An archaeological guide to northern Central America: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador

687 Pages·1996·17.07 MB·English

by  Joyce Kelly

An Archaeological Guide to Northern
title: Central America : Belize, Guatemala,
Honduras, and El Salvador
author: Kelly, Joyce.
publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
isbn10 | asin: 0806128615
print isbn13: 9780806128610
ebook isbn13: 9780806170497
language: English
Mayas--Antiquities--Guidebooks, Central
subject
America--Antiquities--Guidebooks.
publication date: 1996
lcc: F1435.K47 1996eb
ddc: 917.2804/53
Mayas--Antiquities--Guidebooks, Central
subject:
America--Antiquities--Guidebooks.
Page iii
An Archaeological Guide to Northern Central
America
Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador
By Joyce Kelly
Photographs by Jerry Kelly and the Author
Drawings and Maps by the Author
University of Oklahoma Press : Norman and London
Page iv
Also by Joyce Kelly
The Poetic Realism of Alan Flattmann (Jackson, Miss., 1980)
The Complete Visitor's Guide to Mesoamerican Ruins (Norman, 1982)
An Archaeological Guide to Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula (Norman,
1993)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kelly, Joyce, 1933-
An archaeological guide to northern Central
America: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and El
Salvador / by Joyce Kelly; photographs by Jerry
Kelly and the author; drawings and maps by
the author.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8061-2858-5 (alk. paper)
1. MayasAntiquitiesGuidebooks. 2. Cen-
tral AmericaAntiquitiesGuidebooks. I. Title.
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This book is affectionately dedicated to the
people of Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and
El Salvador, who have graciously shared with
us the fruits of the labor of their ancient
ancestors; and to the archaeologists, who by
the sweat of their brows bring these spec-
tacular structures and marvelous monu-
ments to light.
Page vii
CONTENTS
List of Illustrations ix
Alphabetical List of Sites and Museums xiii
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xvii
Part One: Introduction
The Archaeology of Northern Central America 3
Chronological Chart 4
Geographic Divisions 6
General Advice and Miscellaneous Notes 8
The Rating System 14
List of Sites and Museums by Ratings 15
Paer Two: The Sites and Museums
General Information for Belize 19
1. General Information for Section 1, Northern Belize 23
Santa Rita 26
Cerros 28
Nohmul 31
Cuello 33
Lamanai 35
Lamanai Museum 44
Altun Ha 45
2. General Information for Section 2, Central Belize 55
Bliss Institute (Belize Museum) 57
Belmopan Vault 58
Floral Park 60
Cahal Pech 61
Xunantunich 65
Pacbitun 72
Caracol 75
3. General Information for Section 3, Southern Belize 87
Nim Li Punit 90
Lubaantun 93
Uxbenka 100
General Information for Guatemala 107
4. General Information for Section 4, Northern Guatemala 111
Yaxhá 114
Topoxte 121
Nakum 124
Tikal 129
Sylvanus G. Morley Museum (Tikal Museum) 143
Tikal Lithic Museum 144
Uaxactún 145
Seibal (Ceibal) 154
Dos Pilas 162
Aguateca 168
5. General Information for Section 5, Southern Guatemala 173
National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 175
(Guatemala City Museum)
Popol Vuh Museum (Guatemala City) 179
Kaminaljuyú 183
Mixco Viejo 186
Iximché 192
Iximché Museum 197
Regional Museum (Chichicastenango Museum) 198
Utatlán 200
Utatlán Museum 202
Zaculeu 203
Zaculeu Museum 209
Abaj Takalik 210
Abaj Takalik Museum 216
Bilbao 217
El Baúl 224
Finca El Baúl 226
Finca Las Ilusiones 229