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The Murals of Portico 2, Tepantitla, Teotihucan
Horníková, Lucie ; Kostičová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Křížová, Markéta (referee)
The aim of this thesis is an explanation of the murals of Portico 2 in Tepantitla palace in Teotihuacan on the basis of the scientific literature and the knowledge, that I have gained by studying. Here will be introduced opinions, ideas and theories of diferent scholars about what is depict on the murals, It will be made a try about a critical evaluation and revision, and I will do my best for make out a beneficial conclusion. There is no uniform view of what is depicted on the paintings of the portico 2 of the Tepantitla palace. Alfonso Caso expained the murals like Tlalocan, the paradise dominated by the God of Rain and Storm Tlaloc, Esther Pasztory and Peter T. Furst expained them as an image of the cosmic tree - the axis of the world - that connects the heavens, the earth and the underworld. Annabeth Headrick and María T. Uriart agree that murals represent a ceremony. For Headrick, the top register is the focal point, which is supposed to be the scene of raising of the sacred cosmic tree (the lower register is then a record of the celebrations taking place during the ceremony). For Uriarte, the concept of ball game and the significance of the toponym Teotihuacan, what both is connected with begining of time. Patrizia Granzier interprets the scene as a garden - a place where sacred and profane...
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Teotihuacan - religious and cultural centre
Horníková, Lucie ; Janák, Jiří (advisor) ; Kostičová, Zuzana (referee)
The aim of this work is to clarify the religious and cultural level of Teotihuacan, over a period of at least five hundred years of its existence, actively influenced much of cultural and geographic region of Mesoamerica and after his termination remained an integral part of its culture. Despite the fact that the only information we obtain from material sources, which come directly from Teotihuacan itself or centers, which had a significant impact, we can afford to say that it was a major urban center to its size, degree of social organizations, etc. extraordinarily exceeded level of other contemporary settlements of mesoamerican region. With its 25 square kilometers and 125,000 inhabitants was the sixth largest city in the world in the 6th century BC. With its megalithic structures, such as the Pyramid of the Sun, Pyramid of the Moon and the Citadel with Quetzalcoatl pyramid, etc., and structural refinement evokes awe and admiration of current and contemporary visitors. Unfortunately, the original names of temples, palaces, pyramids, gods and other parts of the city are not known in Teotihuacan original language because of the absence of literary records remains unknown, and all the signs which researchers use, takes over from the Aztec language Nahuatl. Methodology of this study was to compile the...
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Mesoamerica within the classical era: the case Teotihuacan
Krajáková, Kristýna ; Korecká, Zuzana (advisor) ; Kašpar, Oldřich (referee)
The goal of this bachelor thesis is to explain basic culture and social configuration of the mesoamerican city Teotihuacan, which had in the first millenium AD great influence on mexican highland and surrounding regions for at least five hundreds years, and which, despite its fiery destruction, has survived and remained unseparable part of Mesoamerican culture area, even if perhaps only like destructed religious site or like a hidden culture inovator and bearer. Teotihuacan was important Mesoamerican urban center that by its size and level of social organization uncommonly exceeded qualities of other city-like sites on American continent. Its estimated population in sixth century AD was probably around 200 000 people, which makes it the sixth largest city on Earth in that time. The name of the city derives from couple centuries older Aztec language nahuatl and means "the place where men become Gods". This and much more non-original designation are based on we have very little historical sources and so it's diffuclt to uncover ethnic identity or spoken language of Teotihuacan residents. Thus the work of contemporary scholars lies mostly on archeological research in the site itself or areas related historically by trade and politics. Most frequently they are dealing with architecture objects, mural...
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