Oxtotitlan

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Oxtotitlan in relation to the major Formative Era sites showing Olmec influences in the archaeological record.
Oxtotitlan in relation to the major Formative Era sites showing Olmec influences in the archaeological record.

Oxtotitlan is the name of a natural rock shelter and archaeological site in the Mexican state of Guerrero containing murals linked to the Olmec motifs and iconography. Along with the nearby Juxtlahuaca cave, the Oxtotitlan rock paintings represent the "earliest sophisticated painted art known in Mesoamerica".[1] Unlike Juxtlahuaca, however, the primary Oxtotitlan painting is not in a cavern, but on an exterior wall above a cave entrance.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Grove (2000).

[edit] References

  • Coe, M.D. (2002); Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs London: Thames and Hudson.
  • Diehl, Richard A. (2004) The Olmecs: America's First Civilization, Thames & Hudson, London.
  • Grove, David C. (2000) "Caves of Guerrero (Guerrero, Mexico)", in Archaeology of Ancient Mexico & Central America: an Encyclopedia, ed. Evans, Susan; Thames and Hudson, London.

Coordinates: 17°47′N, 98°57′W

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