Book
Tikal, a handbook of the ancient Maya ruins: with a guide map
University Museum, University of Pennsylvania • Philadelphia • Published In 1988 • Pages:
By: Coe, William R., Larios Villalta, Rudy.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This guide book to Tikal gives a good overview of Tikal and the Classic Maya in general. The book was written to guide the visitor through a tour of Tikal and it describes the more important temples, palaces, stelae, altars, and burials. It includes photos and drawings of some of the finer artifacts and of some of the structures. However, the captions to the figures are not always on the same page; in some cases the caption is two pages away from the figure. In order to view the caption with the appropriate figure the reader may have to scroll through the entire document.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Post depositional processes in archaeological sites
- Prehistory
- Mnemonic devices
- Public structures
- Religious and educational structures
- Miscellaneous facilities
- Visual arts
- Ordering of time
- 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
- 1956-1969
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2100 BP - 1100 BP (100 B.C. - 900 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tikal; El Peten, Guatemala
- NotesAdditional notes
- William R. Coe
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-125)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 67066336
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities