Izapa Stela 5

Izapa Stela 5 (V. Garth Norman 1965)
Night photography of stela 5 with acute side lighting relief of difficult to see details.

Izapa Stela 5 is one of a number of large, carved stelae found in the ancient Mesoamerican site of Izapa, in the Soconusco region of Chiapas, Mexico along the present-day Guatemalan border. These stelae date from roughly 300 BCE to 50 or 100 BCE,[1] although some argue for dates as late as 250 CE.[2]

Also known as the "Tree of Life" stone,[3] it appears to illustrate a Mesoamerican creation myth.

  1. ^ Kubler, p. 328, or Pool, p. 273
  2. ^ Guernsey Kappelman.
  3. ^ Stirling; Christensen.