Comparative Guts

Comparative
Guts

Precolombian Americas

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Precolombian Whole
Precolombian Solid
Precolombian Coil

Late Classic altar at the site of Xunantunich

A depiction of a man being attacked and mauled by a jaguar

Battle scene at Cacaxtla

Battle scene and their aftermath

Mythic battle between a crocodilian creature

Early Zapotec stone relief of a sacrificial victim with a disembowelled abdomen

A segment of a Mayan hieroglyphic text, highlighting the stylised glyph for ‘heart’

Stylized heart rendered in sheet gold

Depiction of an eagle devouring a human heart at the site of Tula

Depiction of a mortuary bundle at Teotihuacan