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KOLPAKOVA, Alla. Símbolos geométricos en la cerámica de Izapa, Chiapas. LiminaR [online]. 2009, vol.7, n.2, pp.87-117. ISSN 2007-8900.

The article tackles the wide set of geometric symbols (points, lines, triangles, circles, etc.) prepared on the ceramics originated from the archaeological place of Izapa, Chiapas. The abovementioned symbols have a special importance for the understanding of the history of the origins of the civilization in the southeast of Mesoamerica. Paradoxically, this material has not received the necessary attention in the historiography on the region. In our work, we will distinguish which symbols are usually in the mentioned ceramics. We will define which of them would have been original and which the most frequent. The final intention is to elucidate, with help of diverse comparative sources, the possible "basic" meanings that the ancient Izapa potters were granting to the symbols that they were printing on his ceramics.

Palabras llave : geometric symbols; ceramics; Izapa; Mesoamerica.

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