. Ancient civilizations of Mexico and Central America. Indians of Mexico; Indians of Central America. THE AJtCHAIC HORIZON Ot quality which they possess of being archaic in an abso- lute sense. The greater difficulty of working stone as compared with clay and the Longer time required in the process makes stone art less subject to caprice than ceramic art. Perhaps the most primitive examples of stone sculpture are boulders rudely carved in a sem- blance of the human form with features either sunken or in relief. The arms and legs are ordinarily flexed so that the elbows meet over the knees. The
. Ancient civilizations of Mexico and Central America. Indians of Mexico; Indians of Central America. THE AJtCHAIC HORIZON Ot quality which they possess of being archaic in an abso- lute sense. The greater difficulty of working stone as compared with clay and the Longer time required in the process makes stone art less subject to caprice than ceramic art. Perhaps the most primitive examples of stone sculpture are boulders rudely carved in a sem- blance of the human form with features either sunken or in relief. The arms and legs are ordinarily flexed so that the elbows meet over the knees. The eyes and. Fig. 1 v. Scries showing the Modification of a Celt into a Stone Amulet. mouths in the most carefully finished pieces protrude, but the face has little or no modeling. Many celts are modified into figures by grooves, and faces are fre- quently represented on roughly conical or disk-shaped stont s. \\V know very little from actual excavations concern- ing houses of the Archaic Period. It is likely that they were small and impermanent, possibly resembling the modern huts. The pyramidal mound as a foundation for the temple was possibly developed towards the end of the Archaic Period. It would be interesting to determine whether adobe moulded into bricks was known at this time, a- it was at a later time in the same region, or whether walls were built up out of fresh mud p088ibly reinforced by -labs of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Spinden, Herbert Joseph, 1879-1967. New York [American Museum Press]
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