Figure emerges from the mouth of a vision serpent (detail), Lintel 25, Structure 23, Yaxchiln (Maya) (The British Museum). And ultimately, should it be feasible, I think theres an interest, potentially, in repatriation by some process, legal or otherwise. CUNO: Thank you, Steve, for joining me on this podcast. Belize has also had, traditionally, this system, especially, I would say, in the sixties, in which there really were not adequate storage facilities or places to display objects in Belize in that period. And in those smaller sites and in those isolated pockets would be lintels, of which quite a few are known from this area. How does that relate, how does that site relate to El Tunel or Bonampak? Direct link to Joss Glenn's post For the AP exam, is it im, Posted 7 years ago. Direct link to Eric Bush's post Seems like a close 'cousi, Posted 4 years ago. If you're behind a web filter, please make sure that the domains *.kastatic.org and *.kasandbox.org are unblocked. Other stone, however, is almost crystalline in hardness. HOUSTON: Bonampak is a high-ranking city. Why didnt he release more detailed information about where the lintels mightve come from? HOUSTON: Thats right. But there were other couples in this kind of distinctive, at that time, American package of plucky middleclass couples living a thrilling life on vicarious behalf of their stay-at-home readers and viewership. Explain your answers. The image and the inscription both reinforce the reign of the ruler and his dynastic ties, in this case via his wife. Some of the most famous lintels are those on Structure 23a yotoot (palace building . But in Guatemala, in the place particularly where this lintel comes from, looting was actually suppressed by the conflicts between the guerillas and the Guatemalan army from a period of about 1997 and about fifteen years before. And he needed a lost city as a selling point. What do you mean by that? And the lintels are features of buildings that span doorways. The portrait of Mao Zedong that hangs over Tiananmen has never been taken down since the day it The lintel measures forty-nine by twenty-four inches and is five and a half inches thick. What kind of stories do the reliefs tell, and do they tell different stories than the vases tell? Also located within the Central Acropolis near Structure 23, Structure 33 (dedicated around 756 C.E.) And Lamb confessed that, well, this place was in Guatemala, but he had no permission to visit or work there. We also know something about the work of this artist because we have monuments that span a period of about ten years or so. Welcome to Art and Ideas, a podcast in which I speak to artists, conservators, authors, and scholars about their work. The capture of sacrificial victims was an essential aspect of Maya warfare, as they were necessary for many rituals. V.R. HOUSTON: The pigments involve a blue made of indigo thats taken from the Anil plant. was first hung. Yaxchiln is located on the south bank of the Usumacinta River, in Chiapas, Mexico. Many different building materials have been used for lintels.[1]. 4 Wei-Cheng Lin, . The scenes are carved in high relief with carefully incised details decorating the raised surfaces. Just a made up name. In this episode, Stephen Houston, editor of A Maya Universe in Stone, explores the production and complex afterlives of these Maya objects. It really begins to take off in about AD 100 or so. Then, decide whether each of the following statements is true or false. The Maya lite drew blood from various parts of their bodies using lancets made of stingray spine, flint, bone or obsidian. Now, I would also say theres a forensic objective here, too, which is sorting out who took these lintels from their homewho orphaned them, so to speak. What material was used to make the Olmec colossal heads? It is odd that the men didn't have to "pull a thorned rope" through. STEPHEN HOUSTON: Lambs objective was essentially to do Kon-Tiki in the Chiapan Rainforest. There they encountered a rich cache of decorated structures made in the first millennium CE, including a particularly elaborate limestone lintel (a horizontal support above a doorway) carved by an artisan named Mayuy. But because he had collected so much information, he continues to loom quite large, in a positive way, in my subject. He clearly needed local help to get to this place where the lintels were found. holajun mak u baah ti chabil ti kakal jul u chab chan winikhaab ajaw Itz[amnaaj] Bahlam u chan Aj Nik kuhul Pachan ajaw Near the Usumacinta River in Chiapas (photo: Floating down the Usumacinta River in southeastern Mexico and northwestern Guatemala, various Maya sites materialize out of the dense jungle, some rising above the canopy and others subsumed by a tangle of green growth. Preceding prehistoric and subsequent Indian Buddhist temples were wooden buildings with structural load-bearing wood lintels across openings. It was the center around which they tended to revolve. The most common subjects in Maya art are mortal rulers and supernatural beings. But each one of them is intensively looted. But there are, in the Guatemalan side, not too far, almost certainly, from which the lintel was found, where there are more or less untouched reserves of rain forest, with forest giants like mahogany or animals like jaguar, which are long gone elsewhere. The resources and tools necessarylimestone quarries, chisels, blades, and