Excavations in the West Plaza of Tikal : : Tikal Report 17 / / William A. Haviland.

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• VerfasserIn: Haviland, William A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (160 p.) :; 52 illus.

This volume reports on excavations carried out by Peter D. Harrison in the early 1960s in the West Plaza of the Maya center of Tikal, Guatemala. Primarily descriptive in nature, this work is an important compliment to Tikal Report No. 14: Excavations in the Great Plaza, North Terrace, and North Acropolis of Tikal, by William R. Coe. The West Plaza was originally the western portion of the Great Plaza until construction of Great Temple II separated it. Subsequently, the West Plaza took on its own identity.This report presents data from these investigations no longer retrievable in the field and, therefore, of importance to anyone interested in the development of Tikal's epicenter.University Museum Monograph, 151

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Tables -- Illustrations -- Editors’ Note -- Abbreviations -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. ARCHITECTURE -- III. STONE MONUMENTS AND ASSOCIATED SPECIAL DEPOSITS -- IV. CHULTUNS -- V. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- Appendix I : Test Pits North of the West Plaza: Locations and Contents -- Appendix II: Report by Robert H. Dyson Jr. and Peter D. Harrison on the West Plaza Resistivity Survey -- Appendix III: A Preliminary Classification of Tikal Chultuns -- Appendix IV: Artifacts from General Excavations in Group 5D-10 Illustrated in Tikal Report 27A and 27B -- References -- Illustrations