The House of the Bacabs, Copan, Honduras

Edited by David Webster

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ISBN 9780884021773

Publication Date: 01/01/1989

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116 pages

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection > Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Art and Archaeology Studies Series

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HISTORY: Latin America: General

List of Figures
Introduction [David Webster]
1. The House of the Bacabs: Its Social Context [David Webster]
2. The Sculptural Façade of Structre 9N-82: Content, Form, and Significance [William L. Fash, Jr.]
3. The House of the Bacabs: An Iconographic Analysis [Claude F. Baudez]
4. The Inscription on the Sculptured Bench of the House of the Bacabs [Berthold Riese]
5. Household, Lineage, and State at Eighth-Century Copan, Honduras [William T. Sanders]
Epilogue [David Webster]
Appendix: The Original Location, Date, and Possible Implications of Altar W' [David Webster]
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