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This article proposes an ethnographic route, based on archeology, around the artisanal replication of a Marajoara urn with great local representation and often reproduced by artisans from Icoaraci (District of Belém) and from Marajó Island. Through the studies of its iconography, its artisanal replication, and the persistence of contemporary resignifications of its image, I propose to reflect further beyond the object, considering the important relationship of this ceramic piece with the people who are affected by it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The chronology of the Temple of the Owls, a construction of unusual characteristics located in the group of the Initial Series at Chichen Itza, has proved a challenge for archaeologists during long time. The importance of the building resides in its unique iconography, and especially in the presence of a hieroglyphic text with a calendar date in a painted capstone. The dating of this inscription has been crucial to explain the combination of architectural, iconographic, and ceramic traits and styles associated with it. In this contribution we will propose a new interpretation of the calendric date, which contradicts the dating of the capstone in the ninth century accepted by most scholars, placing the inscription instead in the twelfth century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]