A Summary of Excavation and Research at Tikal, Guatemala, 1962
Author : William R. Coe
Publisher :
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 17,34 MB
Release : 1963
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Introduction to the Archaeology of Tikal, Guatemala
Author : William R. Coe
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 12,14 MB
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1934536342
Book Description
This volume offers a full review of the work of the Tikal Project of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Topics include initial motivations and theoretical concerns, procedures and standards used in excavation, a complete inventory of all excavations undertaken, a list of anticipated publications, and a Project bibliography.
The Monuments and Inscriptions of Tikal--The Carved Monuments
Author : Christopher Jones
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 23,52 MB
Release : 1982
Category : History
ISBN : 0934718075
Book Description
This study treats the entire corpus of stone and wood monuments from the Maya site of Tikal and lesser periphery locations. Each description includes details of provenience and condition. Every carved surface is illustrated by a standardized scale drawing, supplemented in almost every case by photographs. University Museum Monograph, 44
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
Page : 1100 pages
File Size : 30,33 MB
Release : 1990-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780934718660
Book Description
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.
Tikal
Author : David L. Lentz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 24,74 MB
Release : 2015-02-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1316060926
Book Description
The primary theoretical question addressed in this book focuses on the lingering concern of how the ancient Maya in the northern Petén Basin were able to sustain large populations in the midst of a tropical forest environment during the Late Classic period. This book asks how agricultural intensification was achieved and how essential resources, such as water and forest products, were managed in both upland areas and seasonal wetlands, or bajos. All of these activities were essential components of an initially sustainable land use strategy that eventually failed to meet the demands of an escalating population. This spiraling disconnect with sound ecological principles undoubtedly contributed to the Maya collapse. The book's findings provide insights that broaden the understanding of the rise of social complexity - the expansion of the political economy, specifically - and, in general terms, the trajectory of cultural evolution of the ancient Maya civilization.
Tikal Reports
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 15,24 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Guatemala
ISBN :
Book Description
Supplement to the Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volume 1
Author : Victoria Reifler Bricker
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 11,47 MB
Release : 2014-01-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0292791712
Book Description
The sixteen-volume Handbook of Middle American Indians, completed in 1976, has been acclaimed the world over as the most valuable resource ever produced for those involved in the study of Mesoamerica. When it was determined in 1978 that the Handbook should be updated periodically, Victoria Reifler Bricker, well-known cultural anthropologist, was selected to be series editor. This first volume of the Supplement is devoted to the dramatic changes that have taken place in the field of archaeology. The volume editor, Jeremy A. Sabloff, has gathered together detailed reports from the directors of many of the most significant archaeological projects of the mid-twentieth century in Mesoamerica, along with discussions of three topics of general interest (the rise of sedentary life, the evolution of complex culture, and the rise of cities).
Tikal, a Handbook of the Ancient Maya Ruins
Author : William R. Coe
Publisher :
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 21,38 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Guatemala
ISBN :
Book Description
"Twenty-five hundred or more years ago a group of peoples settled on and about a barely seen hill in the lowland jungles of northern Guatemala. Their descendants were soon to create by almost unfathomable means one of the most astonishing civilizations the world has ever seen. We now know that hill and the surrounding area as Tikal. Tikal, a traditional name whose meaning is unknown to us, became the prime city of the Maya people populating the Peninsula of Yucatán. Today, in what is geographically the southern part of this peninsula, the pre-eminence of Tikal is still asserted by the ruined roof combs of huge white temples rising above an undulating rain forest that ends only at the distant Caribbean sea."-- Introduction.
Archaeology of Ancient Mexico and Central America
Author : Susan Toby Evans
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 1322 pages
File Size : 15,38 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : 9780815308874
Book Description
This reference is devoted to the pre-Columbian archaeology of the Mesoamerican culture area, one of the six cradles of early civilization. It features in-depth articles on the major cultural areas of ancient Mexico and Central America; coverage of important sites, including the world-renowned discoveries as well as many lesser-known locations; articles on day-to-day life of ancient peoples in these regions; and several bandw regional and site maps and photographs. Entries are arranged alphabetically and cover introductory archaeological facts (flora, fauna, human growth and development, nonorganic resources), chronologies of various periods (Paleoindian, Archaic, Formative, Classic and Postclassic, and Colonial), cultural features, Maya, regional summaries, research methods and resources, ethnohistorical methods and sources, and scholars and research history. Edited by archaeologists Evans and Webster, both of whom are associated with Pennsylvania State University. c. Book News Inc.
Tikal
Author : William R. Coe
Publisher :
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 44,93 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Mayas
ISBN :
