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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Morley, Sylvanus Griswold, 1883-1948. Inscriptions of Petén. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1938 (OCoLC)593435402 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Sylvanus Griswold Morley |
| OCLC Number: | 551558 |
| Notes: | Some of the plates, maps and plans are folded. Vol. 5, pt. 1-2: Plates. Appendices in v. 4: Physical-geological features of Petén, Guatemala, by Hakon Wadell.--The climate of Petén, Guatemala, by John L. Page.--Geographic coordinates of 45 stations (43 archaeological sites and 2 chicle camps) within the area covered by plates 179 and 182.--Results of a topographic survey of Lake Petén Itzá, Petén, Guatemala, by J.O. Kilmartin.--List of all inscriptions examined in this study.--List of all known Maya inscriptions lying outside the region covered by this study.--Classification of the stelæ described in this study on the basis of the arrangement of their respective designs. --(con't) List of all known Maya hotun-markers.--List of non-tun-ending initial series inscriptions for which it has been impossible to assign corresponding tun-ending contemporaneous dates.--List of all known day and month signs occurring on monuments examined in this study.--Errors in the original texts.--List of monuments the designations of which have been changed.--Monuments or objects having inscriptions from the Maya area that have been removed from the original positions.--Gregorian equivalents for the hotun-endings. |
| Description: | 5 v. in 6. fronts. (v. 1-4) illus., plates, maps, plans, fold. diagrs. 31 cm. |
| Contents: | Appendices in v. 4: Physical-geological features of Petén, Guatemala, by Hakon Wadell. -- The climate of Petén, Guatemala, by John L. Page. -- Geographic coordinates of 45 stations (43 archaeological sites and 2 chicle camps) within the area covered by plates 179 and 182. -- Results of a topographic survey of lake Petén Itzá, Petén, Guatemala, by J. O. Kilmartin. -- List of all inscriptions examined in this study. -- List of all known Maya inscriptions lying outside the region covered by this study. -- Classification of the stelæ described in this study on the basis of the arrangement of their respective designs. -- List of all known Maya hotun-markers. -- List of non-tun-ending initial series inscriptions for which it has been impossible to assign corresponding tun-ending contemporaneous dates. -- List of all known day and month signs occurring on monuments examined in this study. -- Errors in the original texts. -- List of monuments the designations of which have been changed. -- Monuments or objects having inscriptions from the Maya area that have been removed from the original positions. -- Gregorian equivalents for the hotun-endings. |
| Series Title: | Carnegie Institution of Washington publication, no. 437. |
| Responsibility: | by Sylvanus Griswold Morley ... |
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