Culture of San Jerónimo

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Clay figurines of the San Jerónimo culture. Height: 15.5 cm
Clay figurines of the San Jerónimo culture. Height: 12.5 cm

The culture of San Jerónimo flourished in pre-Columbian times on the section of the Pacific coast of Mexico known as the " Costa Grande " between 300 BC. BC and AD 300, and has so far received little attention from archaeologists and experts in pre-Columbian art .

Name of the culture

The culture of San Jerónimo is named after the place San Jerónimo de Juárez on the Costa Grande, the stretch of coast between the cities of Acapulco and Zihuatanejo on the Pacific coast of southwest Mexico, which belongs to the state of Guerrero .

Ceramics

The main finds that are attributed to this culture are small ceramic statues, which mostly represent young women and served as grave accessories. Usually the figurines have a disproportionately large head with a high forehead. The faces are framed with an elaborate hairstyle. On the rest of the body, which is mostly bare, details such as knee joints and tattoos are marked by incisions; the pupils are represented by depressions, while the arms are mostly shortened to stumps.

Locations

In addition to the area of ​​San Jerónimo, evidence of this culture can also be found in the vicinity of other places on the Costa Grande such as Coyuca de Benítez , Nuxco , Corral Falso and Tecpan de Galeana . Most of them are accidental finds that were discovered during earthworks or washed free during the rainy season. Systematic archaeological excavations have so far been carried out only a few.

bibliography

  • Noguera, Eduardo: La Cerámica Arqueológica de Mesoamerica . Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicos, Mexico, 1975.
  • Pratt, Frances and Gay, Carlo: Ceramic Figures of Ancient Mexico. Guerrero, México, Guanajuato, Michoacán 1600 BC - 300 AD, Akademische Druck- und Verlaganstalt , Graz, 1979.
  • Wuthenau, Alexander von: Old American clay sculpture. Holle Verlag, Baden-Baden, 1965.

Web link

http://www3.nd.edu/~sniteart/collection/aztlan/index_pages/san_jeronimo_culture_guerrero.htm

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Article Costa Grande in Wikipedia
  2. ↑ cf. Eduardo Noguera: La Cerámica Arqueológica de Mesoamerica . Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicos, Mexico, 1975, p. 406-411.
  3. ^ Pratt, Frances and Gay, Carlo: Ceramic Figures of Ancient Mexico. Guerrero, México, Guanajuato, Michoacán 1600 BC - 300 AD, Akademische Druck- und Verlaganstalt, Graz, 1979.