Tlatilco Female Figurine 1,200-900 BCE (Neolithic) (jan 1, 1200 BC – jan 1, 900 BC)
Description:
- Tlatilco, Central Mexico- Made with ceramic and pigment
- Depicted naked figures of people that may have represented the person who died. Often had elaborate hairstyles and some aspect of duality
- Were used as funerary objects to represent the person who had died
Photo: https://sites.google.com/site/adairarthistory/_/rsrc/1473694972266/i-global-prehistory/10-tlatilco-female-figurine/046f0f0265f008017f3025b68e061d6245a34880.jpg
Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1200 BC
jan 1, 900 BC
~ 300 years