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Historical Archaeology at Tikal, Guatemala: Tikal Report 37
Hattula Moholy-Nagy
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Description for Historical Archaeology at Tikal, Guatemala: Tikal Report 37
Hardback. This volume chronicles documented visits to the pre-Columbian city of Tikal in the century following its discovery in 1848 and presents the post-Conquest material culture recovered by the Tikal Project in the course of its investigations. Num Pages: 120 pages, 29 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; HDD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 658.
The pre-Columbian city we call Tikal was abandoned by its Maya residents during the tenth century A.D. and succumbed to the Guatemalan rain forest. It was not until 1848 that it was brought to the attention of the outside world. For the next century Tikal, remote and isolated, received a surprisingly large number of visitors. Public officials, explorers, academics, military personnel, settlers, petroleum engineers, chicle gatherers, and archaeologists came and went, sometimes leaving behind material traces of their visits. A short-lived hamlet was established among the ancient ruins in the late 1870s. In 1956 the University of Pennsylvania Museum of ... Read more
The pre-Columbian city we call Tikal was abandoned by its Maya residents during the tenth century A.D. and succumbed to the Guatemalan rain forest. It was not until 1848 that it was brought to the attention of the outside world. For the next century Tikal, remote and isolated, received a surprisingly large number of visitors. Public officials, explorers, academics, military personnel, settlers, petroleum engineers, chicle gatherers, and archaeologists came and went, sometimes leaving behind material traces of their visits. A short-lived hamlet was established among the ancient ruins in the late 1870s. In 1956 the University of Pennsylvania Museum of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, United States
ISBN
9781934536476
SKU
V9781934536476
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About Hattula Moholy-Nagy
Hattula Moholy-Nagy is Consulting Scholar in the American Section, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
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