Potbellies

Potbellies
Potbellies
 
['pɔtbelɪz; englisch, eigentlich »Dickbäuche«], massive Steinskulpturen, die im südlichen Mesoamerika (Abaj Takalik, Kaminaljuyú, Izapa, Monte Alto, Copán) gefunden wurden. Nach neuen Funden aus Santa Leticia, El Salvador, sind sie in die späte vorklassische Epoche einzuordnen (etwa 500 v. Chr. bis 100 n. Chr.).

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