An Unexplored Realm in the Heartland of the Southern Gulf ... - Famsi

accomplished through violent blows to the face, body, or hands; instead, the details were
literally erased, smoothed away (see Grove 1981). A similar type of sculptural “erasure”
is demonstrated on the side panel of San Lorenzo Monument 14 (see Figure 5.55 and
Cyphers 1993:160). The clean, almost abstract lines and surfaces of the remaining
Figure 5.54. The red outline demonstrates the correspondence of size
and shape on the front and back of the throne.
Figure 5.55. View of the side of San Lorenzo Monument 14. Red dashed
lines indicate edge of ground surface that has partially eliminated the previously
carved figure (Cyphers 2004:72).
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