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View article: The ideology and symbolism of ancient Maya chert and obsidian eccentrics from central Belize: Materials, contexts, chronology, and meaning
The ideology and symbolism of ancient Maya chert and obsidian eccentrics from central Belize: Materials, contexts, chronology, and meaning Open
Eccentrics are associated with fundamentally important concepts in ancient Maya cosmology and religion. As their name implies, eccentrics are irregularly shaped, non-utilitarian, special function artifacts. Knapped from chert and obsidian,…
View article: The carved monuments of La Milpa, Belize: Results of photogrammetric and epigraphic documentation
The carved monuments of La Milpa, Belize: Results of photogrammetric and epigraphic documentation Open
La Milpa, situated in northern Belize, stands out as one of the region's largest archaeological sites, having served as the capital of an ancient Maya city-state. Its significance is indicated by extensive monumental architecture, with the…
View article: Classic Maya Settlement Systems Reveal Differential Land Use Patterns in the Upper Belize River Valley
Classic Maya Settlement Systems Reveal Differential Land Use Patterns in the Upper Belize River Valley Open
Land use practices have had important implications for structuring household inequalities and broader political systems in the past. Our contribution examines settlement patterns in relation to political structure, household wealth, ecolog…
View article: Western Mesoamerican Calendars and Writing Systems
Western Mesoamerican Calendars and Writing Systems Open
Western Mesoamerican Calendars and Writing Systems draws together studies by some of the world’s leading experts presented at a conference held in December 2020, ‘The Origins and Developments of Central Mexican Calendars and Writing System…
View article: All that is old is new again: Epigraphic applications of photogrammetry in ancient Mesoamerica
All that is old is new again: Epigraphic applications of photogrammetry in ancient Mesoamerica Open
The close collaboration between researchers of the Institute of Cross-cultural and Regional Studies, the Copenhagen University Library (KUB) of the Royal Danish Library, and members of the Rigsters 3D Scanning team in the private sector ha…
View article: Teotihuacan Writing:
Teotihuacan Writing: Open
Teotihuacan, the great metropolis of the Central Mexican highlands, has often been characterized as a state without a writing system. This paper redresses this notion and provides an overview of the city’s writing system and weighs in on i…
View article: Sulfur isotopes as a proxy for human diet and mobility from the preclassic through colonial periods in the Eastern Maya lowlands
Sulfur isotopes as a proxy for human diet and mobility from the preclassic through colonial periods in the Eastern Maya lowlands Open
Maya archaeologists have long been interested in understanding ancient diets because they provide information about broad-scale economic and societal transformations. Though paleodietary studies have primarily relied on stable carbon ( δ 1…
View article: BUILDING HIGH-PRECISION AMS<sup>14</sup>C BAYESIAN MODELS FOR THE FORMATION OF PERI-ABANDONMENT DEPOSITS AT BAKING POT, BELIZE
BUILDING HIGH-PRECISION AMS<sup>14</sup>C BAYESIAN MODELS FOR THE FORMATION OF PERI-ABANDONMENT DEPOSITS AT BAKING POT, BELIZE Open
Deposits linked to abandonment have been widely recorded across the Maya lowlands, associated with the final activities occurring in ceremonial areas of Classic Maya centers. Various models have been applied to explain the activities that …
View article: Writing amidst the Scribbles: The Role and Place of Writing in Ancient Maya Graffiti
Writing amidst the Scribbles: The Role and Place of Writing in Ancient Maya Graffiti Open
The significant corpus of ancient Maya graffiti (c. 200 BC-AD 950) attests to the widespread practice of secondarily altering architectural surfaces during the course of their use. For the most part this corpus is highly figurative and inc…
View article: POLITICAL ALLIANCES AND TRADE CONNECTIONS OBSERVED IN THE CERAMIC RECORD OF THE CLASSIC PERIOD: THE PERSPECTIVE FROM THE MAYA SITE OF NAKUM, GUATEMALA
POLITICAL ALLIANCES AND TRADE CONNECTIONS OBSERVED IN THE CERAMIC RECORD OF THE CLASSIC PERIOD: THE PERSPECTIVE FROM THE MAYA SITE OF NAKUM, GUATEMALA Open
Recent research carried out at the Maya site of Nakum, located in northeastern Guatemala, has brought about the discovery of a large collection of ceramic artefacts. This substantial assemblage, apart from monochrome ceramics, includes fra…
View article: The lay of the land: a political geography of an ancient Maya kingdom in West-Central Belize
The lay of the land: a political geography of an ancient Maya kingdom in West-Central Belize Open
The Belize Valley figures prominently in the history of Maya archaeology as the birthplace of settlement pattern surveys, where Gordon R. Willey and his colleagues conducted their pioneering research project, from 1954 to 1956. Six decades…
View article: The origins and development of the cartographic tradition in the central Mexican highlands
The origins and development of the cartographic tradition in the central Mexican highlands Open
More than four decades ago H.B. Nicholson compared the so-called Palace Stone from Xochicalco to a page in a Mesoamerican codex. Showing numerous calendrical dates and toponymic signs connected by a path marked by footprints the monument r…
