Word: acoma
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Conventionalized art, of course, is apt to spring from a later stage of culture development than realistic art; but the Mayas continued some use of realistic sculpture up to the downfall of their civilization. Hence, the finding of these heads at Acoma does not imply that the ruins there are of great antiquity. In fact the evidence is all to the contrary...
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