Excavations in residential areas of Tikal. Non-elite groups without shrines : analysis and conclusions /

Excavations in residential areas of Tikal. analysis and conclusions / Non-elite groups without shrines :

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Haviland, William A., author.
Imprint:	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2014.
Description:	xi, 167 pages, 19 pages of plates ; 29 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	University Museum monographs ; 140 Tikal report ; no. 20B University Museum monograph ; 140. Tikal reports ; no. 20B.
Subject:	Excavations (Archaeology) -- Guatemala. Mayas -- Guatemala -- Antiquities. Excavations (Archaeology) Mayas -- Antiquities. Tikal Site (Guatemala) Guatemala. Guatemala -- Tikal Site.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10116344

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Varying Form of Title:	Non-elite groups without shrines
ISBN:	9781934536735 (hardcover : acid-free paper) 1934536733 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
Notes:	Companion volume to: Excavations in residential areas of Tikal. Non-elite groups without shrines : the excavations (Tikal report 20A). Includes bibliographical references.

Table of Contents:

List of tables
List of illustrations
I. Introduction
II. Architecture
1. Introduction
2. Functional possibilities
Square, one-level platforms
Rectangular, one-level platforms
Rectangular, two-level platforms
Square, two-level platforms
Rectangular, three-level platforms
Multiple platform structures
Small range-type structures
Problematical structures
Sweathouse
Conclusions
3. Discussion
Introduction
Plan
Walls
Interior platforms
Floors
Stairs
Incorporation of bedrock into construction
Chultuns
4. Conclusions
III. Special deposits : burials
1. Introduction
Location
Relation of burials to construction
Age and sex
Relation of burials to structure axes
Variability
Location
Orientation of grave
Grave construction
Position
Orientation of head
Associated materials
Body alteration
Inclusion of utilitarian items
Relative simplicity
2. Conclusions
IV. Special deposits : problematical deposits
1. Introduction
Cached offerings
Secondary burials
Other offerings
Other problematical deposits
2. Conclusions
V. Sherds and artifacts
1. Introduction
A note on terminology
2. Description
Introduction
Group 2B-1
Group 3D-3
Group 3D-9
Group 2F-1
Group 2G-1
Group 2G-2
Structure 2G-61 locus
Group 3F-1
Group 3F-2
Group 3F-3
Group 3G-1
Chultun 2F-5 locus
Chultuns 3F-4 and 5 locus
Group 5B-2
Group 5C-3
Structure 5C-56 locus
Group 5B-3
Chultun 5C-6 locus
Group 4E-1
Group 4E-2
Group 5D-1
Group 4F-3
Group 5F-1
Group 5F-2
Group 4F-5
Group 4F-7
Chultun 4G-2 locus
Group 6C-1
Group 6C-2
Group 6C-5
Structure 6C-60 locus
Group 7C-1
Group 7C-2
Structure 7C-62
Group 6B-3
Group 6E-1
Structure 6F-62 locus
Group 7F-2
Group 7G-1
Conclusions
3. Discussion
Introduction
Basic domestic artifacts
Artifact variation
Occupational specialization
Social stratification
4. Conclusions
VI. Summary and conclusions
1. Introduction
2. Chronology
3. Functional assessment
Introduction
Group 2B-1
Group 3D-3
Group 3D-9
Group 2F-1
Group 2G-1
Group 2G-2
Structure 2G-61 locus
Group 3F-1
Group 3F-2
Group 3F-3
Group 3G-1
Chultun 2F-5 locus
Group 5B-2
Group 5C-3
Structure 5C-56 locus
Chultun 5C-6 locus
Group 4E-1
Group 4E-2
Group 5D-1
Group 4F-3
Group 5f-1
Group 5f-2
Group 6C-1
Group 6C-2
Group 6C-5
Structure 6C-60 locus
Group 7C-1
Group 7C-2
Structure 7C-62
Group 6E-1
Structure 6F-62 locus
Group 7F-2
Group 7G-1
Tested small-structure groups
Summary
4. Discussion
Abandonment of houses
Population
Small-structure groupings
The single plaza-residential unit
The multiplaza-residential unit
Other features of settlement
Social implications
Introduction
Nuclear families
Extended families
Unilocal residence
Lineages
Social diversity
Economic specialization
Concluding remarks.

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