polishing stoneshave been found by archaeologists. Direct link to toxicfoltgms's post what is a vent guys idk i, Posted 8 years ago. The beam depicts a female wearing an elaborately woven textile dress, a quetzal-feather headdress, and fine jade regalia. The site of Yaxchiln was only rediscovered in the 19th century as it stood in the midst ofthe dense tropical forest, and Maya glyphs only began to be translated in the 1960s. Why did the looting take place? The most prominent of these is the equestrian warrior, who is depicted frontally sitting regally on a diminutive horse. The sculptor, Chakalte, signed this lintel and at least two other works during his career. These are all of these small communities governed by nobles, some of the petty sort, some also like magnates. London: Thames & Hudson, 2014. Lintels 24, 25 and 26, set above the three doorways of Structure 23, depict a series of rituals performed by Shield Jaguar II and his wife. Hes probably looking for a more lucrative position here in this kingdom. And also liked to indulge in himself the fun of roughing it, which mustve been every scouts dream. But the final thing I would say about this trajectory, Jim, that I think is worth mentioning, is that a stunning feature, even today, of all of these descendant Mayan peoples, these Mayan speakers, is that they have this kind of sustained cultural or ritual orientation that demonstrates just astonishing continuity over time. The Classic Period derives its name from an early comparison with the Greekclassical world: the time in which artists reached the pinnacle of naturalistic and beautiful artistic achievement. And then finally, its a time in which we have really pretty strong evidence for a kind of hegemonic empire that is centered on one important kingdom in particular, Calakmul. Is it just the appearance, that it seemed to be so much similar one to another? The headdress also contains knotted cloth and vegetal elements, as well as shorter, spotted feathers. To log in and use all the features of Khan Academy, please enable JavaScript in your browser. [citation needed] There are numerous documented references to him on artifacts at the end of Stage V at Yaxchilan. And a good place for that wouldve been the Chiapas rainforest of Mexico, on the border between Guatemala and Mexico. But there wouldve been loggers; there wouldve been people out there tapping whats called the chicozapote or sapodilla tree, in order to extract the sap that would eventually make its way into chewing gum, at that time. The Maya rain god, known as Chac, also features prominently in later Maya art. Structure 23 is therefore important not only for advertising Shield Jaguar IIs power, but also for highlighting the important role of royal women in Maya culture. Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Some depict individuals in costumes impersonating deities or other characters (1979.206.953), women with rich clothing and jewelry (1979.206.373), or deities themselves (1979.206.728). But in point of fact, thats pretty unusual. And its not so much in details, but its what you might say have to do with rituals, with covenants of duty, with relations to land, and indeed, to time itself. ", TAB-ya yu-xu-lu MO-CHAK-ki a-HIX?-la The carvings, however, are of a different sort. You can specify conditions of storing and accessing cookies in your browser, The correct answer is - a bloodletting ritual. By choosing to take part in the ritual, the queen demonstrated both her moral and physical strength to the people, and her suitability as a Maya royal. This limestone lintel, considered one of the masterpieces of Maya art, is one of a series of three panels from Structure 23 at Yaxchiln, where it was set above the left (south-east) doorway. And they also tell us that he was able to craft within this object a masterful political statement that aligned politics with understandings of that time of cosmos, and even of creation, and also vice versa. In the first millennium B.C., Maya artists began to sculpt in stone, stucco, wood, bone, shell, and fired clay. And so Lambs objective was essentially to do Kon-Tiki in the Chiapan Rainforest. The building itself is narrow, only one vault deep, so it was not intended to hold many people. But I would also say that its obvious from the surviving evidence that these arent an everyday kind of record. Hooper 2006 A large and complete example of a type of carved panel (pare or korupe) fitted above the doorway of a chief's house, and later above the doorway of elaborately carved meeting houses (which began to be built around 1840). For the AP exam, is it important to know where everything is located in present time? These lintels are considered by some to be the pinnacle of Mayan art. What event is portrayed in the elaborately carved lintel showing the Maya ruler Shield Jaguar and his wife Lady XOOK? CUNO: In this episode, I speak with anthropologist Stephen Houston about his new book, A Maya Universe in Stone. CUNO: How do they relate to painted vases of the same period, the same area? It was removed to the Museo Nacional de Antropologa e Historia in 1964. Remember that the main figure is impersonating the sun god. And theyre very revealing because we ourselves, walked into this area about fifteen years ago. But even the coloration of the stone lintels that were looking as is similar to what you might see in the paintings, and also the carvings, that help to define the doorways leading into the great murals at Bonampak. Tell us what partage means in principle and what it means in practice. A lintel may support the chimney above a fireplace, or span the distance of a path or road, forming a stone lintel bridge. It was a significant Maya centerduring the Classic period (250-900 C.E.) Now, on the carvings that we studied, the blue rims of the glyphs are probably referring to the idea of preciousness. 