Structure 10L-22 Sculpture Reconstruction Project, Copán, Honduras

Introduction

This report summarizes the second season of research on Structure 10L-22, Copán, Honduras, that was funded by FAMSI. This consisted of eight weeks of lab analysis between April and August of 2002. While a finished reconstruction of the structure is still far from complete, the work enabled a preliminary study of the building as offered in my Ph.D. dissertation: On Reconstructing and Performing Ancient Maya Architecture: Structure 22, Copán, Honduras (A.D. 715). This text contains the most thorough accounting of my research and conclusions to date, while the following report addresses the more narrow objectives that were achieved in 2002 with the help of FAMSI Grant 01040:

Those objectives were:

1. To continue the completion of line drawings of sculpture motifs known to date.

2. To continue the analysis of individual sculpture motifs.

3. To complete a more accurate line drawing and reconstruction of the sculptural designs of the famous interior doorway of Structure 10L-22.

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