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A possible Hindu Influence at Teotihuacan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Emily H. Vokes
Emily H. Vokes*
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Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
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Abstract

The conch shell figured on the Temple of Quetzalcoatl at Teotihuacán, is Turbinella angulata, the West Indian Chank. This species is closely related to the “Sacred Chank” of India, a shell which figures prominently in Hindu mythology, religion, and art. This finding may be interpreted as one more bit of evidence for transpacific influences on prehistoric Mesoamerican culture.

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American Antiquity , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , July 1963 , pp. 94 - 95
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1963

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