2 : to become elaborate (see elaborate entry 1) transitive verb. Its not as important as Yaxchilan. The identity of this figure is debated; some scholars claim it is an ancestral figure while other believe it is Shield Jaguar II or perhaps even Lady Xook. What event is portrayed in the elaborately carved lintel showing the Maya ruler Shield Jaguar and his wife Lady Xoc (4.6.5)? Its where most of their food came from. It is strung from a jade bead necklace that is counterbalanced by a long strand of jade beads and what are probably carved shells going down his back. And what were those pigments made of? Lintel 26 was discovered in 1897 by Teobert Maler. And its already putting you in a kind of subordinate or supplicative position, in which youre in some discomfort trying to access them. The other thing to remember about Dana is that he was a very early Boy Scout and he was a committed scout master. And thats when we start seeing very large cities, in fact, of a scale, of a magnitude that really is seldom documented even anywhere else in the world. 1 : to expand something in detail would you care to elaborate on that statement. CUNO: So we have three sites, if I have my numbers correct, El Tunel being one of them; Yaxchilan being another; and Bonampak being a third. And then often, these kinds of carvings among the Maya are either ritually deactivated or they might be destroyed by enemies. Direct link to Jin Park's post It's mentioned that the i, Posted 4 years ago. Direct link to Maia Diamonstone-Cruz's post Forgive me if this seems , Posted 5 years ago. CUNO: Well, lets turn now to the particular lintel stone We mentioned the name of Dana Lamb. Describe it for us and its importance in the history of Mayan sculpture, but also, perhaps, just in sheer beauty itself. A spouted chocolate vessel (1999.484.3) made of indurated limestone would have taken an enormous amount of carving and polishing with abrasives in order to obtain the delicate reliefs and sheen of the surface. Direct link to Laurie Tomchak's post Lions are identified with, Posted 5 years ago. And its almost impressive to me, in that its almost as though they protest too much, because this is within a couple of decades of the collapse of Maya civilization, and it could be this frenetic cultural activity has something to do, in fact, with a kind of Band-Aid or a way of disguising what could have been fracturing tensions within this kingdom. HOUSTON: Yeah. Due to the association with Lady Xocs burial in Room 2, these have been interpreted as being depicted on Lintel 24. CUNO: What about pigmentation? Tell us about that. Why does he feature so much in your book? Sculpture for the ancient Maya spans all media, from the miniature to the monumental, as artists gave shape to materials extracted from the landscape. Many of the exteriors had elaborate decorations, but it is the carved stone lintels above their doorways which have made this site famous. Hes a bit of a turncoat. HOUSTON: Ian Graham is a legendary figure in my field. HOUSTON: The area is well endowed with carvings. Some of these stairways also show ball playing. Nonetheless, there are plans afoot to try to return to this region and to explore it in more detail. Yaxchilan was, as the Laxtunich lintel tells us, in a way both figuratively and literally, the sun for the local political system. And he was well known for guiding and promoting the Tarzan movies with Johnny Weissmuller and Buster Crabbe. It is the earliest monumental representation of any pharaoh: the carvings on the palette depict events in the life of King Narmer, also known as Menes, considered the founding ruler of Dynastic Egypt. And that would, I think, lead to an extremely important chapter in the final century of Classic Maya civilization. One purpose or aim is purely intellectual. The rope falls on to an open codex. [1] Its mid-relief carving depicts the ruler of Yaxchilan, Itzamnaaj Bahlam III, and his consort Lady Kabal Xoc, performing a ceremony of bloodletting; the imagery is also accompanied by descriptive captions, and (unusually for a Maya monumental text) a signature by the sculptor, Mo Chaak. a bloodletting ritual Such Maya rituals as bloodletting were only enacted on slaves. Now, what makes this lintel fascinating for us, at least in political terms, is that this monument and the other carvings that come from buildings nearby are not from the actual dynastic capital, which was called Yaxchilan, but rather they derive from a pretty small site thats on the troubled margins of that kingdom. In other words, the earlier periods, paradoxically, are much, much better understood. Hieroglyphic stairways are also kinetically fascinating from an interpretive viewpoint because you, of course, walk up and down them, but what is often depicted on them, in terms of imagery, or recorded on them in terms of hieroglyphic inscriptions, would be a succession of rulers over time. Its not a terribly comfortable position. And I even