Palenque Recent Investigations at the Classic Maya Center
by Marken, Damien B.; Barnhart, Edwin L.; Balcells Gonzalez, Joshua A.; Child, Mark B.; Cruz, Arnoldo Gonzalez; French, Kirk D.; Matthews, Peter; Rands, Robert L.; Robertson, Merle Greene; Straight, Kirk D.; Stuardo, Rodrigo Liendo; Stuart, David; Larios VilFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-03-29
Publisher(s): AltaMira Press
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Summary
Although Palenque is one of the best-known and oldest Maya sites, little has been published in recent years on the ongoing work there. Damien Marken's collection brings the archaeological record of Palenque up to date. Chapters cover a wide range of topics, including architecture, hieroglyphic texts, the settlement and chronology of the site, and the theoretical and methodological concerns relating to the architectural excavations. Palenque represents an important new research tool for any Maya archaeologist. Book jacket.
Table of Contents
| Figures and Tables | p. vii |
| Foreword | p. xv |
| Preface | p. xxi |
| Introduction | |
| Palenque Archaeology: An Introduction | p. 3 |
| Chronology | |
| Chronological Chart and Overview of Ceramic Developments at Palenque | p. 17 |
| Palenque and Selected Survey Sites in Chiapas and Tabasco: The Preclassic | p. 25 |
| The Construction Chronology of Palenque: Seriation within an Architectural Form | p. 57 |
| Settlement | |
| The Problem of Political Integration in the Kingdom of Baak | p. 85 |
| Indicators of Urbanism at Palenque | p. 107 |
| Creating Space through Water Management at the Classic Maya Site of Palenque, Chiapas | p. 123 |
| Architecture and Excavation | |
| Elite Residential Compounds at Late Classic Palenque | p. 135 |
| Following the Traces of Temple XX: Proyecto Grupo de las Cruces 2002 Excavations | p. 161 |
| A House of Cards: Construction, Proportion, and Form at Temple XIX, Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico | p. 175 |
| Religion and Ritual Spaces | |
| Gods and Histories: Mythology and Dynastic Succession at Temples XIX and XXI at Palenque | p. 207 |
| Ritual Purification and the Ancient Maya Sweatbath at Palenque | p. 233 |
| Contemporary Concerns and Conclusions | |
| Why Restore Architecture at Palenque? | p. 265 |
| Conclusion: Reconceptualizing the Palenque Polity | p. 279 |
| Index | p. 325 |
| About the Contributors | p. 331 |
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