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Historical archaeology at Tikal, Guatemala /
The pre-Columbian city we call Tikal was abandoned by its Maya residents during the tenth century A.D. and succumbed to the Guatemalan rain forest. It was not until 1848 that it was brought to the attention of the outside world. For the next century Tikal, remote and isolated, received a surprisingl...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology,
2012.
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| Colección: | Tikal reports ;
no. 37. University Museum monograph ; 135. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Tikal Report No. 37: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY AT TIKAL, GUATEMALA; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Appendices; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 SETTLEMENT PATTERN AND SCATTERED FINDS; 3 MATERIAL CULTURE; Appendices E-K; References; Summary in Spanish; Figures; Tables; Index; Appendices; A Database Structure: a text document that presents the variables used for the artifact and provenience databases; B Codes for Database Variables: a text document.
- C Proveniences for Excavation Lots: a database file given in simple text format that can be loaded into a relational database file or converted to Word or ExcelD Artifact Database: a database file given in simple text format that can be loaded into a relational database file or converted to Word or Excel; E Published Records of Visits to Tikal, 1696-1956; F Letter from Edwin M. Shook to Hattula Moholy-Nagy; G Letter from Dennis E. Puleston to Hattula Moholy-Nagy; H Notes on San José Material Culture of the Early 1960s; I Professor Walter M. Wolfe's Trip to Tikal in 1901.
- J Research on the Bottles of Tikal by Paul S. NewtonK A Translation into English of Valenzuela's Report of 1879 by Marshall Becker; L Gallery of Photographs: scans of color and black and white images that can be viewed with Preview or Photoshop; M The Printed Illustrations of TR 37: scans that can be viewed with Preview or Photoshop; Figures; 1 The Department of Petén, Guatemala; 2 Part of the central area of Tikal with the locations of Recent Sites and other post-Conquest finds mentioned in the text; 3 La Palmera, the southern portion of the 19th-century settlement at Tikal.
- 4 The Tikal Aguada in 19565 Great Temples IV (Str. 5C-4) and III (Str. 5D-3) photographed by A.P. Maudslay; 6 Great Temples III (Str. 5D-3), II (Str. 5D-2), and IV (Str. 5C-4) photographed from Great Temple I (Str. 5D-1) by A.P. Maudslay; 7 Great Temple III (Str. 5D-3) photographed by A.P. Maudslay; 8 The campsite in the rain forest of the workers who accompanied the Maudslays to Tikal; 9 Sketch map of the center of Tikal by A.P. Maudslay; 10 RS 5D-2, looking east; 11 RS 5D-2, looking east. The same view as Figure 10; 12 RS 5D-2, looking west; 13 RS 5D-1.
- 14 Pottery vessel forms from San José Petén15 Plan of RS 5F-1; 16 RS 5F-1, sections; 17 Plan of RS 5F-2; 18 Manos and metates; 19 Plans and sections of a slab metate; 20 Metate from RS 5F-1; 21 Metates and other ground stone artifacts; 22 Glass bottles, an iron cooking pot, and a hand mill; 23 Metal artifacts; 24 Metal box strap and machete fragments; 25 Metal and pottery artifacts; 26 Pottery figurine and vessels; 27 Pottery jars and bowls; 28 Pottery bowls; 29 Pottery bowls from Yucatán; ILLUSTRATIONS IN APPENDIX L (CD); L01 Edwin M. Shook (1911-2000).