Research Catalog

Title

Seventh Palenque Round Table, 1989 / Merle Greene Robertson, general editor ; Virginia M. Fields, volume editor.

Author

Palenque Round Table (7th : 1989)

Publication

San Francisco : Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute, [1994], ©1994.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Robertson, Merle Greene.
• Fields, Virginia M.

Description

ix, 285 pages : illustrations; 29 cm.

Series Statement

• The Palenque Round Table series ; v. 9
• Palenque Round Table. Palenque Round Table series ; v. 9.

Subject

• Mayas > Antiquities > Congresses
• Indians of Mexico > Antiquities > Congresses
• Indians of Central America > Antiquities > Congresses
• Palenque Site (Mexico) > Congresses

Note

• "The Seventh Palenque Round Table Conference was held June 11-17, 1989, in Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico"--Pref.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-285).

Contents

• Some Thoughts on the Inscriptions of House C / Linda Schele -- The Palace Intaglios: A Composite Stairway Throne at Palenque / James B. Porter -- Politics and Art at Chichen Itza / Edward B. Kurjack and Merle Greene Robertson -- Ceremonialism in the Reliefs of the North Temple, Chichen Itza / Linnea Wren -- Interpretations of Conflict at Chichen Itza / Patricia K. Anderson -- The Bound Figures Depicted in the Sculpture of Chichen Itza / Felix J. Villalba and Margaret Andrews -- The Application of Close-Range Photogrammetry to Archaeology: Chichen Itza and Uxmal, Yucatan, Mexico, 1989 / Lawrence G. Desmond -- The Rings from the Ball Court at Uxmal / Ramon Carrasco V. -- Maya Veneration of the Dead at Caracol, Belize / Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase -- Copan Temple 20 and the House of Bats / Barbara W. Fash and William L. Fash --
• Architectural Stratigraphy and Epigraphic Dating of Copan Structure 10L-22: An Exercise in the Conjunctive Approach / Rudy Larios V., William L. Fash and David S. Stuart -- Of Blood and Scars: A Phonetic Rendering of the 'Penis Title' / Tom Jones -- Rewriting History at Yaxchilan: Inaugural Art of Bird Jaguar IV / Sandra Noble Bardsley -- Ah Ts'ib: Scribal Hands and Sculpture Workshops at Yaxchilan / Carolyn Tate -- The Glyphic Names for Some Maya Scribes and Sculptors of the Classic Period / Michel Davoust -- Tzatza: Olmec Mountains and the Ruler's Ritual Speech / Maria Elena Bernal-Garcia -- Enclosed Ritual Spaces and the Watery Underworld in Formative Period Architecture: New Observations on the Function of La Venta Complex A / F. Kent Reilly III -- The Multimedia Monkey, or, The Failed Man: The Monkey as Artist / Elizabeth P. Benson -- Glyphic Names of Animals on Codex-Style Vases / Joanne M. Spero and Justin Kerr --
• Rules are Made to be Broken: Non-Normative Imagery on Late Classic Maya Stela Sculpture / Marvin Cohodas -- Late Classic Maya-Veracruz Figurines: A Consideration of the Significance of Some Traits Rejected in the Cultural Exchange / Marilyn M. Goldstein -- Observations on the History of Maya Hieroglyphic Writing / Nikolai Grube -- Glyphs on Classic Maya Vessels: The Introductory Formula of the Primary Standard Sequence / Brian Stross -- Mortuary Practices in the Madrid Codex / Victoria R. Bricker and Cassandra R. Bill -- The Lady with the Snake Headdress / Mary A. Ciaramella -- The Role of the Books of Chilam Balam in Deciphering Maya Hieroglyphs: New Material and New Considerations / Helga-Maria Miram -- Early Colonial Evidence of Pre-Columbian Rituals of Foundation / Angel J. Garcia-Zambrano -- A Glyph for Venus as Evening Star / Michael P. Closs -- Spatial Geometry and Logic in the Ancient Maya Mind Part 1: Monuments / Flora S. Clancy --
• Spatial Geometry and Logic in the Ancient Maya Mind Part 2: Architecture / Peter D. Harrison -- Maya Blue: A Fresh Look at an Old Controversy / Linda S. Roundhill, Dorie Reents-Budet, Patrick McGovern and Rudolph Michel -- Dental Treatments in Pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica / Guillermo Mata Amado -- Maya and Olmec Stone Weathering Contexts: Limestone and Basalt Contrasts / Patrick N. Hunt.

ISBN

0934051011

LCCN

94068530

OCLC

• ocm32060838
• SCSB-14408993

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries