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    RR 72_K-Reest-Tavtog MATHS, J-Gussey 4ND M. FREYZ1EK SAS Swe an Senay San err Rlonthips in Chie Maa Arf TH lof fern Pesan Aten Accueil, pp 750% Unc Pear of Amer as La. MD. 1990 eT ue of Eve Te andor an he Unthi Wie ¥ P lpn Maa Ae Paper snd th 94 Anal Meeting he SEidteplopclAsvinnn, Now 28- Dee 2 New Orns A. 19s Aspautfngesonaon a Clase ys At Io Sa Pang Rend Tle kee) Ne Gree Rateron a VME esp 194-202 Unie yo Olea Noman Sun Dy 8 Hot, ad Rakeon 998. Rear eas Clc Mays Langan Clase Maya Gat lo No cpr Xr Mee Forno Tae, Pe Tgp. 1-96 Nya ‘lore Funan Urine of Tes Pes, Asin Tae "S98 Wiking the Fas of he Maan Womens Pos Arey and ower In Ane Maye Cizason.Ppe reseed a the XX Miya Hie hpi Foran Cary of Fea a sn. Taek 958 Clie May Mase Gn A Repail. fn Ff Page Rod ile 198, CBSE at Blin yp 171-182 Pr Cabin Ar Resa isin toa The Ann Yess New Ya ata The iil Pein Mays Ris tne Coonalogy PRD denraon, Depart of Anhsopelpy Ye Unie Tilo: Diy "WD. Ped Las: Corum fo Wore oo Tee Cerin The May Vo Pk 3 ele by} Reve pp 515-525 Ker Anis New York Thangaan LE Te Nidesoft Cat Reon ln A Pinay Sty of te Rats of Cl ‘Qn Ro Meso amped by | Thorson HE, D alk and Rie 31-184 Caer laste of Wasi, Washi, DC “hone E, rE D-Pllsk an | Chale aE ay Say te Ris fab, Quinta Ra, Mev Came st ‘econ Walon Wages, DC Tones A "0 Lam Relain dls Ca de Yate Arona, Pape of the Pedy ia eran Aechaclgy and Egy Harvard Unies Vl 18 Psy Mocums Cand MA, hand A So ey Reto of Winen in use nd Coil Mis Lease and ae Htay Women, acd ty Arion, pp 20-28. Alain Whicbat NL Frit ah] eee ataat al INVESTITURE AND VIOLENCE AT EL TAJIN AND CACAXTLA CHapTER 3 Rex Koontz IxropucTION “T trcenzumdp tru tin ea gh an tice ature ws tha the Bale Maral of Case (deals igure 31) ne of the mos complex and dtd decieions of ognized violence he Srp Mesoamercan monumental a (Diehl nd Belo 1989). Yer ii tha ‘erp compleity chat as belpedprodc widely diegee iconographic readings ‘ft imagery (Gana Cooke 1995) To compound mars therisline els lke dhs iery in Cesral Mess ring he pod leaving one o posing lance relationships in the sje mer an are of dhe imagery especialy truer ens with che Maya area (MVicker 1985; Quirarte 1983). With ‘ut wanting vo downplay thee Maya connections o to gore ste posed for “Tease (Fonerada de Malia 1980), che chaper bighlghs element in she moras iconography shat sate divs 0 cheat f the contemporary Gl ‘Cour Orher hols have pine ovt gna connections beeen Gulf Const and catia imag tems Foncerada cde Malia 1978) bur his capes poo Foss the ecg of specie omographic conventions. By comparing spc ‘oi coatumes al gare Fund nthe Cacnla murals with those found EY Tj an othe Gl Cn cnter fom cesar pei, Lagu ha key Ba tle Mia nagery was gue ec fom ad layed on the imagery of che Gulf Cos, "The erprcaon of he Bale Maa as ang ben touchstone fonder standings pbc presenti of ongnied vse in Coe leo daring, Rox Koontrz ‘he Bila A.D. 650-900/1000) Tha sal here conser con ory serunding che nate an intone vence depicted When the rogram wis uncover in the mi19704 the seaifirion of lence sn he Stage was an important pure of mounting evidence hatched eater ess of ei npnization nd confer in Cntal Mexca. Previous scolaip on the ‘te of Mesamercar lence centered onthe Tle (ch A.D. 900-120) a the cats for increased mars and a intense on Hoody sil es The Cao evidence ley preted he if she Tees ar secre pin ei les exes vole act atthe igh ees of Mescumerican soi While there Jn log ben archaeological and semogrphic evidence for exter confi in he segion (Has 1992; Webtr 2000), here wat nein Hie