New insights from the Tikal excavations and epigraphic breakthroughs suggest that a thriving marketplace existed in the center of the city, that foreigners comprised a significant element of its populace, and that differences in tomb form and contents signal the changing fortunes of Tikal's rulers. Essay topics include the timing of the foundation of the Tikal dynasty, the earliest experiments in socio-political complexity, the 6th-7th century hiatus in monument erection, the reassertion of central authority around A.D. 700, and the complex causality behind the collapse and depopulation during the 9th century. Featuring some of the premiere specialists in the field as well as innovative new scholars, this volume promises to shape Tikal's interpretations and research agenda for decades to come.
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Overall, the volume is a substantial effort which summarizes our current understanding of the Tikal data...Well-suited for the specialist, this volume also offers plenty to interest the general reader...Archaeologists and Maya enthusiasts alike are always looking for new sources to synthesize what is currently known about major sites. This volume...accomplishes that task for Tikal. --Debra S. Walker, Journal of Latin American Anthropology
Tikal certainly must occupy a central place in any approach to lowland Maya civilization--because of its impact on the development of the Classic Maya World, because of its political prominence in that world, and because it is the most extensively investigated of the great Maya cities--[this] is a welcome contribution to our understanding. [It features] new data and new interpretations....Scholars interested in archaic states and complex societies as well as Maya specialists and other Mesoamerican archaeologists will welcome the volume. --John S. Henderson, Cornell University
This group of presentations is focused on the relationship of the dynastic interpretations and construction history of Tikal...The mix of topics makes specific data and individual investigations a cumulative compilation and worthy contribution to appreciating the unique qualities of Tikal in the story of the ancient Maya. --Anabel Ford, Anthropos 100 (2005)
Tikal certainly must occupy a central place in any approach to lowland Maya civilization--because of its impact on the development of the Classic Maya World, because of its political prominence in that world, and because it is the most extensively investigated of the great Maya cities--[this] is a welcome contribution to our understanding. [It features] new data and new interpretations....Scholars interested in archaic states and complex societies as well as Maya specialists and other Mesoamerican archaeologists will welcome the volume. --John S. Henderson, Cornell University
This group of presentations is focused on the relationship of the dynastic interpretations and construction history of Tikal…The mix of topics makes specific data and individual investigations a cumulative compilation and worthy contribution to appreciating the unique qualities of Tikal in the story of the ancient Maya. --Anabel Ford, Anthropos 100 (2005)
Tikal certainly must occupy a central place in any approach to lowland Maya civilization--because of its impact on the development of the Classic Maya World, because of its political prominence in that world, and because it is the most extensively investigated of the great Maya cities--[this] is a welcome contribution to our understanding. [It features] new data and new interpretations....Scholars interested in archaic states and complex societies as well as Maya specialists and other Mesoamerican archaeologists will welcome the volume. --John S. Henderson, Cornell University
This group of presentations is focused on the relationship of the dynastic interpretations and construction history of Tikal...The mix of topics makes specific data and individual investigations a cumulative compilation and worthy contribution to appreciating the unique qualities of Tikal in the story of the ancient Maya. --Anabel Ford, Anthropos 100 (2005)
Tikal certainly must occupy a central place in any approach to lowland Maya civilization--because of its impact on the development of the Classic Maya World, because of its political prominence in that world, and because it is the most extensively investigated of the great Maya cities--[this] is a welcome contribution to our understanding. [It features] new data and new interpretations....Scholars interested in archaic states and complex societies as well as Maya specialists and other Mesoamerican archaeologists will welcome the volume. --John S. Henderson, Cornell University
This group of presentations is focused on the relationship of the dynastic interpretations and construction history of Tikal…The mix of topics makes specific data and individual investigations a cumulative compilation and worthy contribution to appreciating the unique qualities of Tikal in the story of the ancient Maya. --Anabel Ford, Anthropos 100 (2005)
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great plaza, plaza plan, minor centers, peccary skull, Río Copán, northeastern group, northern earthworks, unprovenanced vessel, problematical deposits, small mound groups, unslipped jars, intersite areas, cache vessels, acropolis architecture, dynastic founding, cylindrical tripods, thin bifaces, parentage statement, obsidian debitage, structure caches, ber burials, multidimensional scaling solution, portable material culture, orienting axis, plaza ball court Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Early Classic, Late Classic, North Acropolis, Central Acropolis, K'inich Yax, Mundo Perdido, Maya Lowlands, Chak Tok Ich'aak, Dos Pilas, Tikal Project, Terminal Classic, Late Preclassic, Siyaj Chan K'awiil, Jasaw Chan K'awiil, Yax Nuun Ayiin, Shield Skull, Tikal National Project, Animal Skull, David Stuart, Proyecto Nacional Tikal, Central Mexico, East Plaza, Time Span, Hunal Tomb, B'alaj Chan K'awiil Browse Sample Pages:
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great plaza, plaza plan, minor centers, peccary skull, Río Copán, northeastern group, northern earthworks, unprovenanced vessel, problematical deposits, small mound groups, unslipped jars, intersite areas, cache vessels, acropolis architecture, dynastic founding, cylindrical tripods, thin bifaces, parentage statement, obsidian debitage, structure caches, ber burials, multidimensional scaling solution, portable material culture, orienting axis, plaza ball court Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Early Classic, Late Classic, North Acropolis, Central Acropolis, K'inich Yax, Mundo Perdido, Maya Lowlands, Chak Tok Ich'aak, Dos Pilas, Tikal Project, Terminal Classic, Late Preclassic, Siyaj Chan K'awiil, Jasaw Chan K'awiil, Yax Nuun Ayiin, Shield Skull, Tikal National Project, Animal Skull, David Stuart, Proyecto Nacional Tikal, Central Mexico, East Plaza, Time Span, Hunal Tomb, B'alaj Chan K'awiil Browse Sample Pages:
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