Excavations in the Great Plaza, North Terrace, and North Acropolis of Tikal: Tikal Report 14

Excavations in the Great Plaza, North Terrace, and North Acropolis of Tikal: Tikal Report 14
Author: William R. Coe
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Total Pages: 1100
Release: 1990-09-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780934718660

This report is integral and pivotal to the entire Tikal publications series. Produced in six separate casebound volumes (3 of text, 2 of illustrations, a map box for oversize plans and sections), this monumental study looks at the very hub of Tikal. Tikal Report 14 is a tribute to its author, William R. Coe, who not only was able to salvage Tikal from the jungle but meticulously recorded all the resulting data in detailed plans, sections, drawings, and photographs, as well as the written word. This is an integrated site report of unprecedented size and scope. Tikal Report 14 will be of vital interest to field archaeologists and historians studying aspects of Mesoamerican culture.

Excavations in the West Plaza of Tikal

Excavations in the West Plaza of Tikal
Author: William A. Haviland
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2019-05-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1949057011

This volume reports on excavations carried out by Peter D. Harrison in the early 1960s in the West Plaza of the Maya center of Tikal, Guatemala. Primarily descriptive in nature, this work is an important compliment to Tikal Report No. 14: Excavations in the Great Plaza, North Terrace, and North Acropolis of Tikal, by William R. Coe. The West Plaza was originally the western portion of the Great Plaza until construction of Great Temple II separated it. Subsequently, the West Plaza took on its own identity. This report presents data from these investigations no longer retrievable in the field and, therefore, of importance to anyone interested in the development of Tikal's epicenter. University Museum Monograph, 151

A Commentary on the Architecture of the North Acropolis, Tikal, Guatemala--Additions and Alterations

A Commentary on the Architecture of the North Acropolis, Tikal, Guatemala--Additions and Alterations
Author: H. Stanley Loten
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2007-07-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781931707985

A comprehensive series of reconstructed views rendered in colors approximating the original finishes of polished plaster and paint, with 42 different stages of development in three-dimensional form, show what the Acropolis looked like at various times from ca. 330 BCE to CE 600. On an accompanying CD-ROM 112 color plates include constructions of individual structures and some photos of Acropolis fabric at the time of excavation and consolidation. The text accompanying the color plates provides a rationale for the sequences illustrated and an interpretation of ancient Maya intentions in developing the architectural forms that were found, including ideas of rulership and monumental architecture. Content of this book's CD-ROM may be found online at this location: http://core.tdar.org/project/376585. University Museum Monograph, 128

Excavations in the East Plaza of Tikal, Volumes I and II

Excavations in the East Plaza of Tikal, Volumes I and II
Author: Christopher Jones
Publisher: UPenn Museum of Archaeology
Total Pages: 134
Release: 1996-01-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780924171420

This book includes description of the excavations in the East Plaza and the large acropolis-like mound to the east. all of the structures of the East Plaza are supported by a single flat surface, Platform 5D-2. Excavation revealed that the area maintained a constancy of form over time. The East Plaza served as an area for the gathering of large crowds of people. The author has identified the eastern portion of the Plaza as the principal marketplace of Tikal. University Museum Monograph, 92

Motul de San José

Motul de San José
Author: Antonia E Foias
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Total Pages: 553
Release: 2012-09-23
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0813042518

Scholars have long debated the nature of Maya political organization during the Classic period (AD 250-950). Complex questions regarding political centralization, economic change, and the role of politics and economics in the rise and collapse of the civilization have been examined and reexamined from a variety of perspectives. Antonia Foias and Kitty Emery have assembled a broad collection of essays all focused on a single polity, that of Motul de San José. By presenting a coherent interdisciplinary body of archaeological and environmental data, the volume offers an intensely deep, focused investigation of the various models of the ancient Maya political and economic systems. Research conducted over six seasons of fieldwork reveals a more centralized political system than expected and uncovers the workings of the ancient economic structure. The contributors offer new details concerning how involved royals and nonroyal elites were in the politics of nearby states, as well as an extensive tribute system.

Mesoamerican Religions and Archaeology

Mesoamerican Religions and Archaeology
Author: Aleksandar Bošković
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2017-01-26
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1784915033

The main goal of this book is to produce a methodologically sound and ethically valid interdisciplinary introduction into the exciting world of ancient Mesoamerica.

Social Bioarchaeology

Social Bioarchaeology
Author: Sabrina C. Agarwal
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 485
Release: 2011-02-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1405191872

Illustrates new methodological directions in analyzing human social and biological variation Offers a wide array of research on past populations around the globe Explains the central features of bioarchaeological research by key researchers and established experts around the world

The Oxford Handbook of Mesoamerican Archaeology

The Oxford Handbook of Mesoamerican Archaeology
Author: Deborah L. Nichols
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 996
Release: 2012-10-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 0195390938

The Oxford Handbook of Mesoamerican Archaeology provides a current and comprehensive guide to the recent and on-going archaeology of Mesoamerica. Though the emphasis is on prehispanic societies, this Handbook also includes coverage of important new work by archaeologists on the Colonial and Republican periods. Unique among recent works, the text brings together in a single volume article-length regional syntheses and topical overviews written by active scholars in the field of Mesoamerican archaeology. The first section of the Handbook provides an overview of recent history and trends of Mesoamerica and articles on national archaeology programs and practice in Central America and Mexico written by archaeologists from these countries. These are followed regional syntheses organized by time period, beginning with early hunter-gatherer societies and the first farmers of Mesoamerica and concluding with a discussion of the Spanish Conquest and frontiers and peripheries of Mesoamerica. Topical and comparative articles comprise the remainder of Handbook. They cover important dimensions of prehispanic societies—from ecology, economy, and environment to social and political relations—and discuss significant methodological contributions, such as geo-chemical source studies, as well as new theories and diverse theoretical perspectives. The Handbook concludes with a section on the archaeology of the Spanish conquest and the Colonial and Republican periods to connect the prehispanic, proto-historic, and historic periods. This volume will be a must-read for students and professional archaeologists, as well as other scholars including historians, art historians, geographers, and ethnographers with an interest in Mesoamerica.