Maya archaelogist

604 Pages·1994·3.91 MB·English

by  John Eric Sidney Thompson

title: Maya Archaelogist
author: Thompson, John Eric Sidney.
publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
isbn10 | asin: 0806112069
print isbn13: 9780806112060
ebook isbn13: 9780585169132
language: English
Thompson, John Eric Sidney,--Sir,--1898-
1975, Archaeologists--Mexico--Biography,
Archaeologists--Central America--
subject
Biography, Mayas--Antiquities, Mexico--
Description and travel, Central America--
Description and travel.
publication date: 1994
lcc: F1435.T495 1994eb
ddc: 972.81/016
Thompson, John Eric Sidney,--Sir,--1898-
1975, Archaeologists--Mexico--Biography,
Archaeologists--Central America--
subject:
Biography, Mayas--Antiquities, Mexico--
Description and travel, Central America--
Description and travel.
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Maya Archaeologist
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Maya Archaeologist
By J. Eric S. Thompson
Foreword by Norman Hammond
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS : NORMAN
To Ralph L. Roys
Halach uinic of Maya scholarship,
mentor and friend
BY J. ERIC S. THOMPSON
Ethnology of the Mayas of Southern and Central British Honduras (Chicago,
1930)
Archaeological Investigations in the Southern Cayo District, British Honduras
(Chicago, 1931)
Mexico before Cortez (New York, 1933)
Excavations at San José, British Honduras (Washington, 1939)
The Rise and Fall of Maya Civilization (Norman, 1954; revised, 1966)
Thomas Gage's Travels in the New World (ed.) (Norman, 1958)
Maya Hieroglypyhic Writing: An Introduction (Norman, 1960)
A Catalog of Maya Hieroglyphs (Norman, 1962)
Maya Archaeologist (Norman, 1963)
Maya History and Religion (Norman, 1970)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Thompson, John Eric Sidney, Sir, 18981975.
Maya archaeologist / by J. Eric S. Thompson; foreword by Norman Hammond.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-8061-1206-9
1. Thompson, John Eric Sidney, Sir, 18981975. 2. Archaeologists
MexicoBiography. 3. ArchaeologistsCentral AmericaBiography.
4. MayasAntiquities. 5. MexicoDescription and travel. 6. Central
AmericaDescription and travel. I. Title.
F1435.T495 1994
972.81'016dc20 94-11738
CIP
Copyright © 1963 by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing
Division of the University, except for the Foreword, by Norman Hammond,
copyright © 1994 by the University of Oklahoma Press. All rights reserved.
Manufactured in the U.S.A.
First American edition, 1963
First paperback printing, 1971
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Contents
Acknowledgments viii
Foreword ix
Glossary and Key to Pronunciation xv
1. Digging at Chichen Itza 3
2. Coba, Uxmal, and Other Ruins 42
3. Lubaantun, British Honduras 71
4. A Wild Goose Chase and Pusilha 100
5. Maya Ancient and Modern 118
6. The Cayo District, British Honduras 151
7. Cities of the Peten 183
8. Copan, Eastern Outpost 206
9. San Jose and La Honradez 223
10. Across the Peninsula of Yucatan 252
Epilogue 271
Index 274
Page vi
Plates
I. Buildings at Chichen Itza following
page 78
II. Sculptures at Chichen Itza
III. Buildings at Chichen Itza
IV. Coba
V. Uxmal
VI. Maya and Their Students
VII. San Antonio, British Honduras
VIII. Masonry and Hieroglyphs
IX. Ceremonial Objects and Ball-Court Marker following
page 158
X. Uaxactun
XI. Camps
XII. Architectural Effort in a Large and a Small
Ceremonial Center
XIII. Indoors and Outdoors
XIV. Copan Sculpture
XV. Reconstructionary Drawings of Copan
XVI. Copan