Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. V, Nos, 1 & 2: Explorations in the Department of Peten, Guatemala Tikal: Preliminary Study of the Ruins of

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Author: Teobert Maler (1842-1917) and Alfred Marston Tozzer (1877-1954) Year: 1911 Publisher: Peabody Museum Press Place: Cambridge Description: 135+[28 plates] with folding site map, one cross section and figures. Folio (14 1/4" x 11 1/4") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Volume V, Number 1 and 2. Separate front wrapper laid in signed by the author. First edition. Tikal is the ruin of an ancient city, which was likely to have been called Yax Mutal, found in a rainforest in Guatemala. It is one of the largest archeological sites and urban centers of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. It is located in the archeological region of the Petén Basin in what is now northern Guatemala. Situated in the department of El Petén, the site is part of Guatemala's Tikal National Park and in 1979 it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Tikal was the capital of a conquest state that became one of the most powerful kingdoms of the ancient Maya. Though monumental architecture at the site dates back as far as the 4th century BC, Tikal reached its apogee during the Classic Period, c. 200 to 900. During this time, the city dominated much of the Maya region politically, economically, and militarily, while interacting with areas throughout Mesoamerica such as the great metropolis of Teotihuacan in the distant Valley of Mexico. There is evidence that Tikal was conquered by Teotihuacan in the 4th cen

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