Miscellaneous Investigations in Central Tikal--Structures in and Around the Lost [Hardcover]

The Great Maya center of Tikal, in Guatemala, is famous for its well-preserved architecture. This book presents descriptions of six structures that belong to the Tikal Project category standing architecture, that is, though partially collapsed, some features of these buildings remain in place and accessible without excavation. These structures were surveyed with little or no excavation as part of the Tikal Project Standing Architecture Survey. This report is the primary record of these structures in Tikal's urban landscape, and it provides clear, precise, and usable architectural analyses for Mayanists, archaeologists, art historians, architectural historians, urbanists, and those interested in construction techniques and in the uses of Maya buildings.

Universtiy Museum Monograph, 148

List of Tables
List of Illustrations
Editors' Note
Abbreviations
Selected Architectural Terms

1 Introduction
2 Structure 5C-49
3 Structure 5D-77
4 Structure 5D-84
5 Structure 5D-86
6 Structure 5D-87
7 Structure 6D-1
8 Conclusions

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Editors' Note

Tikal Reports present the results of the University of Pennsylvania excavations from 1956-1969, largely in accord with the projected scheme set out by William R. Coe and William A. Haviland in Tikal Report 12. A great deal of research has taken place at Tikal since those investigations were completed with, in particular, several important projects undertaken by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia de Guatemala and the Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional. Since their work has often enlarged upon that conducted by the University of Pennsylvania,—in some cases excavating the same structures—there is a clear opportunity to integrate recent and historical investigations to produce a synthetic treatment. This idea is undoubtedly appealing, but it is one we have resisted for the monograph series. TlĂ#