Peabody Museum Memoirs

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10.3.Cover: Artifacts from the Cenote of Sacrifice, Chichen Itza, Yucatan: Textiles, Basketry, Stone, Bone, Shell, Ceramics, Wood, Copal, Rubber, other Organic Materials, and Mammalian Remains

Artifacts from the Cenote of Sacrifice, Chichen Itza, Yucatan: Textiles, Basketry, Stone, Bone, Shell, Ceramics, Wood, Copal, Rubber, other Organic Materials, and Mammalian Remains

Coggins, Clemency Chase

In this volume, specialists analyze the great variety of objects found in the Well of Sacrifice and debate whether they represent evidence of dateable prehistorical ritual. The collection includes the rare remains of hundreds of textiles, wooden objects, and copal incense offerings, as well as lithics, ceramics, and bone and shell artifacts.

14.Cover: Excavations at Seibal, Department of Peten, Guatemala, II: 1. Artifacts. 2. A Reconnaissance of Cancuen. 3. A Brief Reconnaissance of Itzan

Excavations at Seibal, Department of Peten, Guatemala, II: 1. Artifacts. 2. A Reconnaissance of Cancuen. 3. A Brief Reconnaissance of Itzan

Willey, Gordon R.
Tourtellot, Gair
Sabloff, Jeremy A.
Sharick, Robert
Hammond, Norman
Rose, Richard M.

In five volumes published over a 15-year period, the archaeological team headed by Gordon R. Willey presents a comprehensive review of their fieldwork from 1964 to 1968 and the results of many years of subsequent data analysis.

15.Cover: Excavations at Seibal, Department of Peten, Guatemala, III: 1. Major Architecture and Caches. 2. Analyses of Fine Paste Ceramics

Excavations at Seibal, Department of Peten, Guatemala, III: 1. Major Architecture and Caches. 2. Analyses of Fine Paste Ceramics

Smith, A. Ledyard
Sabloff, Jeremy A.
Bishop, Ronald L.
Harbottle, Garman
Rands, Robert L.
Sayre, Edward V.
Willey, Gordon R.

Seibal is a major ruin of the southern Maya lowlands, its vast ceremonial center covering several high hills on the banks of the Pasión River in the Guatemalan Department of Petén. The archaeological team headed by Willey presents a comprehensive review of their fieldwork from 1964 to 1968 and the results of many years of subsequent data analysis.

16.Cover: Excavations at Seibal, Department of Peten, Guatemala, IV: 1. Peripheral Survey and Excavation. 2. Settlement and Community Patterns

Excavations at Seibal, Department of Peten, Guatemala, IV: 1. Peripheral Survey and Excavation. 2. Settlement and Community Patterns

Tourtellot, Gair
Willey, Gordon R.

Seibal is a major ruin of the southern Maya lowlands, its vast ceremonial center covering several high hills on the banks of the Pasión River in the Guatemalan Department of Petén. The archaeological team headed by Willey presents a comprehensive review of their fieldwork from 1964 to 1968 and the results of many years of subsequent data analysis.

17.Cover: Excavations at Seibal, Department of Peten, Guatemala, V: 1. Monumental Sculpture and Hieroglyphic Inscriptions. 2. Burials. 3. The Ethnozoology of the Maya. 4. General Summary and Conclusions

Excavations at Seibal, Department of Peten, Guatemala, V: 1. Monumental Sculpture and Hieroglyphic Inscriptions. 2. Burials. 3. The Ethnozoology of the Maya. 4. General Summary and Conclusions

Willey, Gordon R.
Graham, John A.
Tourtellot, Gair
Pohl, Mary

In five volumes published over a 15-year period, the archaeological team headed by Gordon R. Willey presents a comprehensive review of their fieldwork from 1964 to 1968 and the results of many years of subsequent data analysis.

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