Excavations in Residential Areas of Tikal--Groups with Shrines: Tikal Report 21
Intensive excavations in settlement areas within greater Tikal generated far more than an understanding of the complex gradations of social classes at this lowland Maya site. Identification of a specific architectural pattern associated with relatively small shrines on the eastern side of certain residential groups, and of a distinctive mortuary program, provides a means by which a plaza plan can be predicted using good site maps alone. This discovery enabled archaeologists to predict locations for high-status burials in residential as well as in ceremonial areas.Application of these findings at sites beyond Tikal has been demonstrated to be…
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- ISBN: 978-0-924171-71-0
- EAN: 9780924171710
- Produktnummer: 4977907
- Verlag: Univ Of Pennsylvania Museum Pu
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
- Seitenangabe: 312 S.
- Masse: H28.2 cm x B21.8 cm x D2.5 cm 1'338 g
- Reihenbandnummer: 104
- Gewicht: 1338
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