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The two volumes of the central Tikal ceramic reports (Tikal Reports 25A and 25B) present the information gathered from the analysis of all ceramics recovered by the University of Pennsylvania research project at Tikal between 1956 and 1970. This volume, Tikal Report 25B, is a specialist volume, primarily of interest to those actively involved in research with Maya ceramics.

Presents in detail the results of decipherment and to consider the implications of a Classic Maya written history. Contributors examine the way in which the Maya elite created the kinship, alliance, warfare, and ceremonial networks on which the civilization was founded. Drawing upon important material recently made available, they have transformed our understanding of the Maya.

This book is concerned with the historical reality recorded on Classic Maya monuments of the first millennium AD, its interpretation in terms of social and political interaction within and between states, and the better understanding of Maya civilization that is emerging from a more accurate perception of the role of its ruling elites.

Of the many mysteries surrounding ancient Maya civilization, none has attracted greater interest than its collapse in the eighth and ninth centuries AD. In this book, thirteen leading scholars use new data to revise the image of ancient Maya civilization and create a new model of its collapse - a general model of sociopolitical collapse not limited to the cultural history of the Maya alone.

This monograph contains the illustrations and descriptions of ceramics from special deposits (the burials, caches, and problematical deposits) from the central area of Tikal. These include the best-preserved whole vessels and elaborate polychrome painted and stuccoed cylinders, urns, and tripod vessels with appliqued and painted ornament, and figural representations.Glyphs painted on some of these ceramics provide insights into the potentially...