the eta nar. lsc gore ofthe Casas mas Natl sens of expt uma iene se spectcly abn fom shee Terhune in pose af Cael Me ‘an mural unt in he pid insmedzely peeing the na of Cana! Ty thiswaythemuralof Cacasla scars exe ik the dane ofthe eal. Ip dtd and lene mua of Bonar i forthe May, where previous on cxpeons father iti pesca were ened wih theater sak et «ence fr violence an confit presente nd mural (Mie 1986-7). For seve ofthe ex scholar who ete the mara the deal stra {sm foreign ear aries inthe ein le ui co he presam tion thar the mural was sapuloe of el bate (Lanes de Molina 197, Kubler 1980; Micke 1985) This seking narra eouraed ater ap roach othe mural where ee onographeraempred to identify a pci tle evee ano extrapolate astral cone ir the ene specially inreresingand Fusamental wera Menthe two major el pou ich ethnic groups mentioned inthe pascongue hore the area (Gralch 1990, McViher 1985). ‘Against the background ofthe lieel=pprsch, Miler (1986:102}noed ‘hac he costumes ofeach group 2 Casta were remarkably consistent and hae "hese wifems had litt do wich wha hey woul have worn in acu ba he (ee abo Lombardo de Ruis 1986) Foe Mille, cere masa hale and there ‘may have bon el ethnic fon hut ny hae ee ten anor it steal delineated meraphoe for the seal of coumic Forex. Graich (1950) alu explored the Mesoamerican syn of the binary oppositions apparent ‘the stage eeween ir and jaguar warns Inthe tne ven ane aking the ‘eof asad serge Fhe, Bad (1989) posited harsher doesn rep resent aha a al bu natal depicts at's fermat, wih he seen seri ites soci with thee” hp seen nee aad imagery bee ad throughout Meroamerc (se alo Calon 1993), SeIuvestrrunt AND VIouENCE ATELTIN aN Cacaxrin 75 Wie theme an in ine wh vet a 9) cau aca marron at alpaca sc te Cle Mra sot ened ‘Wpor of atic ov asthenia werk may sen bce “ou onal sptily to i coin reaps ap acne For ogo the deste of he pens and he sec coe o the work a piary Dabecimespon nt gpeniieso sheer conmaieen he este 198980 Tras ner tte ml ne doesnot hie noc bcs bor Nia ae ate she grt of rl ah in ger coro the as of eres by poem sige ‘be ape dee cn ano Th pha ifthe com Sonne proces eet in pecan cer wih lows Ki yng eC Bae ro rg be ten teste ele coin suas int dee ‘Ome whe thc hare ove way rom einen of hema hatnge adowad h f teei o tern ichissncmen weld be Scone pial ners of pe ‘Stacy and apes uence: Gente ngs onan of os {nthe utah guinea Nur a wel a heres “Phcoamen ofthe practi hig em wal ed Bo tea ‘Rohe Bale Mara itl een bp he ene oof om ‘ns nti ee enna wc {Pee hte an polite oes othe tenon sete comets limp ae eur ge eaboue comten yplig ake ‘Seniesa Whe wo ls i inten, am tongapi booing Casson sig ae sel ceri friar opi ees wes Min 195) andmumeror un of he ape (e180 sn he wane srr the conopapy ha th previous anerhe ee an deeloped ie nat tC een cen 0 1978 Ral By Noo BE) roe el big are Suen of eoograpic comers aough psn i Nagao (1989383) who Teel din beens pucmppty maar been coe 0 ‘healer hom wa “eur onthe oe comes of Cac nage ptm uss examine morc st how iene sete fandaenl in teams heute pete ar the cnepatetion oie nthe Tue Mandar een leg core of en ich nay beak inace y meas af Mesame ding spr Spey we rane Rex Koowre ee soograpic convensions aso wih the depisons of enc incon ‘emporay sites on che Gf Coat nd thi eatin fo the be cee at Cac "a Tague thatthe Caco Bate sone speaks din o Gall Coast ites of vile scife, power and invesare current daring hispid but does 0 by inverting she sybalism of che its. The Cael ee noe he han inion ofa Fge who in Gulf Coast cnography wou be there Tht the (Cac ale eee may ve may not hae stor