probably of a set with two others that are among the masterworks of Maya sculpture from the Classic period. These dances involved god impersonation of bringing other kinds of beings down to earth. One purpose or aim is purely intellectual. Its very, very fine. And theyll involve or project very elaborate scenes of captives being taken in battle, and also in the ensuing tribute that would come from the feet of enemies. It suggests that everything is with respect to the Classic period. And he trekked to the site with locals. And in this is limestone, which the carvings made out of. Her pierced tongue allowed her blood to flow as part of a ritual communication with gods and spirits. It can be a decorative architectural element, or a combined ornamented structural item. Structure 21, commissioned by Bird Jaguar IV, housed lintels 15, 16 and 17. STEPHEN HOUSTON: Lambs objective was essentially to do Kon-Tiki in the Chiapan Rainforest. In other words, was it that rich a visual area? And I personally thinkthis is my own perspectivethat for study purposes, small collections of pot shards and animals bones can still be responsibly stored and researched abroad. What do you think of this interpretation of war? Two are explicitly named as being by him. So it is above all, a very acutely hierarchical society, and language became, I think, part of the equipment they employed to accentuate those differences. In Lintel 24, he is depicted holding a torch above his first wife, Lady Xoc. In this lintel, Lady Xook (in the lower right) kneels before a vision serpent, from whose mouth emerges a figure. What event is portrayed in the elaborately carved lintel showing the maya ruler shield jaguar and his wife lady xoc ( 4.6.6)? During the Classic Period (ca. And that tells us that its cinnabar, which is a very different kind of material, potentially poisonous, in fact, because it was mercury. Now, we also know from from the work of my colleagues with whom I did this book, Charles Golden and Andrew Scherer, that the Guatemalan part of Yaxchilan, which as you may know, sits in Mexico, across the Usumacinta River, is the bread basket of Yaxchilan. And this mustve been in the air of the time, because of the release, in 1947, of a lot of publicity about the Kon-Tiki expedition by Thor Heyerdahl. And so to some extent, each one of those language groups and the ethnic groups they represent have had their own varied history of research. Intricate latticework covers the symmetrical roof-comb and the buildings overall style is reminiscent of buildings found at other important Classic Maya city-states like Palenque. [3] And there were probably about twenty to twenty-five, depending on how you understand the evidence, named calligraphers. Before the construction of Structure 23, there was a hiatus in building at Yaxchiln for about 150 years. Were all very busy with other projects, but its obvious that weve laid out what could potentially be a successful research program to return to this area, to excavate places like El Tunel, to recover even more of the meaning of these lintels, perhaps to find other fragments that would be left behind. They allowed him, I think, to survive. ti ho (?) The Maya. There seems to be a very context-specific use of genre designs. The Hoysala Empire era was an important period in the development of art and architecture in the South Indian Kannadiga culture. Structure 33 rests on the side of the main plaza, making it a focal point for the area. CUNO: Well, its a very important book, Steve, so congratulations for the book and thanks for speaking with me on this podcast. Very different, especially in the case of carvings and painted pots. [4] The earliest carved lintels were created in 723 CE. Lintels 24, 25 and 26, set above the three doorways of Structure 23, depict a series of rituals performed by Shield Jaguar II and his wife. The difference between Elaborate and Explain. CUNO: So help us understand the topography and vegetation of the area and how consistent it is across Guatemala. Why didnt he release more detailed information about where the lintels mightve come from? And these were very much the center of the publication for the Getty. Direct link to Jin Park's post It's mentioned that the i, Posted 4 years ago. Why are there 3 doors on most of the temples here? The queen also wears an elaborate headdress. A fearsome full-bodied portrait (66.181) shows Chac grimacing and holding a double-bladed axe as if to threaten the beholders. Structure 23 is therefore important not only for advertising Shield Jaguar IIs power, but also for highlighting the important role of royal women in Maya culture. As seen in this panel, Maya sculptors celebrated the human form in a naturalistic way, portraying royal individuals as they sit, stand, hold things, and interact with one another. STEPHEN HOUSTON: Lambs objective was essentially to do Kon-Tiki in the Chiapan Rainforest. Preceding prehistoric and subsequent Indian Buddhist temples were wooden buildings with structural load-bearing wood lintels across openings. And so these arent just random aesthetic choices, but the colors applied to the stone are going to be carrying a lot of different meanings that were vitally important to the Maya. Direct link to Maia Diamonstone-Cruz's post Forgive me if this seems , Posted 5 years ago. He was continually perplexed by this problem of sorting out where these lintels came from precisely. For the ancient Maya, jade objects embodied the color blue-green (the spectrum of blues and green was referred to as one word, yax, in the Classic Mayan language), which symbolized new growth, water, and primordial places and beings. And then the final thing to remember about all of these carvings is that theyre interacting with changing meteorological circumstances. 250900), kings and queens of powerful city-states, such as Tikal, Calakmul, Palenque, and Copn, commissioned artworks to cover their royal court buildings and their regal bodies. And it tends to vary enormously in quality. An inscription on the lintel reads October 20, 681, the date of Lord Shield . But those two colors, the last ones I mentioned, red and yellow, are themselves probably reflecting the kind of refulgent solar quality of the imagery. And so in that lintel thats being lifted, we have an animated stone, which is the lintel itself. These were located in what is known as Element 21 in Room 1 of Structure 23 at Yaxchilan. Remember that the main figure is impersonating the sun god. These are all of these small communities governed by nobles, some of the petty sort, some also like magnates. And they are shown in the lintel as Atlantean beings who are literally supporting the sky itself, in which the king and his magnate appear. Such Maya rituals as bloodletting were only enacted on slaves. And he was well known for guiding and promoting the Tarzan movies with Johnny Weissmuller and Buster Crabbe. And so there is, in our mind, very, very little doubt that Laxtunich, which was so vaguely specified as to location by Dana Lamb, is this place called El Tunel. Other royal scepters (1979.206.1132) and ritual regalia were carved out of jadeite and other greenstones. Rome? Lintel 25 made the journey in 1883. Attached to his head band is what appears to be a representation of the Jester Mask. Draw two lines under each verb or verb phrase. Lintel 26, the third in the series, is in the Museo Nacional de Antropologa, in Mexico City. But it really is a time with a profoundly different constitution of society, and suddenly things become much more opaque to us. false The sculpture Chibinda Ilunga, made by the Chokwe people of Central Africa, depicts a king as a powerful hunter true This limestone lintel is one of a series of three panels commissioned by Bird Jaguar IV for Structure 21 at Yaxchiln and was once set above the right-hand (north-west) doorway of the central chamber. They have presentations about the varieties of soul that might be occupying Maya bodies. 2 : to become elaborate (see elaborate entry 1) transitive verb. Olowe created this veranda post, one of several, for the exterior courtyard of a Yoruba palace. While they appear to have been carved years apart from one another, they seem to show a narrative. The males also let blood, but rather than using their tongues, they threaded the rope through (and also pierced with a sting ray spine) their genitals. Not a conventional way of getting from one place to the other. Direct link to jay.vanderveen.personal's post The queen can be identifi, Posted 8 years ago. Its a white clay. And also liked to indulge in himself the fun of roughing it, which mustve been every scouts dream. "Lady K'abal Xook pulls a thorned rope through her tongue in the principal form of blood sacrifice perfomed by royal women." Maya art was born from the interaction between societies in the Yucatan Peninsula and those of the Mexican Gulf Coast, known as the Olmec civilization. What do you mean by that? The sculptor, Chakalte, signed this lintel and at least two other works during his career. There are four carvings known. Its not gonna support a lot of people. Bloodletting was a common practice in Maya life from the Late Preclassic period (400 B.C.E.- 250 C.E.) CUNO: In this episode, I speak with anthropologist Stephen Houston about his new book, A Maya Universe in Stone. He was arguably the greatest scientific explorer of the Maya in the twentieth century. 