Monte Alban Danzantes and their relationship with the jaguar

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Published: Jan 7, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22201/iia.24486221e.0.1.64002

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Bernd Walter FAHMEL BEYER
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México/Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas

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The Danzantes are a group of human figures carved in stone during the first period of Monte Alban. Because of their shape and nude representation they have been interpreted as shamans or prisoners of war, although their meaning for the city’s inhabitants is still a mystery. In order to understand why their posture resembles many feline attitudes, the relationship between Zapotec rulers and the jaguar will be analyzed in the light of Guthrie’s cognitive theory of religion.

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FAHMEL BEYER, B. W. (2019). Monte Alban Danzantes and their relationship with the jaguar. Annals of Anthropology, 53(1), 67–74. https://doi.org/10.22201/iia.24486221e.0.1.64002
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Bernd Walter FAHMEL BEYER, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México/Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas

Investigador Titular B T/C Área de Arqueología

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