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Recently, the Mexican El Rosario (municipality of San Juan del Rio, State of Queretaro) were found four fragments of polychrome murals. Experts believe that they were created originally from Teotihuacan, who established a settlement at this place. While these are the only examples of paintings of this kind, found outside of this ancient city in the region Bahio.
Fragment of top-level painting, apparently, contains teotiuakanskie characters. It is a sign, similar to the later Aztec hieroglyph CALLI «House", which is located right on the helmet (or, perhaps, an element of dress), decorated with feathers.
The main level of the murals depicts some kind of terrain - probably with her toponymic inscribed in hieroglyphs. Between the hills are great men or warriors with shields and headdresses with feathers. Among the elements unique to teotiuakanskoy iconography and literature, - straight and curved obsidian knives.
In addition, according to the archaeologist Fiorello Phenols (Fiorella Fenoglio), responsible for the iconographic study findings, the paintings present images of bleeding hearts, symbolizing the human sacrifice, so-called "speech scrolls" to denote it, as well as incense. Use colors - red, black, yellow and green and blue - also consistent teotiuakanskoy palette.
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The four murals were discovered in the portico, leading into the central complex mound. Currently studied no more than five percent of the structure, so to speak of its functions is impossible. In addition to paintings, at the site were found ceramic figurines, vessels, stone (especially obsidian), guns, wooden logs up to 1,5 m in length, the remnants of fabrics.
El Rosario refers mainly to the classical period. It traces the development of four major construction phase, three of which occur in 250-650 years, and the last - epiklassichesky - at 650-900 years. Discovered paintings belong to the first phase. In the construction of the second version of the building they were buried and partially damaged. Archaeologists have discovered that each construction stage accompanied dedicatory victims, traces of which are the ashes in the foci of red stone, sand mounds, bones, bats, obsidian and other stone tools, wooden poles. All this reminds construction sacrificial caches at Teotihuacan.
The nature and motives of the paintings is in favor of what we face is not an imitation teotiukanskoy culture of the local nobility, and a full element teotiuakanskoy culture. El Rosario - one of the settlements of this vast region Bahio covering low-lying parts of the state of Guanajuato, the state of Querétaro (west of the capital), the valley of Morelia and La Piedad Michoacán in the north and the eastern plains of Jalisco. In the classical period there has developed an original culture, which is characterized by a tradition of in-depth areas (plaza hundida). At the end of the classical period the population Bahio up the backbone of the first wave of settlers, headed south and settled in the valley of Mexico.
El Rosario was discovered in 1958 by archaeologist Roberto Gallego. Even then he was very badly damaged. In 1975, under the leadership of Enrique Naldy conducted the first excavations. The last time the monument was investigated in the late 1990's in the preparation of the Archaeological Atlas of Mexico. Currently, the central zone of the monument destroyed about 60 percent of buildings. This is due, on the one hand, the topographic features, which leads to instability of buildings. On the other hand, these natural devastation enjoy Mexican "black archeologists" and just the locals to find valuable artifacts.
For these reasons, the responsibility for maintaining a very valuable and fragile paintings in El Rosario took the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). Now its representatives are in talks about providing the necessary resources for treatment and further transportation of the paintings in the Regional Museum of Querétaro, where they will be carefully studied and preserved.
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