Cantil de las Animas, Photo - Mauricio Garduño, INAH.
A petroglyph panel discovered in Nayarit in western Mexico,
was recently reported by ArtDaily.com. Archaeologist Mauricio Garduño, of the
National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) described the petroglyphs
as representing themes of “fertility-fecundity: rain clouds, sectioned snail shells, and
feminine vulvae; in the western half, we found cranium profiles whose front
point to the east, precisely towards the sunrise.” Garduño (stated) some of the panels may have played an astronomical role in the Aztlan
annual ritual cycle.”(ArtDaily.com)
The panel has been assigned dates of between 850 and 1350
AD. Named the Cantil de las Animas (Ledge of the Souls) it is located near the
town of Jesus Maria Cortes in Tepic, Nayarit, and measures approximately 4
meters long by 2 meters high. Garduño
stated that the petroglyph iconography “is
linked to the pictorial tradition of the ancient Aztlan culture” 850-900 AD
to 1350 AD which was located primarily in the lower coastal regions of northern
Nayarit and southern Sinaloa. Reportedly very little archaeological
investigation has taken place in this region so we may hope for news of more
such exciting reports in the future. Thanks to ArtDaily.com for their role in
making this information available to us and for fuller information check their
site below.
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