View article: GOLD AND CALQUES IN MESOAMERICA: TRACING THE INTRODUCTION OF GOLD TO MESOAMERICA THROUGH LINGUISTIC EVIDENCE
GOLD AND CALQUES IN MESOAMERICA: TRACING THE INTRODUCTION OF GOLD TO MESOAMERICA THROUGH LINGUISTIC EVIDENCE Open
Gold appears relatively late in the Mesoamerican archeological record, initially imported as pieces from Central America in the Classic period. Nevertheless, Mesoamerican languages share a set of lexical calques referring to gold as either…
View article: Tulix Mul - All that is old is new again: Epigraphic applications of photogrammetry in Ancient Mesoamerica
Tulix Mul - All that is old is new again: Epigraphic applications of photogrammetry in Ancient Mesoamerica Open
The dataset consist in a zip file containing files produced with the software Agisoft Photoscan. The files are: a MTL-File - Material Definitions for OBJ Files. Read more here: https://people.sc.fsu.edu/~jburkardt/data/mtl/mtl.html a OBJ-f…
View article: Tulix Mul - All that is old is new again: Epigraphic applications of photogrammetry in Ancient Mesoamerica
Tulix Mul - All that is old is new again: Epigraphic applications of photogrammetry in Ancient Mesoamerica Open
The dataset consist in a zip file containing files produced with the software Agisoft Photoscan. The files are: a MTL-File - Material Definitions for OBJ Files. Read more here: https://people.sc.fsu.edu/~jburkardt/data/mtl/mtl.html a OBJ-f…
View article: Material Encounters and Indigenous Transformations in the Early Colonial Americas
Material Encounters and Indigenous Transformations in the Early Colonial Americas Open
Material Encounters and Indigenous Transformations in the Early Colonial Americas brings together 15 archaeological case studies that offer new perspectives on colonial period interactions in the Caribbean and surrounding areas through a s…
View article: Exotics for the Lords and Gods: Lowland Maya Consumption of European Goods along a Spanish Colonial Frontier
Exotics for the Lords and Gods: Lowland Maya Consumption of European Goods along a Spanish Colonial Frontier Open
Researchers who have focused attention on Maya – Spanish interaction along the Belize colonial frontier note that the relationship between these two contrasting cultures was anything but amicable. As consequence of this bellicose relations…
View article: THE DISCOVERY OF A BEEHIVE AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF APIARIES AMONG THE ANCIENT MAYA
THE DISCOVERY OF A BEEHIVE AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF APIARIES AMONG THE ANCIENT MAYA Open
Recently, an exceptional find was made by the Nakum Archaeological Project in an offering deposited deep within the architectural core of the Precolumbian Maya site of Nakum located in northeastern Guatemala. The form of the object and com…
View article: FOUR PRECERAMIC POINTS NEWLY DISCOVERED IN BELIZE: A COMMENT ON STEMP ET AL. (2016:279–299) – CORRIGENDUM
FOUR PRECERAMIC POINTS NEWLY DISCOVERED IN BELIZE: A COMMENT ON STEMP ET AL. (2016:279–299) – CORRIGENDUM Open
In the original publication of this article, the title was printed as “Four Preceramic Points Newly Discovered in Belize: A Comment on Stemp et al. (1996:279–299).” The article has been updated to the correct title. The authors apologize f…
View article: Incised ceramics from Nakum, Guatemala
Incised ceramics from Nakum, Guatemala Open
Recent research at the Maya site of Nakum, located in north-eastern Guatemala, and conducted by the
\nJagiellonian University of Kraków has led to the discovery of various incised sherds dating to different periods of Maya
\nhistory and fe…
View article: KINGS OF THE EAST: ALTUN HA AND THE WATER SCROLL EMBLEM GLYPH
KINGS OF THE EAST: ALTUN HA AND THE WATER SCROLL EMBLEM GLYPH Open
The importance of emblem glyphs to Maya studies has long been recognized. Among these are emblems that have yet to be conclusively matched to archaeological sites. The Water Scroll emblem glyph is one such example, although it appears nume…
View article: Two Classic Maya ballplayer panels from Tipan Chen Uitz, Belize
Two Classic Maya ballplayer panels from Tipan Chen Uitz, Belize Open
View article: Maya mortuary landscapes, Central Belize
Maya mortuary landscapes, Central Belize Open
The Central Belize Archaeological Survey (CBAS) was initiated in 2005 as a sub-project of the Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance project (BVAR; directed by Jaime Awe) to investigate the prehistoric Maya cemetery site of Caves Bran…
View article: Some Observations and New Discoveries Related to Altar 3, Pacbitun, Belize
Some Observations and New Discoveries Related to Altar 3, Pacbitun, Belize Open
The Pre-Columbian Maya city of Pacbitun, Belize (Fig. 1) is distinguished by the high number of stone monuments (n- 20) identified during the roughly three decades of archaeological research conducted there (Healy et al. 2004:213). Altar 3…
View article: LAQ volume 27 issue 3 Cover and Back matter
LAQ volume 27 issue 3 Cover and Back matter Open
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View article: Skrevet på papir og skind. Mesoamerikanske manuskripter fra præcolumbiansk tid til kolonitiden
Skrevet på papir og skind. Mesoamerikanske manuskripter fra præcolumbiansk tid til kolonitiden Open
Jesper Nielsen, Christophe Helmke & Maja Balle: Written on Paper and Hides: Mesoamerican Manuscripts from Pre-Columbian to Colonial Times
A series of important Pre-Columbian civilizations thrived in the culture area known as Mesoamerica. …