Quirigua Reports Volume Iv

Author : Wendy Ashmore
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
ISBN 13 : 9781931707916
Total Pages : 376 pages
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Download or read book Quirigua Reports, Volume IV written by Wendy Ashmore and published by University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. This book was released on 2007-05-07 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph reports the results of the Quiriguá Project Site Periphery Program, five seasons (1975-1979) of archaeological survey and excavation in the 96 km2 immediately adjoining the classic Maya site of Quiriguá. Ashmore identifies and helps us understand where and how the people of Quiriguá lived. She presents detailed material evidence in two data catalogues, for the floodplain settlement adjoining Quiriguá and for sites in the wider periphery. The work situates Quiriguá settlement firmly in a regional context, benefiting from the extraordinary abundance of information amassed in southeastern Mesoamerica since 1979. It sheds new light on the political, economic, and social dynamics of the region including the sometimes-fractious interactions between Quiriguá, its overlords at Copan, and people elsewhere in the Lower Motagua Valley and beyond. Content of this book's CD-ROM may be found online at this location: http://core.tdar.org/project/376582. University Museum Monograph, 126

Author : Edward M. Schortman
Publisher : UPenn Museum of Archaeology
ISBN 13 : 9781931707480
Total Pages : 164 pages
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Download or read book Quiriguá Reports, Volume II written by Edward M. Schortman and published by UPenn Museum of Archaeology. This book was released on 2002-06-19 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Quiriguá and its magnificent carved monuments have been recorded and studied by scholars over the past century, little archaeological data were available until recently. From 1973 through 1979, the University Museum sponsored investigations at this major lowland Maya site in eastern Guatemala. The aims of the work were to document a basic chronology, to determine the nature and pattern of structures, and to test hypotheses concerning the origins, location, and demise of Quiriguá. University Museum Monograph, 49

Author : Edward M. Schortman
Publisher : UPenn Museum of Archaeology
ISBN 13 : 9780924171192
Total Pages : 324 pages
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Download or read book Quiriguá Reports, Volume III written by Edward M. Schortman and published by UPenn Museum of Archaeology. This book was released on 1993-01-29 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1973 through 1979, the University Museum sponsored investigations at Quiriguá, a major lowland Maya site in eastern Guatemala, in order to document the basic chronology, determine the nature and pattern of structures, and test hypotheses concerning the origins, location, and demise of the city. This monograph reports the findings of the survey and excavations carried out in the lower Motagua Valley. Providing a regional context for Quiriguá, this volume focuses on wider-valley centers with monumental architecture, examining their chronology, function, and regional and interregional contacts. University Museum Monograph, 80

Author : Wendy Ashmore
Publisher : UPenn Museum of Archaeology
ISBN 13 : 9780934718264
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quiriguá Reports, Volume I written by Wendy Ashmore and published by UPenn Museum of Archaeology. This book was released on 1979-01-29 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Quiriguá and its magnificent carved monuments have been recorded and studied by scholars over the past century, little archaeological data were available until recently. From 1973 through 1979, the University Museum sponsored investigations at this major lowland Maya site in eastern Guatemala. The aims of the work were to document a basic chronology, to determine the nature and pattern of structures, and to test hypotheses concerning the origins, location, and demise of Quiriguá. University Museum Monograph, 37

Author : Edward Mark Schortman
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
ISBN 13 : 9780934718486
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quiriguá Reports, Volume II written by Edward Mark Schortman and published by University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology. This book was released on 1983-01-29 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Quirigu and its magnificent carved monuments have been recorded and studied by scholars over the past century, little archaeological data were available until recently. From 1973 through 1979, the University Museum sponsored investigations at this major lowland Maya site in eastern Guatemala. The aims of the work were to document a basic chronology, to determine the nature and pattern of structures, and to test hypotheses concerning the origins, location, and demise of Quirigu . University Museum Monograph, 49

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ISBN 13 : 9780934718257
Total Pages : 73 pages
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Download or read book Quirigua Reports: Settlement archaeology at Quiriguá, Guatemala written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edward Mark Schortman
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
ISBN 13 : 9780924171192
Total Pages : 314 pages
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Download or read book Quiriguá Reports, Volume III written by Edward Mark Schortman and published by University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. This book was released on 1993-01-29 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1973 through 1979, the University Museum sponsored investigations at Quiriguá, a major lowland Maya site in eastern Guatemala, in order to document the basic chronology, determine the nature and pattern of structures, and test hypotheses concerning the origins, location, and demise of the city. This monograph reports the findings of the survey and excavations carried out in the lower Motagua Valley. Providing a regional context for Quiriguá, this volume focuses on wider-valley centers with monumental architecture, examining their chronology, function, and regional and interregional contacts. University Museum Monograph, 80

Author : Patricia A. Urban
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107172748
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Southeast Mesoamerica written by Patricia A. Urban and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-03-31 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the development and political history of Southeast Mesoamerica from its earliest inhabitants up to the Spanish conquest.

Author : Matthew G. Looper
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292778171
Total Pages : 520 pages
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Download or read book Lightning Warrior written by Matthew G. Looper and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2009-06-23 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient Maya city of Quirigua occupied a crossroads between Copan in the southeastern Maya highlands and the major centers of the Peten heartland. Though always a relatively small city, Quirigua stands out because of its public monuments, which were some of the greatest achievements of Classic Maya civilization. Impressive not only for their colossal size, high sculptural quality, and eloquent hieroglyphic texts, the sculptures of Quirigua are also one of the few complete, in situ series of Maya monuments anywhere, which makes them a crucial source of information about ancient Maya spirituality and political practice within a specific historical context. Using epigraphic, iconographic, and stylistic analyses, this study explores the integrated political-religious meanings of Quirigua's monumental sculptures during the eighth-century A.D. reign of the city's most famous ruler, K'ak' Tiliw. In particular, Matthew Looper focuses on the role of stelae and other sculpture in representing the persona of the ruler not only as a political authority but also as a manifestation of various supernatural entities with whom he was associated through ritual performance. By tracing this sculptural program from its Early Classic beginnings through the reigns of K'ak' Tiliw and his successors, and also by linking it to practices at Copan, Looper offers important new insights into the politico-religious history of Quirigua and its ties to other Classic Maya centers, the role of kingship in Maya society, and the development of Maya art.

Author : Rosemary A. Joyce
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040102034
Total Pages : 158 pages
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Download or read book Sites, Traces, and Materiality written by Rosemary A. Joyce and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-09-05 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sites, Traces, and Materiality proposes a new materialist model for archaeology that brings together the concept of site ontology from geography, a novel analysis of archaeological materiality as traces, and engagement with the concept of animacy hierarchy, in order to explore how geological materials can be reconceived as active. Using a sustained analysis of ancient Honduras, the book provides a contribution to global medieval studies showing how the concept of alchemy can help foreground the kinds of experiential knowledge indigenous people used to advance their technological engagements with mineral matter. Addressing a concern often raised with new materialist work in archaeology, the book relies on indigenous philosophy of the contemporary and historic Lenca people-- the descendants of the people who created the archaeological locales the book examines-- for guidance on how to think about minerals as lively. Taking seriously contemporary Lenca concerns with threats to water and land from global industries, the book links the archaeological case study to the present day politics of mineral extraction. Intended for readers interested in history, archaeology, and cultural studies, the book is accessibly written and appropriate for students as well as academics.