The cultural tradition of stuccoed and polychromatic murals in central Mexico dates back to Early Classic Teotihuacan and continued into the subsequent Epiclassic period, with the stunning murals from Cacaxtla as the most famous and well-studied example. In this paper, we present three examples of stuccoed and richly painted benches or thrones from the mayor Epiclassic site of Xochicalco in the Mexican state of Morelos. A careful iconographic and epigraphic analysis of the imagery, as well as the associated hieroglyphic signs from one of the benches, leads us to suggest that these benches played a pivotal role in displaying the religious, mythological, and historical underpinnings of hierarchical power at Xochicalco. Based on comparisons with benches and seats from Classic Maya culture and, in particular, the contemporaneous Terminal Classic city of Chichen Itza, which was deeply involved in interregional relations with central Mexico, we also suggest that the Xochicalco benches may even have served as royal seats or thrones.

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XOCHICALCO，莫雷洛斯，墨西哥的粉刷长凳

墨西哥中部灰泥和多色壁画的文化传统可以追溯到早期经典特奥蒂瓦坎，并一直延续到随后的新古典主义时期，卡卡斯特拉令人惊叹的壁画是最著名和研究最充分的例子。在本文中，我们展示了墨西哥莫雷洛斯州霍奇卡尔科市长史诗遗址的三个灰泥和彩绘长椅或宝座的例子。对图像以及其中一张长椅上相关的象形文字符号进行仔细的图像和碑文分析，我们认为这些长椅在展示霍奇卡尔科等级权力的宗教、神话和历史基础方面发挥了关键作用。基于与经典玛雅文化中的长椅和座椅的比较，特别是，