The Schele Drawing Archive consists of about one thousand drawings of Mesoamerican monuments, buildings, objects, and hieroglyphic texts, with an emphasis on ancient Maya objects from Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and Belize. It is expected that her entire archive will be accessible by late 2000. These drawings are available to the public free of charge, with restrictions for commercial use and publication. This database of John Montgomery's drawings is designed to allow scholars to study the sculpture and glyphic inscriptions in clear, linear mode drawings, while retaining the sensibility of the Maya artists. The drawings are primarily of Maya sculpture and objects from the ancient sites of Bonampak, Palenque, Piedras Negras, Seibal, and Tikal, among others.
Informative captions accompany each image.
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