Palenque
Subtitle: recent investigations at the classic Maya center
By: edited by Damien B. Marken.
Contributors: Marken, Damien B., 1977-
Publisher: Altamira Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
Subjects: Maya architecture -- Mexico -- Palenque (Chiapas); Maya pottery -- Mexico -- Palenque (Chiapas); Excavations (Archaeology) -- Mexico -- Palenque (Chiapas); Palenque Site (Mexico); Palenque (Chiapas, Mexico) -- Antiquities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Palenque archaeology: an introduction / Peter Mathews; title: Chronological chart and overview of ceramic developments at Palenque / Robert L. Rands; title: Palenque and selected survey sites in Chiapas and Tabasco : the preclassic / Robert L. Rands; title: The construction chronology of Palenque : seriation within an architectural form / Damien B. Marken; title: The problem of political integration in the Kingdom of Baak / Rodrigo Liendo Stuardo; title: Indicators of urbanism at Palenque / Edwin L. Barnhart; title: Creating space through water management at the classic Maya site of Palenque, Chiapas / Kirk D. French; title: Elite residential compounds at late classic Palenque / Damien B. Marken and Arnoldo González Cruz; title: Following the traces of temple XX : Proyecto Grupo de Las Cruces 2002 excavations / Joshua A. Balcells González; title: A house of cards : construction, proportion and form at temple XIX, Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico / Kirk D. Straight; title: Gods and histories : mythology and dynastic succession at temples XIX and XXI at Palenque / David Stuart; title: Ritual purification and the ancient Maya sweatbath at Palenque / Mark B. Child; title: Why restore architecture at Palenque? / C. Rudy Larios Villalta; title: Conclusion: Reconceptualizing the Palenque polity / Damien B. Marken and Kirk D. Straight.