assis oe tsa here Whar is impor is tha the sain of what onthe Gulf Coast seo investiares ete shown as he halaon of pati group, These two rep resentation of power and vsence ae not tally or casuly connected. bt instead may he Sen to form a dicate sete poi tha has fname consequences forthe onography of power and lence in chose tae nd generates an exemplary and previoutyuniented cue of Epics ere oma eration (Context of che Bale Murals Cac sis tp freed hilin the part ofthe Puebla Tala ein known 28th logue Nochitecatl-Nopaluan- Nata Fancerad de Molin 19933), The area eapeieced a Aoracence daring the Early Tense plise (AD. (650-850), wih Cacala playing 3 dorian role (Gala Cook 1981270; San tana Sandoval and Delgado Tones 199) The Great Plaoem of Casa sits inthe cen fan impressively fried tem of walls and ther aries fis ‘om his Great Pfr shar he Be Mara program i fon, aid ange ous an surounding ie achitere that maybe characterized ac an extended ete residence (Fonceals de Molina 199510}, lady adjcen othe se and ‘connected tity series lagelyunesplored mounds the contemporary il top ceremonial comple of Noche put ofthe extended polity whone ele ‘cee was Cacasels(Sera Pache 2001258). “The Bate Mural of Canta devotes the aad (loping wal ofa lator that gts eno cent court A tray spite composition in two with oughly equal nambees of Figures on either side The mal one 4 gures vided ito ewe warrior rope eased wih guar ante tbe wth bids. Jaguar and hind figures are aranged roger in smal groups, with he jaguar gues eel having the upp han, they ae tang and spring oe ‘there aching the fll bid Bre "Ami the chaos ofthe bre cee, eo bind wars figures an eet on iter side ofthe stairway ner se balustrade (Figure 3.1) ands far acen trl Fc pine of the composition at sen from any vantage onthe pst Al Flour 34, Cacia weaig i ‘ted wth ial (A rosy Rex Kon exh bed fire Eling ose dow, ae aking ee sa quchqueml dct indore import fae gender aoitnns The eer semchow mate central han he ter Ba of the sanding Rue shorn cian ofthe fe Belge fale and hs aera ner froma rom the eck down, like alleen waror pe the mural tree pleat egal gen wha {argue ring ari in des who are depicted whe body in pro Tes sanding otal bid gure ae {Id presentation betwen the Cast fig and acing male Gulf Coase Evening mn ne ei lor tue and he atenane pny atthe Cac ais a ideiing tro Clly hee pte ae yt the compotion, od ne mas ase d/o eb flan wit hi men fren die cealiy ah ena poste ca hy ae fndament othe = . ressng of the program TyvisttTURe av EL TAIN AND THe BarTur Mat "The le sary fi dy, nd comme chara in the wo sanding bird Ses strongly gg th thi he se igre epee “The viene for GlfConr-Cacnta resemblances bei wit ene oc ‘wie (Caron 199329), Whe the sgl deny of tae wo represeains the Mou ofthe Bang Calne at E Tj ma pale pra ache i iy ean he ender of he figs dee Along che Bg sr tre of the ste Recent eoarcine wok by Paria Cao Pet (1995 rounded le ware angular oun (quchqueni) indice | fe Sirs Lad de Grr (199) ar gen a er gen i ney fede umes Cara in te grin of Rochen Sere Phe 201) (Figure 3.20) There wears scape ain of high akan ae in che ono anhrghue ier Cen Mexicana Furcet olin ven fr hi ‘ep ofthese ana quchguemi even erin che ono of Tl. The Bre, khugh es the male mk por nee and dey ible in he Coun very sind noe ean ofthe pric Caan rd gues (i srs jr of he oer Cala warps ofboth ge Meany tie 32h Ppl 2009, Fuerte cred arm poe combined wih oo SdMeCary (1991 ipo nero ee ects Precavon sk er snr othe anc th Cac re The eon this etal id Sige dagen tha he nie program eee ond the ‘Sion offen cote seco snd pour nthe progam rig Cope of dhs Gg. The author Hypo atte Bie + Hologe Ind crore expand by codec or hance Althea ate an eal who pony he ink erwcen heap and ied groupe inthe fom of the rapesienogahis ofthe ses a afi the done of mae sbown 2 mae nce in che pac imap of ce te, de oly on other dein that The eramic ges fen Kochi ao presen fale hing in om dele pouble queued (Kempen 1972838), Ti er see cetsthe are apron conterpoary withthe ping th Bale Mara Taney ageneay Bt does ur ofthe sane of es whch (Sera Pc 201) Many of ae gars we the guchgue br bth he the proared gurngemi-wener appear. At Cac he gone pose and the ener ifr signify fm hse ofthe Cac re. The tee fo be unig fhe bid waro re sone may hep redominant pes ae withthe hands bl in he io eer ide ofthe body tear quieter whowe pore cds cessed sn ese © (che ands eld he ode each ie No publ expe show ee thee oro contents anda he nares beeen the Cac and Tan Be ‘i romeo os ofthe Cala pre. artes fale figures ae tsar uth eres hye wih ay the fare Calin eay and em what Sea Pach bas cel a fle ie tre conegphee aq when en ogee. Een the eased warn women the spe hat Thar et ower, th marae conten in which ce ures ocr ae tos roenbles the Cc Bgre tm jer at are noe he ther ey very dite, Wo hae ley emake sbi the Cac Age shown lagoon chasis ofthat Bre ch the Bd ends the sed li lent ite which he low idan ae dal subcel. The temo the fered wing Al ths sgn date Cac ge a2 Tan figure by oman nox bed ny sch scifi, ead is diet qoction of Noch eanie gre lest nor des se o be enderging the Bila fan cabo ner eemony. To exper thi ined tin he sue nave at tha ofthe Noche each whee faces we eed lok cll he rae conten ofthe Ta Bre abd thse ie were ound compa ou eading thi of Cac ‘Whe he Cael quechuenl pte may 20 be dey connec 0 The Ta fre te cea aon a dhe gue composition (gue the Kote gues gre it McCarty and Meany (1994) cha he 2.0) Te gue tele of oor prog gp sao wah atk ans Ficute 3.2. Quen whether onthe right pets long rectangular aja ha sem ery {He The pice hae woven parental appears in clemens of courame othe ‘ex, sggeting thar the materi cloth The ge holding ee ach wear the sna very speci dey Figure t Tj. This same deity is fod along with the btn and ncher version of the th nthe clinaing een rm che ain tall cour atthe ae (Figure 3.33)? Hee she diy presen bach abject to 2 ‘naman pre onthe euch ashe Bigs in tenia Taja see ese the lett th Ege inch uechquei. These twoinre—the baton sed cc ‘ccuregether nl in hee ewo sees Further the same Taji dey manipulates ‘one or beh in cach ofthe sens song magestng hat che al our and el are central no ony to the sng bl tout scene but tothe ene ballcore nate, appearing separ in fhe {scene nthe ball pogram. have argued (Koonce 2008), bag on dhe ‘work of Wilson (1984) and acer sha hi acne represent te inet of the human figure wih che scaled baron an clot, hearer gen by he goss Teas rgumere ts acepted—and the domain of the penal power nme by 2 hie dy afer scifi at by the hamanecerainly follows Mesoarericn term—then lls that bc the llcour acne andthe ols soe ae tepresntatons ofthe Taj ivestne ries. Pures, the Fig with the quech (qe in he cla sen (Fire 3.6) the pero bing inves pen that Ieee ro whom the other wo fgue ae presenting he objet From eur dove konoprphie wading of the El Tain acene wih que quem then, we have anarative convent in which che quechquemi-wene i {engines wie dhe objets af pli power t dhe ste. The case and pos ofthe ives Tj gue not nl link the imagery dct with Cac bral cise the queton of the ender ofthe invested gure due largely ode

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