Archaeologists who dug in Central America recently discovered strange 2,400 years of clay doll in an unexpected place.
Discoveries, which were found on top El Salvador’s Pyramid San Isidro, was published in an article entitled “Doll and Doll: Pre -Classic Clay Figurines from San Isidra, El Salvador”, March 5. The ancient Meso -American puppets date between 410 and 380 BC
Pictures show dolls that possess creepy facial expressions of open mouth. The biggest dolls of the group are around their feet long, and “they are naked and deprived of hair or jewelry”, while the least “modeled with hair locks at the forehead and ears in the lobes,” the study said.
Researchers have found that artifacts are dolls because of holes in their heads, which could easily fit in.
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The awful figurines and dolls were recently found at the top of the pyramid in El Salvador. (J. Przedwojewska-Szymańska/Passi via Cambridge University Press)
“Three larger figures had artificial, adjustable heads, facilitated by the conical protrusions on the neck and the corresponding sockets at the base of each head,” the study described. “Each socket has two holes drilled to the top of the head, and each neck bulge has one horizontal hole and a shallow vertical channel on each side, allowing the string to be passed through the neck and tied to the top of the head.”
The figurines may have served for various purposes, the study claims, including “being, effectively, puppets or puppets in re -introduction of certain scenes, and static and dynamic.”
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According to the archaeologist, the figurines date back to 2,400 years. (G. Prejs/Passi via Cambridge University Press)
Although dolls were discovered naked, researchers believe that they used to wear costumes because the earrings for similar figurines were discovered on Meso -American places in the past.
One of the researchers, Jan Szymański said Science that the dolls are still creepy.
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“They are clay actors,” the University of Warsaw Said the archeologist. “When you hold them in your hand, sometimes they even look creepy because of your colorful expressions.”
All the figurines were found untreated, although they were suddenly carried by costumes. (J. Przedwojewska-Szymańska/Passi via Cambridge University Press)
“Move only a little and it seems that, oof, this thing has almost moved.”
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Szymański also noted that the last resting place of the dolls at the top of the pyramid suggests that they may have been ritually important.
“They can get a job in various different performance before they finally deposit as something real, really special,” the researcher said. “I would say the tomb, but we don’t have a body.”
Although it is unclear to researchers how much dolls used, the pyramid excavation is still ongoing – and archaeologists are still looking for answers.
The figurines were found with peculiar sockets that could be used for performances. (J. Przedwojewska-Szymańska/Passi via Cambridge University Press)
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“Insights can still be revealed in connection with the relationship between the sender and the receiver, offering a view of” dolls, “the work concludes.
