Cosmos and Rulership: The Function of Olmec-Style Symbols in Formative Period Mesoamerica

States that iconographic investigations of Olmec style art works have produced convincing evidence that rulership during the Early and Middle Formative Period of Mesoamerican prehistory was publicly legitimized by a visual charter. Shows that the charter's naturally derived symbols functioned w...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Visible language 1990-01, Vol.24 (1), p.12-37
1. Verfasser:	Reilly, F. Kent III
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	American civilisations American Indian Languages Ancient History Art and archaeology Central Mexico Hieroglyphics Higher Education Ideography Latin American Culture Latin American History Mesoamerica Mexico and Central America civilisations Olmec (People) Symbolic Language
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Zusammenfassung:	States that iconographic investigations of Olmec style art works have produced convincing evidence that rulership during the Early and Middle Formative Period of Mesoamerican prehistory was publicly legitimized by a visual charter. Shows that the charter's naturally derived symbols functioned within a system which stressed the human ruler's access to supernatural power. (PRA)
ISSN:	0022-2224 2691-5529