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This book examines the functions of sculpture during the Preclassic period in Mesoamerica and its significance in statements of social identity. Julia Guernsey situates the origins and evolution of monumental stone sculpture within a broader social and political context and demonstrates the role that such sculpture played in creating and institutionalizing social hierarchies. This book focuses specifically on an enigmatic type of public, monumental sculpture known as the 'potbelly' that traces its antecedents to earlier, small domestic ritual objects and ceramic figurines. The cessation of domestic rituals involving ceramic figurines along the Pacific slope coincided not only with the creation of the first monumental potbelly sculptures, but with the rise of the first state-level societies in Mesoamerica by the advent of the Late Preclassic period. The potbellies became central to the physical representation of new forms of social identity and expressions of political authority during this time of dramatic change.

Maya sculpture. --- Olmec sculpture. --- Indian sculpture --- Indians of Central America --- Indians of Mexico --- Sculpture, Olmec --- Olmec art --- Sculpture, Mexican --- Mayas --- Sculpture, Maya --- Maya art --- Sculpture, Central American --- Sculpture --- Stone-sculpture --- Social Sciences --- Archeology

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Maya sculpture --- Inscriptions, Mayan --- Mayas --- Sculpture maya --- Inscriptions maya --- Antiquities. --- Antiquités --- Yucatãn Peninsula --- Mexico --- Yucatan (Péninsule) --- Mexique --- Antiquités --- Yucatán Peninsula --- Yucatan (Péninsule) --- Maya Indians --- Mayans --- Sculpture, Maya --- Mayan inscriptions --- Antiquities --- Sculpture --- Península de Yucatán --- Indians of Central America --- Indians of Mexico --- Maya art --- Sculpture, Central American --- Sculpture, Mexican

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Stelae dating to the Epiclassic and Early Postclassic from Tula, Xochicalco, and other sites in Central Mexico have been cited as evidence of Classic Maya `influence' on Central Mexican art during these periods. This book re-evaluates these claims via detailed comparative analysis of the Central Mexican stelae and their claimed Maya counterparts.

Stele (Archaeology) --- Maya sculpture. --- Tula Site (Tula de Allende, Mexico) --- Xochicalco Site (Mexico) --- Mayas --- Sculpture, Maya --- Maya art --- Sculpture, Central American --- Sculpture, Mexican --- Stela (Archaeology) --- Stelae (Archaeology) --- Stelai (Archaeology) --- Steles (Archaeology) --- Archaeology --- Menhirs --- Sculpture --- Mexico --- Tollan Site (Tula de Allende, Mexico) --- Tonatlán Site (Tula de Allende, Mexico) --- Antiquities --- Stèles

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Maya --- Sculpture --- sculpture [visual work] --- Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- Honduras --- Mexico --- Belize --- El Salvador --- Guatemala --- Maya art --- Maya mythology --- Maya sculpture --- Maya pottery --- Marine animals in art --- Sea in art --- Art maya --- Mythologie maya --- Sculpture maya --- Céramique maya --- Animaux marins dans l'art --- Mer dans l'art --- Exhibitions. --- Exhibitions --- Expositions --- Peabody Essex Museum --- Kimbell Art Museum --- St. Louis Art Museum --- Central America --- Mexico, Gulf of --- Caribbean Area. --- Mexique --- Amérique centrale --- Mexique, Golfe du --- Caraïbes (Région) --- Antiquities --- Antiquités --- sculpture [visual works] --- Céramique maya --- Amérique centrale --- Caraïbes (Région) --- Antiquités --- Ocean in art --- Mayas --- Sculpture, Maya --- Sculpture, Central American --- Sculpture, Mexican --- Pottery, Maya --- Pottery, Central American --- Pottery, Mexican --- Mythology, Maya --- Pottery --- Saint Louis (Mo.). --- Saint Louis Art Museum --- City Art Museum of St. Louis --- Kimbell Museum --- Kimball Art Museum --- Mexico, Gulf of. --- Gulf of Mexico --- Mercado Común Centroamericano countries --- Caribbean Free Trade Association countries --- Caribbean Region --- Caribbean Sea Region --- West Indies Region --- Maya [style] --- Peabody & Essex Museum --- SLAM --- Maya [culture or style]