Incidents of Archaeology in Central America and Yucatan Essays in Honor of Edwin M. Shook

by Love, Michael; Hatch, De Marion Popenoe; Escobedo, Héctor L.; de Hatch, Marion Popenoe; Demarest, Arthur A.; Arroyo, Bárbara; Neff, Hector; Feathers, James; Beaudry-Corbett, Marilyn; Belli, Francisco Estrada; Kosakowsky, Laura J.; Mazariegos, Oswaldo Chin

• ISBN13: 9780761823841
• ISBN10: 0761823840
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-11-27
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

Incidents of Archaeology in Central America and Yucatán is a collection of cutting edge archaeological studies of the Maya and their neighbors. Written by leading scholars, this book is an up-to-date collection, emphasizing recent fieldwork in the Yucatán, Belize, and Guatemala. It includes reports on recent fieldwork not previously published in any form. This book is a tribute to Edwin M. Shook, the last surviving member of the Division of Historical Research of the Carnegie Institute of Washington. Shook's career has spanned seven decades, and has included associations with such luminaries as Sylvanus Morley and Alfred V. Kidder. Most notably, Shook served as the first director of the Tikal Project, from 1955-1964.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. viii
List of Tables	p. xv
Edwin M. Shook, A Tribute	p. 1
The Pacific Coast
Theoretical Speculations on the Rise of Complex Society on the South Coast of Guatemala	p. 11
The Early Formative Sequence of Pacific Coastal Guatemala	p. 35
Ceramic Chronology of Preclassic Period Western Pacific Guatemala and Its Relationship to Other Regions	p. 51
The Tiquisate Archaeological Zone: A Case of Delayed Societal Complexity?	p. 75
Putting Santa Rosa on the Map: New Insights on the Cultural Development of the Pacific Coast of Southeastern Guatemala	p. 103
The Ceramics of the Southeastern Pacific Coast of Guatemala: A Summary View	p. 129
Palo Gordo, Guatemala, y el estilo artistico Cotzumalguapa	p. 147
The Archaeology of Late Postclassic Settlements on the Guatemala Pacific Coast	p. 179
Sources of Raw Material Used in Plumbate Pottery	p. 217
El nuevo rostro del personaje en la Estela 25 de Izapa, Chiapas	p. 233
The Guatemalan Highlands
Preclassic Settlements and Geomorphology in the Highlands of Guatemala: Excavations at Urias, Valley of Antigua	p. 251
New Perspectives on Kaminaljuyu, Guatemala: Regional Interaction During the Preclassic and Classic Periods	p. 277
La arqueologia de Guatemala, con enfasis en Kaminaljuyu y la contribucion de Edwin Shook a su desarrollo: Una apreciacion personal	p. 297
From Under the Volcanoes: Some Aspects of the Ideology of Rulership at Late Preclassic Kaminaljuyu	p. 311
Who are the Prisoners in Kaminaljuyu Monuments?	p. 359
Excavaciones en Piedra Parada: mas informacion sobre el Preclasico Medio del Altiplano Central de Guatemala	p. 375
The Maya Lowlands
Edwin M. Shook y su contribucion a la arqueologia de las Tierras Bajas Mayas del Norte	p. 399
Espacios urbanos y arquitectura en Oxkintok, Yucatan	p. 415
Groundhogs and Kings: Issues of Divine Rulership among the Classic Maya	p. 433
Early Classic Dynastic Origins in the Southeastern Maya Lowlands	p. 459
Early Classic Maya Ideology as Reflected at Rio Azul, Guatemala	p. 477
Poptun en la arqueologia de las Tierras Bajas Centrales: una actualizacion	p. 489
Grande es Bello: Piedras Negras y el urbanismo de las Tierras Bajas Mayas	p. 519
Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico: the Sociopolitical Organization of the City, its Regional State and Physiographic Basin	p. 537
Another View of the Gran Peten: Distilled Conversations with Ed Shook	p. 565
List of Contributors	p. 569
Index	p. 573
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