A graduate student paper challenging Eric Thompson's claim that all Cycle 7 inscriptions -- earli... more A graduate student paper challenging Eric Thompson's claim that all Cycle 7 inscriptions -- earlier than the earliest Classic Maya Long Count dates -- are invalid.
The identification of the Monkey-men and other scribal gods in Maya codicer, sculpture, and ceram... more The identification of the Monkey-men and other scribal gods in Maya codicer, sculpture, and ceramics, and their relation to other sources such as tHero Twin myth in he Popol Vuh.
An archaeologist's inquiry on how Archbishop James Ussher concluded that the universe was created... more An archaeologist's inquiry on how Archbishop James Ussher concluded that the universe was created in 4004 BC, and a warning not to fall into the fallacy of misplaced concreteness. In hindsight, even early 20th century New World archaeologists committed Ussher's error of overly short chronologies based on faulty data.
The Maya Vase Book, vol. 1: 161-184. Kerr Associates, New York. 1989.
Hunahpu and Xbalanque, the ... more The Maya Vase Book, vol. 1: 161-184. Kerr Associates, New York. 1989. Hunahpu and Xbalanque, the Hero Twins of the early colonial Popol Vuh, in Maya imagery from the Late Preclassic monuments of Izapa, the numerous pictorial narratives of Classic Maya vases, to their appearance in the late Post-Classic Dresden Codex.
Classic Maya vase painters were masters at creating the illusion of depth to the human and sacred... more Classic Maya vase painters were masters at creating the illusion of depth to the human and sacred subjects depicted on flat, two- dimensional surfaces. The same holds true of mural painters, in the wall paintings of Bonampak.
Iconographic recognition of the Monkey-men Twins of the Popol Vuh -- among other deities -- as pa... more Iconographic recognition of the Monkey-men Twins of the Popol Vuh -- among other deities -- as patrons of the arts and writing during the Classic Maya period.
American Antiquity 22, 4:409-410. April 1957.
Comparative study of two tropical lowland civilizat... more American Antiquity 22, 4:409-410. April 1957. Comparative study of two tropical lowland civilizations -- Angkor and Classic Maya -- based on Khmer inscriptions and Maya settlement studies.
Science, n.s., vol. 155, no. 3768, pp. 1399-1401.
Radiocarbon dating of stratified fireplaces in ... more Science, n.s., vol. 155, no. 3768, pp. 1399-1401. Radiocarbon dating of stratified fireplaces in a river cut at San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán. Pushes back the origin of Olmec civilization from the Middle Formative to the Early Formative.
A graduate student paper challenging Eric Thompson's claim that all Cycle 7 inscriptions -- earli... more A graduate student paper challenging Eric Thompson's claim that all Cycle 7 inscriptions -- earlier than the earliest Classic Maya Long Count dates -- are invalid.
The identification of the Monkey-men and other scribal gods in Maya codicer, sculpture, and ceram... more The identification of the Monkey-men and other scribal gods in Maya codicer, sculpture, and ceramics, and their relation to other sources such as tHero Twin myth in he Popol Vuh.
An archaeologist's inquiry on how Archbishop James Ussher concluded that the universe was created... more An archaeologist's inquiry on how Archbishop James Ussher concluded that the universe was created in 4004 BC, and a warning not to fall into the fallacy of misplaced concreteness. In hindsight, even early 20th century New World archaeologists committed Ussher's error of overly short chronologies based on faulty data.
The Maya Vase Book, vol. 1: 161-184. Kerr Associates, New York. 1989.
Hunahpu and Xbalanque, the ... more The Maya Vase Book, vol. 1: 161-184. Kerr Associates, New York. 1989. Hunahpu and Xbalanque, the Hero Twins of the early colonial Popol Vuh, in Maya imagery from the Late Preclassic monuments of Izapa, the numerous pictorial narratives of Classic Maya vases, to their appearance in the late Post-Classic Dresden Codex.
Classic Maya vase painters were masters at creating the illusion of depth to the human and sacred... more Classic Maya vase painters were masters at creating the illusion of depth to the human and sacred subjects depicted on flat, two- dimensional surfaces. The same holds true of mural painters, in the wall paintings of Bonampak.
Iconographic recognition of the Monkey-men Twins of the Popol Vuh -- among other deities -- as pa... more Iconographic recognition of the Monkey-men Twins of the Popol Vuh -- among other deities -- as patrons of the arts and writing during the Classic Maya period.
American Antiquity 22, 4:409-410. April 1957.
Comparative study of two tropical lowland civilizat... more American Antiquity 22, 4:409-410. April 1957. Comparative study of two tropical lowland civilizations -- Angkor and Classic Maya -- based on Khmer inscriptions and Maya settlement studies.
Science, n.s., vol. 155, no. 3768, pp. 1399-1401.
Radiocarbon dating of stratified fireplaces in ... more Science, n.s., vol. 155, no. 3768, pp. 1399-1401. Radiocarbon dating of stratified fireplaces in a river cut at San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán. Pushes back the origin of Olmec civilization from the Middle Formative to the Early Formative.
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Hunahpu and Xbalanque, the Hero Twins of the early colonial Popol Vuh, in Maya imagery from the Late Preclassic monuments of Izapa, the numerous pictorial narratives of Classic Maya vases, to their appearance in the late Post-Classic Dresden Codex.
Comparative study of two tropical lowland civilizations -- Angkor and Classic Maya -- based on Khmer inscriptions and Maya settlement studies.
Radiocarbon dating of stratified fireplaces in a river cut at San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán. Pushes back the origin of Olmec civilization from the Middle Formative to the Early Formative.
Hunahpu and Xbalanque, the Hero Twins of the early colonial Popol Vuh, in Maya imagery from the Late Preclassic monuments of Izapa, the numerous pictorial narratives of Classic Maya vases, to their appearance in the late Post-Classic Dresden Codex.
Comparative study of two tropical lowland civilizations -- Angkor and Classic Maya -- based on Khmer inscriptions and Maya settlement studies.
Radiocarbon dating of stratified fireplaces in a river cut at San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán. Pushes back the origin of Olmec civilization from the Middle Formative to the Early Formative.