1 : to work out in detail : develop elaborate a theory. Some depict individuals in costumes impersonating deities or other characters (1979.206.953), women with rich clothing and jewelry (1979.206.373), or deities themselves (1979.206.728). Direct link to Joss Glenn's post For the AP exam, is it im, Posted 7 years ago. And therere also many, many devastations. Write AAA above the verb if it is active and PPP if it is passive. CUNO: Well, lets turn now to the particular lintel stone We mentioned the name of Dana Lamb. Find two or three examples in this story showing that Crane believes war personifies machines and dehumanizes people. Why does he feature so much in your book? And for me, the task of this kind of scholarship that is exemplified in this book, we think, is to retrieve that knowledge in various ways and for various objectives. CUNO: You write about the historical practice of partage. So in all of these, what you do see is a kind of theme that threads through them, which is the stories had to be often rather desultory, like life itself. Or what else would there be? And so by walking around it, youre, in some ways, participating in whatever kinetic activity that involved. Wearing an exquisitely woven "huipil,"Lady K'abal Xook pulls a thorned rope through her tongue in the principal form of blood sacrifice perfomed by royal women. How many Olmec colossal heads have been discovered? a bloodletting ritual Such Maya rituals as bloodletting were only enacted on slaves. A lintel or lintol is a structural horizontal block that spans the space or opening between two vertical supports. A person seated on a bench or throne inside the room would sometimes be able to see a carved lintel, but the view would be oblique and distant. V.R. Carved from one piece of wood, the composition combines two classic Yoruba icons of power and leadership. Getty staff select highlights of Getty multimedia, new and from the archives. Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. And thats where we have a good purchase on what the Maya felt and thought about these kind of sculptures. What event is portrayed in the elaborately carved lintel showing the Maya ruler Shield Jaguar and his wife Lady Xoc (4.6.5)? Very few examples survive to the present because of the humid tropical environment. Only the carver is, through his name glyphs, as it is expressed in the orbits of the lintel being lifted. But also, as with the ruler and the magnate above, theyre identifiable in the writing, in the text nearby, as flesh-and-blood real underlings of the time. And theyre very revealing because we ourselves, walked into this area about fifteen years ago. The master was an established craftsman of recognized abilities who took on apprentices; these were boys in late childhood or adolescence who boarded with the master's family and were trained by him in the elements of his trade.. How do you become a master tradesman? And in fact, the largest indigenous group in the United States today are speakers of Mayan languages whove immigrated here. Piedras Negras, where I excavated quite a bit in the nineties, is a good example of this, in which half the ceramics went to Philadelphia, to the University of Pennsylvania Museum; and the remainder stayed there in Guatemala City. The image and the inscription both reinforce the reign of the ruler and his dynastic ties, in this case via his wife. HOUSTON: There isnt a Maya ruin Ive ever visited And Ive visited literally hundreds, if not thousands, at this point, including ones that are often under heavy guard. Now, the pots were used anciently, for the consumption of food and drink. It is possible that this is Bird Jaguar IV. And what I mean by that is that they were all in its orbit. Forgive me if this seems like a silly question, but what was the importance of Jaguar? Why are the Mayans into sacrificing themselves or someone and they depict the gods as these harsh deities that will kill them if they don't constantly try to sacrifice? In worldwide architecture of different eras and many cultures, a lintel has been an element of post and lintel construction. STEPHEN HOUSTON: Its a great honor and pleasure, Jim. HOUSTON: This lintel was first seen by an adventurer named Dana Lamb. It is remembered today primarily for its Hindu temples' mandapa, lintels, and other architectural elements, such as at the Chennakesava Temple. Maya Art and Architecture 2nd ed. But there wouldve been loggers; there wouldve been people out there tapping whats called the chicozapote or sapodilla tree, in order to extract the sap that would eventually make its way into chewing gum, at that time. HOUSTON: El Tunel is Laxtunich, in our opinion. There were some yellows, as well, that are probably made out of some other kind of mineral. The carvings, however, are of a different sort. Were they inscribed into the lintels or something? And ultimately, should it be feasible, I think theres an interest, potentially, in repatriation by some process, legal or otherwise. Its where most of their food came from. I would learn its present location to be prepared. But really, what were talking about here are the lintels. Much has been written on the extraordinary carved lintels of Tikal. HOUSTON: I think the way to look at this civilization is, again, to mostly pay attention to this Classic period that is more or less the first millennium AD. And a good place for that wouldve been the Chiapas rainforest of Mexico, on the border between Guatemala and Mexico. Later sculpture from the Maya area follows radically different conventions. So all of this tells us that this is obviously a changing group of peoples, but theyre so deeply grounded in this area. And Ive often wondered, as have others, why didnt he eventually fess up? In Yaxchilan, structure 23 is seen as the place