Book
Quirigua: a classic Maya center & its sculptures
Carolina Academic Press • Durham, N. C. • Published In 1990 • Pages: xii, 124
By: Sharer, Robert J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Sharer describes the Classic Mayan center of Quirgua. Most of the book is spent on giving the physical description of it's monuments and structures. Along with the physical descriptions of the monuments Sharer tells the reader a little bit about what is inscribed on the monuments (mostly dates and the rulers and their succession). Quirigua seems to have started as an outpost for a northern Mayan city as a way of controling trade from the highlands and Central America as it is situated along several trade routes, including the Motagua River. It then become a dependency under Copán, and finally, in the middle of the eighth century A.D., gained its independence under the ruler named Cauac Sky.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Mnemonic devices
- Writing
- Public structures
- Settlement patterns
- Miscellaneous facilities
- Visual arts
- Chief executive
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Classic Maya
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Maya Area
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1974-1979
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- circa 1750 BP - 1100 BP (circa 250 A.D. - 900 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Quirigua, Guatemala
- NotesAdditional notes
- Robert J. Sharer
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-121) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 86071809
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities