HISTART 188A Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Grave Goods, Yax Nuun Ahiin I, Uaxactun
13 Feb 2017
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History of art 188a lecture 11 maya art, architecture, politics: uaxactun, tikal, copan. Excavated by the carnegie institute in 1928. Pyramid e-vii : discovered covered in dirt, trees, and shrapnel and later dug out, it was found to be in pristine condition with four faces on each side, the faces marked the directions of equinoxes and solstices. Active during the middle to late formative periods but becomes a major political player. Lost world architectural group during the classic period. A map has been created from written records. Mayan emblem glyphs were place names: thus, it can be inferred where and when things took place because the maya were rigorous about identifying places, lords, rulers, deities, and dates. Participated in star wars : military campaigns were keyed to an astrological almanac, the people at tikal were primarily interested in the movements of venus. Late classic funerary pyramids were commonly 9-layered. Stelae and altars set within the great plaza.
