Making Something of Herself

Embodiment in Life and Death at Playa de los Muertos, Honduras

Bibliographic Data

ID6044179
AuthorsR A Joyce (0000-0001-8064-1454, University of California, Berkeley, corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume13
Issue2
Pages248-261
Publication date2003-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCambridge Archaeological Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0959-7743 • E-ISSN: 1474-0540
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0959774303240142
OpenAlexW2102730647
LanguageEN
Citations received42
References cited21

Through an analysis of hand-modelled human figurines created in the Ulua River Valley of northern Honduras between 900 and 200 bc, this article explores the recursive links between crafting representations of bodies and crafting physical bodies. ‘Playa de los Muertos’-style figurines are characterized by extremely detailed treatment of hair and ornaments. They have been treated as unique portraits, each individualized, and have resisted broader archaeological interpretation. Drawing on recent excavation data, this article explores the treatment of bodies and representations of bodies within a single set of interconnected villages as material media of embodiment

Archaeology · Art · Excavation · Geography · Ornaments · Portrait · Sociology · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Philosophy

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