[Fwd: [Aztlan] 800 year old Aztec wooden lintels restored]

[John F. Schwaller]

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Subject: [Aztlan] 800 year old Aztec wooden lintels restored
From:    "michael ruggeri" <michaelruggeri at mac.com>
Date:    Thu, February 24, 2011 8:29 pm
To:      aztlan at lists.famsi.org
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Listeros,

Three wooden lintels between 500-800 years old that were part of buildings
at Tlatelolco have been restored in a process of restoration that took
place over 15 years. They will be put on display by INAH in a March
exhibit, “Six Ancient Cities of Mesoamerica: Society and Environment.” 400
Mesoamerican pieces from Monte Alban, Palenque, El Tajin, Teotihuacan,
Tenochtitlan and Tlatelolco will be on display. The lintels were found in
at the water table covered with mud. They date from 1200-1520 CE. Very
sophisticated methods had to be used to save the wood after it had been
underwater for 600 years. The report details those methods.

Art Daily has the story here with a good photo;
http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=45227

Mike Ruggeri

Mike Ruggeri's Aztec and Toltec World
http://tinyurl.com/yqypej






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