of Lady Xoc's. The figures on top correspond to the local ruler, whose name we know, Cheleew Chan Kinich. It was a significant Maya center during the Classic period (250-900 C.E.) Maya art was born from the interaction between societies in the Yucatan Peninsula and those of the Mexican Gulf Coast, known as the Olmec civilization. CUNO: Is there a corpus of work by this artist that is identifiable? CUNO: Well, tell us about the book and the film, Quest for the Lost City. Its got a nose, its got an eye. The Classic Period derives its name from an early comparison with the Greekclassical world: the time in which artists reached the pinnacle of naturalistic and beautiful artistic achievement. A lintel is the horizontal beam that spans the opening between two upright architectural elements. and a number of its buildings stand to this day. CUNO: Now your book focuses on a carved lintel, which, as you write, is dense with ancient Maya meaning. Tell us about the role of such carvings in ancient Maya culture. But now Dana was interested in movie rights as well. One such site is Yaxchiln (pronounced Yash-chee-LAN) located in Chiapas, Mexico (close to the border of Guatemala) between the famous Maya cities of Copn and Palenque. It is often found . Some of these stairways also show ball playing. Shield Jaguar II's commissions at Yaxchiln's central complex of buildings (called the Central Acropolis) include carved lintels (the beam at the top of a doorway), stairs faced with hieroglyphic writing, and stele (upright wood or stone slab monuments). So they are very much part of the firmament of the United States, as well. How do we know the names of those mentioned in the article? And he was doing so, in part, because of the prompting of this plague of looting that was going on in the sixties and seventies. Direct link to Stf Murison's post I cannot remember the sou, Posted 6 years ago. There would be events taking place that would be eventually recorded on this monument. Ian tried hard to get to the bottom of that story, but he was never able to do so. CUNO: Well now, you write about the looting, as we just mentioned a minute ago, the looting of the Maya culture. HOUSTON: This part of Guatemala, its highly broken in landscape. He was a sprig of the ducal tree of the Dukes of Montrose in Scotland, so he came from a very distinguished background. Ceremonial blades made of flint (1978.412.195) or chert served as royal scepters. If you're seeing this message, it means we're having trouble loading external resources on our website. The red would contrast intensively with that. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000. The lintel has traces of Maya blue, turquoise and red pigment. how do we know that they really did worship shield jaguar, and how do we know the picture showed the queen? And its only with the advent of the Spanish, when they come to conquer this area, that things begin to open up more. The ruler was believed to be a descendent of the gods, and the act of bloodletting was of critical importance in maintaining their power and order in the community. Shield Jaguar IIs commissions at Yaxchilns central complex of buildings (called the Central Acropolis) include, Some of the most famous lintels are those on Structure 23a yotoot (palace building) showing Shield Jaguar IIs wife, Lady Kabal Xook. And because of documents that Lamb left behind, we have a great deal of information about what Lamb did when he got to this place. The other thing to remember about Dana is that he was a very early Boy Scout and he was a committed scout master. In 1950, American adventurers Dana and Ginger Lamb traveled to the jungles of northern Guatemala looking for Maya ruins and a story they could turn into a movie. Her elaborately carved huipil is trimmed with fringe and pearls. What was a craftsman called when they were in training? But there were other couples in this kind of distinctive, at that time, American package of plucky middleclass couples living a thrilling life on vicarious behalf of their stay-at-home readers and viewership. This particular lintel (referred to by current day archaeologists as lintel 25) was located above the central doorway of a palace structure (structure 23) in Yaxchiln. By choosing to take part in the ritual, the queen demonstrated both her moral and physical strength to the people, and her suitability as a Maya royal. The Maya civilization in the Americas was known for its sophisticated art and monumental architecture. u baah ti chabil ix chakan xook Ix Kabal Xook ix kalomte 71 Lintel 10 in Structure 3 records an och k'ahk' event, as does Lintel 56 of Structure 11, while Lintel 28 of Structure 24 records a fire-entering ceremony into Lady Xook's tomb. Which emperor created a colossal statue of himself to be placed in a basilica in the center of Direct link to Sophia McManus's post In the section Lintels 2, Posted 5 years ago. Now, on the carvings that we studied, the blue rims of the glyphs are probably referring to the idea of preciousness. 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