Shook M Edwin Coe (19 results)

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Tikal Reports; 1-4. Book.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. Tikal Reports; 1-4. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 4to. 150 pp. Technical Report on Mayan research at Tikal. Blue stiff paper covers, sound, clean, unmarked, slight age-toning. Near Fine. Book.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Four essays published by the University of Pennsylvania. Book has been bound for library use. Ex-library of The National Geographic Society, otherwise a good, solid copy.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Slightly faded spine, otherwise text clean and tight; Musem Monographs 4; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 150 pages.

Condition: New.

Paperback. First printing. NEAR-FINE IN WRAPS AS ISSUED.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Two Volumes. Softcovers. Blue paper covers with black lettering and light toning on spine. Bindings are good and tight. Volume One: Tikal Reports Number 1-4. Title page dated 1958. No date on copyright page. 150 pages. Pages are clean, crisp, and bright with very mild toning. 26 B&W figures printed throughout. Volume Two: Tikal Reports Number 5-10. Title page dated 1961. No date on copyright page. 225 pages. Pages are clean, crisp, and bright with mild toning. 73 B&W figures printed throughout. Previous owner was Christopher Sterling, a professor of media and public affairs at George Washington University, these copies include a printed shipping manifest from his original order on AbeBooks. Overall a nice set of copies. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: if there is a photo beside this listing, it's a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book.…

Condition: Good. Philadelphia: The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1961. Nos. 5-10. 4to paperback. 225pp. B/W photos intermittently throughout. Good. Spine and wrap edges toned. Dampstain to front cover, and foxing to top edge. Light foxing on a few pages inside and page edges lightly toned throughout. Inquire if you need further information.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Some discoloration to covers, otherwise text clean and solid; includes 73 figures; Museum Monographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 225 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No DJ as Issued. A beautiful crisp clean hardcover copy in very good condition, lightly bumped upper corners else close to near fine. No DJ as issued. PLEASE NOTE: OVERSIZED ITEM NO INTERNATIONAL ORDERS ON AMAZON.

Wraps. Condition: Fair. Presumed First Edition, First printing. [4], 225, [1] pages. Diagrams. Photographs. References. Figure 66 is a downward fold-out. Front cover is almost disbound, torn, chipped and partially separated from the spine. This is one of the Museum Monographs. Tikal is the ruin of an ancient city, which was likely to have been called Yax Mutal, found in a rainforest in Guatemala. It is one of the largest archaeological sites and urban centers of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. It is located in the archaeological region of the Petén Basin in what is now northern Guatemala. Situated in the department of El Petén, the site is part of Guatemala's Tikal National Park and in 1979 it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Tikal was the capital of a conquest state that became one of the most powerful kingdoms of the ancient Maya. Though monumental architecture at the site dates back as far as the 4th century BCE, Tikal reached its apogee during the Classic Period, c. 200 to 900 CE. During this time, the city dominated much of the Maya region politically, economically, and militarily, while interacting with areas throughout Mesoamerica such as the great metropolis of Teotihuacan in the distant Valley of Mexico. There is evidence that Tikal was conquered by Teotihuacan in the 4th century CE. Following the end of the Late Classic Period, no new major monuments were built at Tikal and there is evidence that elite palaces were burned. These events were coupled with a gradual population decline, culminating with the site's abandonment by the end of the 10th century. Tikal is the best understood of any of the large lowland Maya cities, with a long dynastic ruler list, the discovery of the tombs of many of the rulers on this list and the investigation of their monuments, temples and palaces. n 1956 the Tikal project began to map the city on a scale not previously seen in the Maya area. From 1956 through 1970, major archaeological excavations were carried out by the University of Pennsylvania Tikal Project. They mapped much of the site and excavated and restored many of the structures. Excavations directed by Edwin M. Shook and later by William Coe of the university investigated the North Acropolis and the Central Plaza from 1957 to 1969. The Tikal Project recorded over 200 monuments at the site. In 1979, the Guatemalan government began a further archeological project at Tikal, which continued through to 1984. Tikal has been partially restored by the University of Pennsylvania and the government of Guatemala. It was one of the largest of the Classic period Maya cities and was one of the largest cities in the Americas. The architecture of the ancient city is built from limestone and includes the remains of temples that tower over 70 meters (230 ft) high, large royal palaces, in addition to a number of smaller pyramids, palaces, residences, administrative buildings, platforms and inscribed stone monuments. There is even a building which seemed to have been a jail, originally with wooden bars across the windows and doors. There are also seven courts for playing the Mesoamerican ballgame, including a set of 3 in the Seven Temples Plaza, a unique feature in Mesoamerica. The limestone used for construction was local and quarried on-site. The depressions formed by the extraction of stone for building were plastered to waterproof them and were used as reservoirs, together with some waterproofed natural depressions. The main plazas were surfaced with stucco and laid at a gradient that channeled rainfall into a system of canals that fed the reservoirs. The residential area of Tikal covers an estimated 60 square kilometers (23 sq mi), much of which has not yet been cleared, mapped, or excavated. The 16 square kilometers (6.2 sq mi) area around the site core has been intensively mapped;[69] it may have enclosed an area of some 125 square kilometers (48 sq mi) (see below). A huge set of earthworks discovered by Dennis E. Puleston and Donald Callender in the 1960s rings Tikal with a 6-metre (20.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good. Dust Jacket may NOT BE INCLUDED.CDs may be missing. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

orig. wrappers Some rubbing. A tear to head of spine. Good. 28x21pp., v, 150 pp. Contents: no. 1. Field director's report : the 1956 and 1957 seasons / Edwin M. Shook -- no. 2. Excavations in the Stela 23 Group / William R. Coe and Vivian L. Broman -- no. 3. The problem of abnormal stela placements at Tikal and elsewhere / Linton Satterthwaite -- no. 4. Five newly discovered carved monuments at Tikal and new data on four others / Linton Satterthwaite. Some rubbing. A tear to head of spine. Good.…

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Hardback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.