| M3D Number: M3D0112 | | Origin Site: Takalik Abaj , Guatemala | | Artifact Identification: Monument 15 | | Artifact Type: Carved monument, boulder sculpture | | Artifact Medium: Volcanic stone: Andesite (PTNA) | | Location Information: Department of Retalhuleu, Takalik Abaj, Terrace 3, Structure 7, in Central Group | | Country: Guatemala | | Chron Era: Middle Preclassic (PTNA) | | Inscription: No | | Notes: High-relief boulder sculpture of head, shoulder, and arms of anthropomorphic figure emerging from a niche at one end; opposing end of monument carved with the hindquarters of apparent feline, probably a jaguar, suggesting the transformation of the jaguar passing through the rock and emerging as a human figure (PNTA). | | Collaborators: Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes Guatemala/Direccion General del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural-IDAEH/Proyecto Nacional Takalik Abaj | | Acknowledgements: National Science Foundation Grant (BCS 0911078) | Credit: Copyright © 2012 Doering & Collins, Alliance for Integrated Spatial Technologies, University of South Florida.
Prepared for and in Cooperation with: Schieber de Lavarreda & Orrego, Proyecto Nacional Takalik Abaj, Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes, Direccion General del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural-IDAEH, Guatemala. For publication or other use of original drawings, photos, or scans permission must be requested in writing from the authors at AIST@usf.edu. | References & Background:
| Graham, J. A. 1992; Graham, J. A. and L. Benson 2005; Graham, J. A., R. F. Heizer and E. M. Shook 1978; Schieber de Lavarreda, C. and M. Orrego Corzo 2010; Schieber de Lavarreda, C. y Jeremías Claudio Pérez 2006; |
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