The Artifacts of Tikal--Ornamental and Ceremonial Artifacts and Unworked Material

The Artifacts of Tikal--Ornamental and Ceremonial Artifacts and Unworked Material
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Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
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Download or read book The Artifacts of Tikal--Ornamental and Ceremonial Artifacts and Unworked Material written by Hattula Moholy-Nagy and published by University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. This book was released on 2008-05-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TR27A reports on goods used as markers of social status and goods used in ritual. It describes the splendid ornaments and insignia of jade, shell, pearls, and inscribed bone shown in representations on monuments and pottery vessels and recovered from the burials of Tikal's elites. Each artifact is described in the text, tabulated, and richly illustrated with drawings and photographs. An accompanying CD-ROM includes updated databases for all recovered objects, enabling the reader to discover detailed relationships between artifact, date, and context. It also includes William R. Coe's drafts of reconstructions of destroyed offerings and typologies for ceremonial lithics and shell "Charlie Chaplin" figurines. Content of the book's CD-ROM may be found online at this location: http://core.tdar.org/project/376586. University Museum Monograph, 127


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