Tikal Reports, Numbers 1-11

Any consideration of ancient Mesoamerica, and more particularly the lowland Maya region, must include the great site of Tikal, Guatemala. Excavation and research were conducted at Tikal under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and the government of Guatemala from 1956 through 1969. The painstaking analysis of the results of those years of fieldwork continues, and the results will be published in a projected total of 39 final reports. This volume includes facsimile editions of the first 11 numbers of the final reports, on various topics relevant to the early excavations at Tikal, carried out by the University Museum.



by Edwin M. Shook, William R. Coe and Robert F. Carr



Reports 1. Field Director's Report: The 1956 and 1957 Seasons -Edwin M. Shook 2. Excavations in the Stela 23 Group -William R. Coe and Vivial L. Bronman 3. The Problem of Abnormal Stela Placements at Tikal and Elsewhere -Linton Slatterthwaite 4. Five Newly Discovered Carved Monuments at Tikal and New Data on Four Others -Linton Slatterthwaite 5. Tikal: Numeration, Terminology, and Objectives -Edwin M. Shook and William R. Coe 6. The Carved Wooden Lintels of Tikal -William R. Coe, Edwin M. Shook, and Linton Slatterthwaite 7. Temple I (Str. 5D-1): Post-Constructional Activities -Richard W. W. Adams and Aubrey S. Trik 8. Miscellaneous Investigations: Excavation Near Fragment 1 of Stela 17, with Observations on Stela P34 and Miscellaneous Stone 25 Excavation of Stela 25, Fragment 1 Excavation of Stela 27 Excavation of Stela 28, Fragment 1 -Linton Slatterthwaite, Vivian L. Broman, and William A. Haviland 9. The Mounds and Monuments of Xutilha, Peten, Guatemala -Linton Slatterthwaite 10. The Abandonment of Primicias by Itza of San Jose, Guatemala, and Socotz, British Honduras -Ruben E. Reina 11. Map of the Ruins of Tikal, El Peten, Guatemala -Robert F. Carr and James E. Hazard