use this analogy of trying to date a boat simply by when a champagne bottle was broken on its prow at the time of launching. Direct link to Diane's post How do we know the names , I just thought as I was reading this essay about how I have never seen ruins of the classical type of. But the sculptures are always being modulated, to some extent, and I think deliberately so, according to the wishes of the carvers and their patrons, whenever someone walks up to them, whenever one wants to look at them. HOUSTON: Were blessed, in the Maya evidence, to have many, many named carvers and also calligraphers. Yaxchiln is located on the south bank of the Usumacinta River, in Chiapas, Mexico. Which of these artworks was not made as propaganda to supplement the power of the ruler it Chakalte' Guatemalan or Mexican. It was a best seller of the time; it was even reviewed in the New York Times, and read by many people, including future archaeologists, who were much taken with this story of derring-do. A lintel or lintol is a type of beam (a horizontal structural element) that spans openings such as portals, doors, windows and fireplaces.It can be a decorative architectural element, or a combined ornamented structural item. Working limestone or volcanic tuff with stone tools, sculptors showed realistic portraits of divine lords, courtly ladies, captives, and deities. Because there really is zero doubt that this carving was taken from Guatemala when local laws prohibited such removal, whatever the international laws and regulations of that time. The loss of blood and the burning of incense produced hallucinations, which were desired in certain ritual contexts to access other realms. Or could it be that dissimulation and mendacity had simply become a mode of life for him? And this came as something of a controversy in my field because everyone had assumed there was a local expression of whatever language might be spoken at that time. It can be a decorative architectural element, or a combined ornamented structural item. Itzamnaaj Bahlams remains lay not far, in Room 3. The Dharma at Big Sur Sri Moonshine and A New Day. Music written by John Adams and licensed with permission from Hendon Music. Itzamnaaj Bahlam III was a central figure in directing the course of Yaxchilan. The uppermost describes Itzamnaaj Bahlam, where the second raised section describes Lady Xoc. Direct link to Emma.Horsefan.2004's post maby it was to show the d, Posted 6 years ago. But beyond that, there are far more ethereal matters being discussed in the surviving textual record from that time and also in the imagery. Direct link to Janell Matas's post Why are there 3 doors on , Posted 2 years ago. Its simply a bogus term he made up. And Ive sometimes wondered if that had to do with an attempt to heighten their claim to authenticity. He was arguably the greatest scientific explorer of the Maya in the twentieth century. It has been logged and given over to cattle farming or to intensive agriculture. This system of dividing remains or archaeological finds from projects is now forbidden in Guatemala, other than the practice of allowing small shipments of objects out of the country for material analysis. JIM CUNO: Hello, Im Jim Cuno, president of the J. Paul Getty Trust. And there were probably about twenty to twenty-five, depending on how you understand the evidence, named calligraphers. (Late Classic period, 600-900 CE). Shield Jaguar II's commissions at Yaxchiln's central complex of buildings (called the Central Acropolis) include carved lintels (the beam at the top of a doorway), stairs faced with hieroglyphic writing, and stele (upright wood or stone slab monuments). These prestressed concrete lintels and blocks are components that are packed together and propped to form a suspended floor concrete slab. And so by walking around it, youre, in some ways, participating in whatever kinetic activity that involved. Bird Jaguar was Yaxchiln's most prolific builder and at least a dozen major structures were initiated or remodelled during his reign. Though of no great commercial importance in any part of the . Elaborate grave goods were found in association with both burials. Anyone entering Structure 23 would pass. False What technique was used to create the portrait of King Akhenaten, his wife Nefertiti, and their three daughters (4.6.6)? He never recorded, Lamb did, any precise information about the location of the lintels. Wooden lintel over kitchen fireplace with carved date of 1654, Lintel above the entrance to Jagdschloss Grunewald, Germany, "Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture - Lintel", "NCRP Report 151 Structural shielding design and evaluation for megavoltage x-and gamma-ray radiotherapy facilities", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lintel&oldid=1116905316, This page was last edited on 18 October 2022, at 23:23. Naming someone for a Jaguar would be a little like how in Catholic countries people were named using the Saints' Days Calendar. And then it concludes, I would say, with what we call the Post-Classic, which is a very tendentious term. To log in and use all the features of Khan Academy, please enable JavaScript in your browser. Some of it can be super soft; its almost like talc powder. "Her image at the penance, the cut lady, Ix Kabal Xoc, female autocrat. The others are in very, very similar style. 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