Synopses & Reviews
The first of five anticipated volumes on the renowned monuments of Piedras Negras, Guatemala, describes the site and the history of exploration at this important center of Classic Maya civilization. It includes photographs and detailed line drawings of twelve of the inscribed sculpted monuments at Piedras Negras, as well as a map of the ruins.
All 19 volumes of the The Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions published to date are now available from Harvard University Press.
Synopsis
The goal of the Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions is to document in photographs and detailed line drawings all known Maya inscriptions and their associated figurative art. When complete, the Corpus will have published the inscriptions from over 200 sites and 2,000 monuments. The series has been instrumental in the remarkable success of the ongoing process of deciphering Maya writing, making available hundreds of texts to epigraphers working around the world.
The first of five anticipated volumes on the renowned monuments of Piedras Negras, Guatemala, this volume describes the site and the history of exploration at this important center of Classic Maya civilization. It includes photographs and detailed line drawings of twelve of the inscribed sculpted monuments at Piedras Negras, as well as a map of the ruins.
Synopsis
The first of five volumes on the renowned monuments of Piedras Negras, Guatemala, describes the site and the history of exploration at this important center of Classic Maya civilization.
About the Author
David Stuart is Assistant Director of the Maya Corpus Program and Bartlett Curator of Maya Hieroglyphs at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University.Ian Graham is Director of the Maya Corpus Program at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University.
Table of Contents
Stelae 1-18, 22-23, 25-27, 29-40, 43, 46
Altars 1-4
Thrones 1-4
Panels (formerly "Lintels") 1-10, 12-16
Ball-court Sculptures 1-4
Rock Sculptures 1, 2
Miscellaneous