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Museo Miraflores, ciudad de Guatemala

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English: Collection of the Miraflores Museum in Guatemala City, an archaeological museum dedicated to the Maya city of Kaminaljuyu.
  • 8 - water jug with spout (spout handle). Pacific Coast. Late Preclassic to Terminal Preclassic.
  • 9 - vase depicting scenes of an individual emerging from a cacao pod. Pacific Coast, second half of the Early Classic.
  • 10 - candlestick holder shaped like a cacao pod. Possibly Pacific Coast, second half of the Early Classic.
  • 11 - figurine with cacao pods on head and body. Pacific Coast, Late Classic Period.
  • 12 - water jug with narrow neck, globular body and convex base. Monte Alto Rojo Ware. Kaminaljuyu, Late Preclassic. Found in abundance around Monte Alto (Escuintla). Those in Kaminaljuyu were made locally and are associated with Group A-IV and Mound A-IV-5. They were placed in a basket. Marion Popenoe de Hatch theorised that they were used to store grain. Later, Barbara Arroyo discovered cacao beans, black beans, avocado seeds and jocote seeds associated with the jugs.
Español: Colección del Museo Miraflores en la ciudad de Guatemala, un museo arqueológico dedicado a la ciudad maya de Kaminaljuyú.
  • 8 - cántaro con vertedera (asa vertedera). Costa Sur. Preclásico tardío a preclásico terminal.
  • 9 - vaso con escenas en las que un personaje emerge de una pocha de cacao. Costa Sur, segunda mitad del clásico temprano.
  • 10 - candelero en forma de pocha de cacao. Posiblemente de la Costa Sur, segunda mitad del clásico temprano.
  • 11 - figurilla con pochas de cacao en su cabeza y cuerpo. Costa Sur, período clásico tardío.
  • 12 - cántaro con cuello angosto, cuerpo globular y base convexa. Vajilla Monte Alto Rojo, de Kaminaljuyú. Período Preclásico Tardío. Descubiertos abundantemente en Monte Alto (Escuintla). En Kaminaljuyú fueron fabricados localmente, relacionados con el Grupo A-IV y el Montículo A-IV-5. Se colocaban sobre una canasta. Marion Popenoe de Hatch propuso que servían para almacenar granos, y posteriormente, Bárbara Arroyo descubrió semillas de cacao, frijo, aguacate y jocote asociadas con estos cántaros.
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Camera location14° 37′ 13.44″ N, 90° 33′ 15.34″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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