Mesoamerica

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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Vol. 3 / No. 4
By: William R. Coe
A Sculpture from Mexico
The New World archaeological collections of the University Museum are comprehensive, often superlative. But we are aware of certain shortcomings. […]
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Vol. 3 / No. 2
By: C.L. Lundell
The Flora of Tikal
The popular image of the jungle is one of mystery and romance. Kipling, Conrad, Maugham, and hoses of contemporary and […]
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Vol. 3 / No. 1
By: Alfred Bendiner
An Archaeologist’s Sketchbook
When Fro Rainey and his staff asked my wife and me to go to Tikal and make an architectural survey […]
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Vol. 2 / No. 4
By: Matthew W. Stirling, Froelich Rainey and Matthew W. Stirling, Jr.
Electronics and Archaeology
For centuries men have dreamed of a “divining rod” or device that would indicate the presence of buried treasure in […]
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Vol. 2 / No. 2
By: Linton Satterthwaite
Maya “Long Count” Numbers
The new earliest “Long Count” or “Initial Series” date on Tikal Stela 29 is transcribed as “8.12.14.8.15 13 Men 3 […]
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Vol. 2 / No. 2
By: Edwin M. Shook
Tikal Stela 29: The oldest dated Lowland Maya monument is unearthed in the jungles of Guatemala. For a discussion of Maya dates the reader is referred to the accompanying article by Linton Satterthwaite.
Just short of a century ago, in 1864, canal diggers working in the steaming heat of a coastal swamp a […]
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Vol. 2 / No. 2
Tikal: A Map of the Central Portion of a Famous Maya Ruin in the Lowlands of Guatemala
Mapping at Tikal has been going on since the 1957-58 season. It is a slow, difficult job, made so by […]
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Vol. 1 / No. 4
By: William R. Coe
Tikal 1959
At this Maya site in northern tropical Guatemala the fourth season of field work under the direction of Edwin M. […]
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Vol. 1 / No. 1
By: Edwin M. Shook
The Temple of the Red Stela: An important new monument is unearthed at the Maya city of Tikal in Guatemala.
Archaeological digging is a good deal like prospecting– you never know when and where you are going to strike paydirt. […]
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