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North Acropolis, Tikal

Index North Acropolis, Tikal

The North Acropolis of the ancient Maya city of Tikal in Guatemala is an architectural complex that served as a royal necropolis and was a centre for funerary activity for over 1300 years. [1]

58 relations: Caiman, Cinnabar, Edwin M. Shook, Femur, Greenstone (archaeology), Guatemala, Human sacrifice in Maya culture, Jade use in Mesoamerica, Jaguars in Mesoamerican cultures, Jasaw Chan K'awiil I, Juan Pedro Laporte, K'an Chitam, K'atun, K'awiil, List of necropoleis, Mano (stone), Marimba, Maya architecture, Maya city, Maya music, Maya script, Maya stelae, Mesoamerican ballgame, Mesoamerican pyramids, Metate, Mundo Perdido, Tikal, Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología, Nikolai Grube, Nuun Ujol Chaak, Obsidian use in Mesoamerica, Plug (jewellery), Preclassic Maya, Robert Sharer, Roof comb, Rulers of Tikal, Sacbe, School for Advanced Research, Sihyaj Chan K'awiil II, Spearthrower Owl, Spondylus, Stanford University Press, Stingray, Stucco, Tandem Verlag, Teotihuacan, Thames & Hudson, Tikal, Tikal Temple 33, Tikal Temple I, Triadic pyramid, ..., University of Pennsylvania, University of Texas Press, Valley of Mexico, Wak Chan K'awiil, Wayob, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, William Robertson Coe II, Yax Nuun Ahiin I. Expand index (8 more) »

Caiman

A caiman is an alligatorid crocodilian belonging to the subfamily Caimaninae, one of two primary lineages within Alligatoridae, the other being alligators.

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Cinnabar

Cinnabar and cinnabarite, likely deriving from the κιννάβαρι (kinnabari), refer to the common bright scarlet to brick-red form of mercury(II) sulfide (HgS) that is the most common source ore for refining elemental mercury, and is the historic source for the brilliant red or scarlet pigment termed vermilion and associated red mercury pigments.

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Edwin M. Shook

Edwin M. Shook (22 November 1911 – 9 March 2000) was an American archaeologist and Mayanist scholar, best known for his extensive field work and publications on pre-Columbian Maya civilization sites.

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Femur

The femur (pl. femurs or femora) or thigh bone, is the most proximal (closest to the hip joint) bone of the leg in tetrapod vertebrates capable of walking or jumping, such as most land mammals, birds, many reptiles including lizards, and amphibians such as frogs.

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Greenstone (archaeology)

Greenstone is a common generic term for valuable, green-hued minerals and metamorphosed igneous rocks and stones which early cultures used in the fashioning of hardstone carvings such as jewelry, statuettes, ritual tools, and various other artifacts.

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Guatemala

Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala (República de Guatemala), is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, Honduras to the east and El Salvador to the southeast.

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Human sacrifice in Maya culture

During the pre-Columbian era, human sacrifice in Maya culture was the ritual offering of nourishment to the gods.

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Jade use in Mesoamerica

The use of jade in Mesoamerica for symbolic and ideological ritual was highly influenced by its rarity and value among pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures, such as the Olmec, the Maya, and the various groups in the Valley of Mexico.

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Jaguars in Mesoamerican cultures

The representation of jaguars in Mesoamerican cultures has a long history, with iconographic examples dating back to at least the mid-Formative period of Mesoamerican chronology.

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Jasaw Chan K'awiil I

Jasaw Chan K'awiil IThe ruler's name, when transcribed is ja-sa-wa CHAN-na-K'AWI:L-la, translated "K'awiil that Clears? the Sky", Martin & Grube 2008, p.44.

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Juan Pedro Laporte

Juan Pedro Laporte Molina (7 August 1945 – 22 January 2010)Arroyo 2010.

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K'an Chitam

K'an ChitamThe ruler's name, when transcribed is (K'AN)CHITAM?, translated "Precious/Yellow Peccary", Martin & Grube 2008, p.37.

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K'atun

A k'atun is a unit of time in the Maya calendar equal to 20 tuns or 7,200 days, equivalent to 19.713 tropical years.

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K'awiil

K'awiil, in the Post-Classic codices corresponding to God K, is a Maya deity identified with lightning, serpents, fertility and maize.

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List of necropoleis

This is a list of necropoleis sorted by country.

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Mano (stone)

A mano (Spanish for hand) is a ground stone tool used with a metate to process or grind food by hand.

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Marimba

The marimba is a percussion instrument consisting of a set of wooden bars struck with mallets called knobs to produce musical tones.

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Maya architecture

A unique and intricate style, the tradition of Maya architecture spans several thousands of years.

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Maya city

Maya Cities were the centres of population of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Mesoamerica.

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Maya music

The music of the ancient Mayan courts is described through native and Spanish 16th-century texts and is depicted in the art of the Classic Period (200-900 AD).

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Maya script

Maya script, also known as Maya glyphs, was the writing system of the Maya civilization of Mesoamerica and is the only Mesoamerican writing system that has been substantially deciphered.

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Maya stelae

Maya stelae (singular stela) are monuments that were fashioned by the Maya civilization of ancient Mesoamerica.

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Mesoamerican ballgame

The Mesoamerican ballgame was a sport with ritual associations played since 1400 BCSee Hill, Blake and Clark (1998); Schuster (1998).

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Mesoamerican pyramids

Mesoamerican pyramids or pyramid-shaped structures form a prominent part of ancient Mesoamerican architecture.

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Metate

A metate or metlatl (or mealing stone) is a type or variety of quern, a ground stone tool used for processing grain and seeds.

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Mundo Perdido, Tikal

The Mundo Perdido (Spanish for "Lost World") is the largest ceremonial complex dating from the Preclassic period at the ancient Maya city of Tikal, in the Petén Department of northern Guatemala.

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Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología

The Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología (MUNAE; National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology) is a national museum of Guatemala, dedicated to the conservation of archaeological and ethnological artifacts and research into Guatemala's history and cultural heritage.

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Nikolai Grube

Nikolai Grube is a German epigrapher.

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Nuun Ujol Chaak

Nuun Ujol ChaakThe ruler's name, when transcribed is ?-(u)-JOL CHA:K, translated "?-headed CHAAK", Martin & Grube 2008, p.42.

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Obsidian use in Mesoamerica

Obsidian is a naturally formed volcanic glass that was an important part of the material culture of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.

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Plug (jewellery)

A plug (sometimes earplug or earspool), in the context of body modification, is a short, cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings.

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Preclassic Maya

The Preclassic period in Maya history stretches from the beginning of permanent village life c. 1000 BC.

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Robert Sharer

Robert J. Sharer (1940–2012) was an American archaeologist, academic and Mayanist researcher.

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Roof comb

Roof comb (or roof-comb) is the structure that tops a pyramid in monumental Mesoamerican architecture.

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Rulers of Tikal

The known rulers of Tikal, a major centre of the Pre-Columbian Maya civilization in modern-day Guatemala.

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Sacbe

Sacbe at Dzibilchaltun in the Yucatán Arch at the end of the sacbé, Kabah, Yucatán A sacbe, plural sacbeob (Yucatec Maya: singular sakbej, plural sakbejo'ob), or "white way", is a raised paved road built by the Maya civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.

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School for Advanced Research

The School for Advanced Research (SAR), until 2007 known as the School of American Research and founded in 1907 as the School for American Archaeology (SAA), is an advanced research center located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.

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Sihyaj Chan K'awiil II

Sihyaj Chan K'awiil IIThe ruler's name, when transcribed is SIH-(Y)AJ-CHAN K'AWI:L, translated "Sky-born K'awiil", Martin & Grube 2008, p.34.

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Spearthrower Owl

Atlatl Cauac, translated as "Spearthrower Owl" (364 – 439 AD) is the name commonly given to a Mesoamerican personage from the Early Classic period, who is identified in Maya inscriptions and iconography.

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Spondylus

Spondylus is a genus of bivalve molluscs, the only genus in the family Spondylidae.

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Stanford University Press

The Stanford University Press (SUP) is the publishing house of Stanford University.

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Stingray

Stingrays are a group of sea rays, which are cartilaginous fish related to sharks.

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Stucco

Stucco or render is a material made of aggregates, a binder and water.

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Tandem Verlag

Tandem Verlag GmbH is a German publishing company and also wholesaler and distributor of print and electronic media products.

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Teotihuacan

Teotihuacan, (in Spanish: Teotihuacán), is an ancient Mesoamerican city located in a sub-valley of the Valley of Mexico, located in the State of Mexico northeast of modern-day Mexico City, known today as the site of many of the most architecturally significant Mesoamerican pyramids built in the pre-Columbian Americas.

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Thames & Hudson

Thames & Hudson (also Thames and Hudson and sometimes T&H for brevity) is a publisher of illustrated books on art, architecture, design, and visual culture.

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Tikal

Tikal (Tik’al in modern Mayan orthography) is the ruin of an ancient city, which was likely to have been called Yax Mutal, found in a rainforest in Guatemala.

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Tikal Temple 33

Tikal Temple 33 (referred to in archaeological reports as 5D-33) was a ancient Maya funerary pyramid located in the North Acropolis of the great Maya city of Tikal.

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Tikal Temple I

Tikal Temple I is the designation given to one of the major structures at Tikal, one of the largest cities and archaeological sites of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization in Mesoamerica.

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Triadic pyramid

Triadic pyramids were an innovation of the Preclassic Maya civilization consisting of a dominant structure flanked by two smaller inward-facing buildings, all mounted upon a single basal platform.

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University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania (commonly known as Penn or UPenn) is a private Ivy League research university located in University City section of West Philadelphia.

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University of Texas Press

The University of Texas Press (or UT Press) is a university press that is part of the University of Texas at Austin.

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Valley of Mexico

The Valley of Mexico (Valle de México; Tepētzallāntli Mēxihco) is a highlands plateau in central Mexico roughly coterminous with present-day Mexico City and the eastern half of the State of Mexico.

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Wak Chan K'awiil

Wak Chan K'awiilThe ruler's name, when transcribed is WAK-CHAN K'AWI:L YAX-E:B-XO:K?-wa, Martin & Grube 2008, p.39.

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Wayob

Wayob is the plural form of way (or uay), a Maya word with a basic meaning of 'sleep(ing)', but which in Yucatec Maya is a term specifically denoting the Mesoamerican nagual, that is, a person who can transform into an animal while asleep in order to do harm, or else the resulting animal transformation itself.

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd (established 1948), often shortened to W&N or Weidenfeld, is a British publisher of fiction and reference books.

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William Robertson Coe II

William Robertson Coe II (28 November 1926 – 23 November 2009) was an American academic, archaeologist and Mayanist scholar, renowned for his extensive field work and publications on pre-Columbian Maya civilization sites.

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Yax Nuun Ahiin I

Yax Nuun Ahiin I, also known as Curl Snout and Curl Nose, (died June 17, 404?), was an ajaw of the Maya city of Tikal.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Acropolis,_Tikal

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