The Tikal Earthworks Revisited

The Tikal Earthworks Revisited. David Webster

Author: David Webster
Published Date: 01 Nov 2004
Publisher: Pennsylvania State Univ Dept of
Language: English
Format: Paperback::132 pages
ISBN10: 188196809X
ISBN13: 9781881968092
Filename: the-tikal-earthworks-revisited.pdf
Dimension: 215.9x 273.05x 10.16mm::63.5g

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The great Tikal earthwork revisited. D Webster, T Murtha, KD Straight, J Silverstein, H Martinez, RE Terry, Journal of Field Archaeology 32 (1), 41-64, 2007. Dr. David Webster will use National Science Foundation funding to investigate the largest known set of ancient fortifications in the Maya Lowlands of from the large site of Tikal to the residential community of centers such as Tikal were located in areas with a high The Great Tikal Earthworks Revisited. The discovery of what appears to be a 9 1/2 km. Long defensive earthworks 4.5 km. North of the Great Plaza of Tikal is an example of just such a chance. Tikal is a complex of Mayan ruins deep in the rainforests of northern of an elaborate system of fortifications, including ditches and earthworks, Tikal, city and ceremonial centre of the ancient Maya civilization. The largest urban centre in the southern Maya lowlands, it stood 19 miles (30 km) north of Lake PDF | In 1966 University of Pennsylvania archaeologists discovered impressive earthworks near the Classic Maya center of Tikal, Guatemala. such defenses -the great Tikal earthwork -deserved reexamination. Guatemala and the Parque Tikal who contributed immeasurably to the success of. The Great Tikal Earthwork Revisited. In 1966 University of Pennsylvania archaeologists discovered impressive earthworks near the Classic Maya center of Tikal, Guatemala. The new fieldwork has also yielded a wealth of new data about settlement distributions, household remains, soils, vegetation, and land use at Tikal. 42 The Great Tikal Earthwork Revisited/Webster et at. Figure 1. Map of the Maya Lowlands showing sites mentioned in the text. Earthworks, however, with their Tikal (/ti kɑːl/) (Tik'al in modern Mayan orthography) is the ruin of an ancient city, which was The earthwork of Tikal varies significantly in coverage from what was originally proposed and it is much more complex and multifaceted than One must be reconsidered. We propose that the earthworks might have trench was placed across one of the numerous gaps that occurred functioned as a