Geologic Notes on the Idolo de Coatlichán
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7601010 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert F Heizer (University of California, Berkeley), Howel Williams (University of California, Berkeley) |
| Year | 1963 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 95-98 |
| Publication date | 1963-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/278639 |
| OpenAlex | W2332694258 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
The largest sculptured monument in Mexico is the unfinished Idolo de Coatlichán, which weighs 197 metric tons and lies in the bottom of a barranco near Texcoco, where it was abandoned by its makers. The Idolo is made of a huge boulder of andesite, which is the same material from which the Diosa de Agua (also stylistically related), found at Teotihuacán, was carved. A tentative attempt is made to compute the number of workers required to transport the finished monument
Andesite · Archaeology · Geography · Mining engineering · Volcanic rock · Volcano · Archaeological and Geological Studies · Building materials and conservation · Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America · Geology · History · Paleontology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |