Maya Yucatán: An Artist’s Journey

162 Pages·2009·21.686 MB·English

by  Phillip Hofstetter, David Freidel

Maya Yucatán
Maya Yucatán
An Artist’s Journey

PhilliP hofstetter
Summit vista—South Pyramid, Uxmal. university of new mexico press albuquerque
Maya Yucatán
An Artist’s Journey

PhilliP hofstetter
university of new mexico press albuquerque
© 2009 by University of New Mexico Press
All rights reserved. Published 2009
Printed in China
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hofstetter, Phillip, 1949–
Maya Yucatán : an artist’s journey / Phillip Hofstetter.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
isbn 978-0-8263-4694-0 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Mayas—Antiquities.
2. Mayas—Antiquities—Pictorial works.
3. Yucatán (Mexico : State)—Antiquities.
4. Yucatán (Mexico : State)—Antiquities—Pictorial works.
5. Mexico—Antiquities.
6. Mexico—Antiquities—Pictorial works.
7. Yucatán (Mexico : State)
8. Yucatán (Mexico : State)—Pictorial works.
9. Excavations (Archaeology)—Mexico—Yucatán (State)
10. Hofstetter, Phillip, 1949—Travel—Mexico—Yucatán (State)
I. Title.
F1219.1.Y8H64 2009
972’.01—dc22
2009014546
Design and composition by Mina Yamashita.
Text composed in Adobe Jensen Pro, an Adobe original designed by Robert Slimbach.
Display composed in Frutiger Condensed, designed by Adrian Frutiger in 1976, and
Cronos Pro, also designed for Adobe by Robert Slimbach.
Printed and bound in China by Everbest Printing Company Ltd.
through Four Colour Imports, Ltd.

For my wife, Nina, artist and world traveler
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Contents
Foreword: Being There in Yucatán by David Freidel xi
Chapter One: The Ancient Land 1
Chapter Two: The Maya in Yucatán 17
Chapter Three: The Least Earth 49
Chapter Four: Imagining Maya Ruins 59
Chapter Five: The Archaeological Projects 71
Chapter Six: The Yaxuná Archaeological Project 73
Chapter Seven: The Pakbeh Regional
Economy Project at Chunchucmil 93
Chapter Eight: The Kiuic Archaeological Project 101
Chapter Nine: The Xuenkal Archaeological Project 115
Chapter Ten: Maya Yucatán 123
Epilogue 133
Notes 141