tlatollotl:Tumbas de Tiro En las Tumbas de Tiro se depositaban difuntos de alto rango junto con of
tlatollotl: Tumbas de Tiro En las Tumbas de Tiro se depositaban difuntos de alto rango junto con ofrendas que facilitarían su tránsito al mundo de los muertos. Conoce como se llevaba a cabo esta práctica en la sala Culturas de Occidente del Museo Nacional de Antropología. INAH The Western Mexico shaft tomb tradition or “shaft tomb culture” where the high ranking departed were buried and placed with offerings (ofrendas) to help them transition to the world of the dead (Mundo de los muertos). This tradition is thought to have started around 300 BCE. The bodie(s) sometimes had these items next to them: hollow ceramic figures, obsidian and shell jewelry, semi-precious stones, and pottery, which often had food inside.Image Source: Maunus. Shaft tomb exhibited at the Museo Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México. Wikimedia Commons. -- source link
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