Archaeological Investigations of the Northern Maya Highlands, Guatemala: Interaction and Development of Maya CivilizationFinal report of the 1970-1974 research conducted in the Salama Valley, Baja Verapaz, and adjacent areas of the highlands of Guatemala. The volume presents the results of the first comprehensive study of northern highland preclassic occupation and cultural development in light of the question of highland-lowland interaction and its role in the growth of Maya civilization. |
Contents
ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING | 13 |
DATA ACQUISITION | 30 |
LOS MANGALES SV13 | 127 |
LAS TUNAS SV15 | 159 |
PIEDRA DE SACRIFICIOS SV4 | 187 |
EL TRAPICHITO SV12 | 193 |
SAN JUAN SV6 | 206 |
EL CEMENTERIO SV1 | 217 |
CERAMICS | 267 |
LITHICS | 334 |
MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES | 353 |
MONUMENTS AND INSCRIPTIONS OF THE SALAMA VALLEY | 359 |
ARCHITECTURE | 404 |
SYNTHESIS | 419 |
THE SALAMA VALLEY AND INTERREGIONAL INTERACTION | 447 |
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SURVEYED SITES | 225 |
SAKAJUT AND OTHER SITES OUTSIDE THE SAN JERONIMO | 245 |
ANALYSIS | 259 |
Chronometric Determinations | 467 |
Preliminary Compositional Characterization of Pottery and Jade | 480 |
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