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#Archaeology31 Day 27 STORYTELLING. Many of the painted documents of ancient Mesoamerica were props for storytelling. In some cases the narrative stories are preserved in other documents, but in most cases they are not. We need more study so that we can reconstruct the stories!

#Archaeology31 Day 20 GIFT. Here is the presentation of a gift or offering of cacao in the Mixtec book, the Codex Nuttall. The German-Mixtec deity, Pretzelcoatl, looks on. He is worried about his two friends who got tied in a knot in her headdress.

I want people to look beyond both the Aztec imperial contexts & the Spanish colonial contexts, to find commoners, provincial peoples, and ways of life beyond the capitals. Here is the Aztec imperial temple and some provincial temples. Why don’t we know more about the latter? 3/4

#Archaeology31 Day 4, COMMUNICATION. Discussions of communication in Mesoamerica typically focus on books & writing. But more information was moved from one place to another by people who traveled, such as merchants. This was partly an elite-commoner distinction in knowledge.

#FrescoFriday In Aztec times (1,000 years after Teotihuacan), frescos were used in temples and elite residences, not in commoner houses. This one is from Tenayucca (ca. AD 1100-1300), in Mexico City. Aztec artists anticipated the skull and cross-bones motif long before pirates!

Here is an ancient Mixtec deity from the indigenous book, the Codex Nuttall: "PRETZELCOATL" #MondayMotivation (and check out her headdress!).