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El Zapotal Woman (MEXPHO)

From El Zapotal (Totonac site) a temple shrine discovered in late 1960s dedicated to the Lord of the Underworld.
This hollow ceramic image depicts one of the standing Cihuateteotl (Nahuatl) goddesses
representing women who had died in childbirth that was part of the shrine.
There were nineteen standing Cihuateteotl sculptures and four seated figures.
The site was rich in burials, clay figures and hundreds of ceramic objects and sculpture.
Many now in the Xalapa Museum of Archaeology.

The archaeological site of El Zapotal is located in the region known as Mixtequilla in the State of Veracruz.


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