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Part of the Huexotzinco Codex, printed on amatl.

Amatl (Nahuatl languages: āmatl, Spanish: amate or papel amate) is a form of paper that was manufactured in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. It is made by boiling the inner bark of several species of trees, particularly fig trees (genus Ficus) such as F. cotinifolia and F. padifolia.[1] The resulting fibrous material is pounded with a stone to produce a stretchy and somewhat delicate paper, colored light brown with corrugated lines.

Its use in Mesoamerica likely dates back to at least the Early Preclassic period of Mesoamerican chronology, in the early 1st millennium BCE. Iconography (in stone) dating from the period contains depictions of items thought to be paper. For example, Monument 52 from the Olmec site of San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán illustrates a personage adorned with ear pennants of folded paper.[2]




Notes

  1. ^ Miller and Taube (1993, p.131)
  2. ^ Miller and Taube (1993, p.131)

References

  • Boot, Erik (2002). "A Preliminary Classic Maya-English/English-Classic Maya Vocabulary of Hieroglyphic Readings" (PDF). Mesoweb Articles. Mesoweb. Retrieved 2007-08-17. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |author= at position 1 (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Cowen, Tyler (2003). "Amate for Sale: Indigenous Mexican Painters in Global Art Markets" (DOC). Retrieved 2007-08-17. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |author= at position 1 (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Cowen, Tyler (2005). Markets and Cultural Voices: Liberty vs. Power in the Lives of Mexican Amate Painters. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0472098896. OCLC 56051127. {{cite book}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |author= at position 1 (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Miller, Mary (1993). The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05068-6. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |author= at position 1 (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |coauthors= at position 5 (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Rodgers Albro, Sylvia (1990). "The Examination and Conservation Treatment of the Library of Congress Harkness 1531 Huejotzingo Codex". Journal of the American Institute for Conservation. 29 (2): pp.97–115. doi:10.2307/3179577. ISSN 0197-1360. {{cite journal}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |author= at position 1 (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |coauthors= at position 5 (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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