Ancient Mexico Art & Artifacts Panels A

ANCIENT MEXICO Ancient Mexico Images on a Granite Bay Graphic Design Microsite GBD MICROSITE
COLLECTION A: All images are from tracings of original pottery stamps.

Art and Artifacts from Ancient Mexico on Granite Bay Graphic Design

Cempola | Veracruz | Teotihuacan | Guerrero

Art and Artifacts from Ancient Mexico on Granite Bay Graphic Design

“Archaeology is not only the hand maid of history, it is also the conservator of art.”Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Art and Artifacts from Ancient Mexico on Granite Bay Graphic Design

Tabasco | Veracruz | Mexico City | Mexico

Art and Artifacts from Ancient Mexico on Granite Bay Graphic Design

Top row: A road runner flat stamp from Cempoala, Veracruz. Second row, left to right: 1. Of unknown origin* 2. Flat stamp from Teotihuacan. 3. Flat stamp from Guerrero. 4. Flat stamp found in Veracruz. Third row: Top left: A flat stamp of a fish from the state of Tabasco. Lower left: Lizard from Veracruz. Large right: Flat stamp depicting Quetzalcoatl (wind god and plumed serpent). Bottom row, left to right: 1. Flat stamp from Mexico City. 2. Flat stamp from Veracruz. 3. Fire serpent found in the state of Mexico.

* All images were scanned from two different books, each by the same author and each with the same title, “Design Motifs of Ancient Mexico” by Jorge Enciso.

Please use the thumbnail gallery below to navigate to other pages of Ancient Mexican Art & Artifacts.