AHIS BC 1001x Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Chichen Itza, Pueblo Bonito
30 Aug 2016
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Pyramid of kukulkan in the maya city chichen itza, site occupied 600-1200 ce. Mimbres bowl with bird motif, made in what is now new mexico ca. No written work with these objects so must interpret them. Balance needs to be sought, maintained, repeated, and replaced. The bowl pattern repeats and achieves a kind of balance that works together in a harmonious way. Also an expression of an attempt to manipulate that world. Fine lines alternating with something much more solid (could represent mountains) People who used these bowls inhabited cave structures. Worldview organized about the bowl could have to do with a person who lives in a cave or a canyon. Ancestral people with limited access to technology found ways to aestheticize the constraints around them. Keeping in mind the idea of cultural exchange between groups. Repetition of motif that adds to its cyclical dynamism. An important number is important and way of achieving a balance.
