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Maya Funerary Urns ― Evolution of the Iconography and Style

Student: Mokrousova Sofia

Supervisor: Lev Maciel

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities

Educational Programme: History of Arts (Bachelor)

Year of Graduation: 2019

The custom to bury people in ceramic urns dates back to antiquity, to the preclassical period (12000 BC to 200 AD) and lasted until the colonial era (1000 BC to the 16th century). Pottery played an important role in the life of the Mayan people, as they were used as ritual utensils, funeral vessels and temple burners (incense burners). The object of this study is ceramic funeral urns, which date from the late classical (from 250-1000 AD) to the early postclassical period (from 1000 to the 16th century). They were produced within the Guatemalan Highlands, in the northern areas of Quiché, Nebaj and Chahul. In this paper, I explore iconography and style to track how plots and patterns change from urn to urn, and why this happens.

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