Between religion, politics and war: Pre-Columbian anthropomorphic sculpture of heads and head-taking in the Caribbean and the Central Valley of Costa Rica

 

Wedi'i Gadw mewn:
Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Awdur: Peytrequín Gómez, Jeffrey
Fformat: artículo original
Statws:Versión publicada
Dyddiad Cyhoeddi:2022
Disgrifiad:Received: 08 de febrero de 2022.Approved: 03 de marzo de 2022. This work analyses two distinct approaches related to the interpretation of certain Pre-Columbian Costa Rican sculpture: effigy heads and human figures carrying severed heads. Both, Jorge Lines and Carlos Aguilar, share Functionalist linked perspectives but debate if those representations correspond to “portraits” or simple “trophies”, as well as about the nature of the practices related to those objects, either war acts or others with religion implications. During 1950 decade was established a disaccord between the two authors and linked to this topic, maybe, the first scientific debate in Costa Rica´s Archaeology. At the end, it presents a subject discussion with current data as well as a new interpretative proposal.
Gwlad:Portal de Revistas UCR
Sefydliad:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Iaith:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/51564
Mynediad Ar-lein:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/herencia/article/view/51564
Allweddair:Anthropomorphic sculpture
taking heads
Jorge Lines
Carlos Aguilar
archaeological contexts
Escultórica antropomorfa
toma de cabezas
contextos arqueológicos