An unfinished temple at the Classic Maya centre of Aguateca, Guatemala

Antiquity

Volumn 78, Issue 302, 2004, Pages 798-811

  Inomata, Takeshi ^a   Ponciano, Erick ^b   Chinchilla, Oswaldo ^c   Román, Otto ^d   Breuil Martínez, Véronique ^e   Santos, Oscar ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Universidad Francisco Marroquin   (Guatemala)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^e CEMCA Guatemala   (Guatemala)

^f Corporación Antigua ^*  (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Aguateca; Collapse; Construction methods; Maya; Unfinished temple

Indexed keywords

HISTORIC BUILDING; RELIGION; VIOLENCE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14044251379     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00113456     Document Type: Article

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