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Rubbings of Mayan Stone Stelae

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*Rubbings of Bilbao Monuments*
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Monument 3 <bilbao1.html>

Monument 3, Middle Classic 	Monument 6 <bilbao2.html>

Monument 6, Middle Classic

*Story of Bilbao Area Rubbings*

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*Monte Alto, Santa Lucia Cotzumalhuapa, El Baul*

   During the summer of 1971, Joan Patten, Jea, and myself traveled
southwest of Guatemala City stopping at Lake Amatitlan and then
proceeding to Escuintla. We then proceeded to the areas of Monte Alto to
discover a collosal head carved from a huge boulder in an elevated area
of an agarian field, not far from the Pacific Ocean. The Preclassic
boulder sculptures here in this area were a subject of National
Geographic Society research during the 1960s. The colossal head
indicates worship of this deity remains to be evidenced by the floral
offerings.

   The stone face expresses a pleasant smile across the mouth of the
stone carving. This is one of the few sculptures to express a smile
instead of an embattled warrior, or a captured slave awaiting a human
sacrifice.

   We then proceeded a short distance to Santa Lucia Cotzumalhuapa, and
located two sculptures lying in the field adjacent to a jungle area. The
Bilbao monument stones were carved from a volcanic type of stone surface.

   It was more difficult to prepare rubbings from this stone than the
smoother limestone in northern areas of the Peten.

   The destiny of the rubbing of Bilbao Monument No.2 is located in the
stairway of my friend Hugo Mieth whom was fascinated by this design
sculpture. This rubbing is located in an open stairway of his home
overlooking the Snowmass ski area where I worked as an architect during
the years of 1965 to 1967. The rubbing was prepared in 1970 and
ironically installed in 1990, twenty years later, which coincides with
the 19.71 year cycle of a katun time frame which is a ceremonial period
of time for preparing and erecting stone sculptures.

   After preparing the rubbings we proceeded to El Baul, where various
stone sculptures are displayed in a row, The monuments of the Izapa
style in El Baul bear the long count date equal to A.D. 36; earlier than
any in the Lowland Mayas. I possess a beautiful rubbing prepared from
one of these stone monuments in various tones of blue color by Dale
Nichols, a noted artist who prepared national magazine cover designs
during the 1940s and 1950s in the U.S.A.

   I acquired this rubbing from Dale Nichols while he was residing in
Guatemala City.