Mesoamerica
Vol. 5 / No. 3
By: Hattula Moholy-Nagy
The Field Laboratory at Tikal
Archaeologists spend much time and a good deal of money digging. They spend months in the field recovering and recording […]
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Vol. 5 / No. 2
By: Peter Harrison
A Jade Pendant From Tikal
During the 1962 season at Tikal, field work included investigation of the West Plaza, a large ceremonial group immediately west […]
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Vol. 5 / No. 2
By: William R. Coe and John J. McGinn
Tikal: The North Acropolis and An Early Tomb
What is it that motivates anticipation of a rich tomb as the trench is cut further and deeper back in […]
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Vol. 4 / No. 4
By: Ruben E. Reina
The Ritual of the Skull in Peten, Guatemala
The history of the Department of Peten in Guatemala has unique features when compared to the rest of Mesoamerica. These […]
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Vol. 4 / No. 3
By: J. Eric S. Thompson
Convocation Address
At a special Convocation held in the Irvine Auditorium of the University of Pennsylvania on January 20, 1962, in observance […]
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Vol. 4 / No. 3
By: William Haviland, Jr.
A “Miniature Stela” From Tikal
Three seasons of archaeological work at the site of Tikal, located in the rain forest of Guatemala’s department of the […]
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Vol. 4 / No. 2
By: Edwin M. Shook
Tikal: Problems of a Field Director
In 1955 the Guatemala Government reopened the airfield at Tikal, making possible the initiation of large-scale excavation and reconstruction there. […]
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Vol. 4 / No. 2
By: Hattula Moholy-Nagy
A Tlaloc Stela From Tikal
Stela 32 was one of the outstanding finds of the 1961 field season at Tikal. The front of this broken […]
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Vol. 4 / No. 1
By: Edwin M. Shook and Alfred Kidder, II
The Painted Tomb At Tikal: An important discovery by the Museum's expedition in Guatemala.
One day, perhaps late in March of the year A.D. 457, masons set the final stone in the wall they […]
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Vol. 4 / No. 1
By: Tatiana Proskouriakoff
The Lords of the Maya Realm
We Mayanists spend an inordinate amount of time deciphering half obliterated hieroglyphic texts. Often it seems that our results are […]
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