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14-671: [REDACTED] Look up Monte Alto in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Monte Alto may refer to: People [ edit ] Bernard de Monte Alto or Mowat (d.1306), Scottish knight and brother of William William de Monte Alto or Mohaut (d.1327), Scottish nobleman and brother of Bernard Eustace de Montaut or Monte Alto or Montalt (c.1027–1112), Breton soldier and English nobleman Hugh de Montaut or Monte Alto or Montalt (c.1050–1130), English nobleman Places [ edit ] Monte Alto culture , an archaeological site on

28-733: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Monte Alto [REDACTED] Look up Monte Alto in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Monte Alto may refer to: People [ edit ] Bernard de Monte Alto or Mowat (d.1306), Scottish knight and brother of William William de Monte Alto or Mohaut (d.1327), Scottish nobleman and brother of Bernard Eustace de Montaut or Monte Alto or Montalt (c.1027–1112), Breton soldier and English nobleman Hugh de Montaut or Monte Alto or Montalt (c.1050–1130), English nobleman Places [ edit ] Monte Alto culture , an archaeological site on

42-463: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Monte Alto culture Located 20 km southeast from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa in Escuintla , Monte Alto was occupied as early as 1800 BC, but has a fairly light presence – less than either El Bálsamo or Los Cerritos Sur located about 10 km west and east of Monte Alto respectively. During

56-561: Is noted for its sculptures (heads and potbellies), more than a dozen tabular shaped stone stelae were found as well as three stone altars . Two general styles of sculpture are found at the Monte Alto site, one representing a human head, and the other, a human body. Since both the heads and the bodies are rather crudely shaped from large, rounded basaltic boulders, the subjects have a decidedly corpulent appearance. Because they seem to be male figures, they have been termed " potbellies " in

70-594: The Late Preclassic (400 BC to AD 200), Monte Alto became a regional center. The site has 45 major structures, the tallest being a 20 m high pyramid. The Monte Alto Culture is one of the oldest in Mesoamerica and perhaps predates the Olmec . There is also a substantial Early Classic occupation but it is largely localized at Structure 6, a large platform located well to the northeast. Although Monte Alto

84-425: The archaeological literature. Fifteen plain stelas were recorded at Monte Alto and one alignment of three large plain stelae erected in a north–south line could have served astronomical purposes as a means for recording days and the position of the sun for agricultural purposes. In fact, the azimuth from the principal pyramid to the south stela marked the winter solstice on December 21. The sun rose over

98-588: The Pacific Coast in what is now Guatemala Monte Alto, São Paulo , a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil Monte Alto, Texas , United States Monte Alto Protected Zone , in Costa Rica Mount Alto, Kilkenny , a County Kilkenny hill, Ireland See also [ edit ] Montalt (disambiguation) Montaut Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

112-452: The Pacific Coast in what is now Guatemala Monte Alto, São Paulo , a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil Monte Alto, Texas , United States Monte Alto Protected Zone , in Costa Rica Mount Alto, Kilkenny , a County Kilkenny hill, Ireland See also [ edit ] Montalt (disambiguation) Montaut Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

126-620: The central stela on February 19: February 19 at midnight marked the eastern elongation of the Eta Draconis star in the Pleiades during the Late Preclassic period. According to Marion Popenoe de Hatch, Eta Draconis shows unusual stability, and, that from 1800 B.C. to A.D. 500, the annual date of its meridian midnight transit varied less than one day. She has shown that alignments of certain monuments at Takalik Abaj , also mark

140-399: The eastern elongation of Eta Draconis at various periods during Tak'alik Abaj existence. Many of the Monte Alto sculptures are magnetic as well. Since certain distinctive patterns of magnetism recur with some frequency, it would appear that the sculptures were executed by artisans who were aware of these properties. If this is true, the Monte Alto sculptures no doubt deserve recognition as

154-472: The oldest known magnetic artifacts in the world. Of the collection of "potbellies" sculptures from Monte Alto on display in the town park of La Democracia , Guatemala and in front of its local museum, Museo Regional de Arqueología de la Democracia , four of the heads and three of the bodies were found to have magnetic properties. All four of the heads have a north magnetic pole located in their right temples, while three of them have south magnetic poles below

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168-704: The right ear and the fourth (that in front of the museum) has a south magnetic pole in its left temple. Such a pattern of occurrence is unlikely to be a matter of chance, even in a sample size as small as four. During the Maya Preclassic period , the sites in the area that are contemporary to Monte Alto are Chiapa de Corzo (Mesoamerican site) , Izapa , Abaj Takalik , and El Baul , along with such highland communities as Kaminaljuyu and Chalchuapa . Famsi: Monte Alto (UTM 722341E, 1573508N) Parsons, Lee A. 1976 Excavation of Monte Alto, Escuintla, Guatemala In Research Reports: Abstracts and Reviews of Research during

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196-418: The title Monte Alto . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Monte_Alto&oldid=1244491668 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description

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