Ninth-Century Stelae of Machaquilá and Seibal

List of Figures

Figure   1.  Archaeological sites in the Pasión river region.

Figure   2.  Arrangement of stelae in Plaza A, Machaquilá. Map by Ian Graham, courtesy of Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University.

Figure   3.  Machaquilá Stelae 10–13, line drawings to scale. After drawings by Ian Graham, courtesy of Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University.

Figure   4.  Machaquilá Stela 2. Drawing by Ian Graham, courtesy of Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University.

Figure   5.  Machaquilá Stela 3. Drawing by Ian Graham, courtesy of Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University.

Figure   6.  Machaquilá Stela 4. Drawing by Ian Graham, courtesy of Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University.

Figure   7.  Machaquilá Stela 8. Drawing by Ian Graham, courtesy of Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University.

Figure   8.  Machaquilá Stela 7. Author's photograph, courtesy of Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología, Guatemala.

Figure   9.  Machaquilá Stela 7. Drawing by Ian Graham, courtesy of Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University.

Figure 10.  Machaquilá Stela 6. Drawing by Ian Graham, courtesy of Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University.

Figure 11.  Machaquilá Stela 5. Drawing by Ian Graham, courtesy of Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University.

Figure 12.  Comparison of figural proportions and pose, Machaquilá's ninth-century stelae, to scale, in chronological order from left to right. After drawings by Ian Graham, courtesy of Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University.

Figure 13.  Variations in pectoral rendition on Machaquilá stelae. After drawings by Ian Graham, courtesy of Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University.

Figure 14.  Seibal Stela 11. Drawing, SBL: St. 11 by Ian Graham from Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions, Vol. 7, Part 1 © 1996 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College.

Figure 15.  Seibal Stela 10. Drawing, SBL: St. 10 by Ian Graham from Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions, Vol. 7, Part 1 © 1996 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College.

Figure 16.  Seibal Stela 9. Drawing, SBL: St. 9 by Ian Graham from Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions, Vol. 7, Part 1 © 1996 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College.

Figure 17.  Seibal Stela 8. Drawing, SBL: St. 8 by Ian Graham from Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions, Vol. 7, Part 1 © 1996 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College.

Figure 18.  Seibal Stela 21. Drawing, SBL: St. 21 by Ian Graham from Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions, Vol. 7, Part 1 © 1996 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College.

Figure 19.  Chronological arrangement of Seibal's late stelae. Drawings, SBL: St. 1, 2, 3, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, and 20 by Ian Graham from Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions, Vol. 7, Part 1 © 1996 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College.

Figure 20.  Seibal Stela 1. Drawing, SBL: St. 1 by Ian Graham from Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions, Vol. 7, Part 1 © 1996 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College.

Figure 21.  Seibal Stela 17. Drawing, SBL: St. 17 by Ian Graham from Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions, Vol. 7, Part 1 © 1996 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College.

Figure 22.  Seibal Stela 3. Drawing, SBL: St. 3 by Ian Graham from Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions, Vol. 7, Part 1 © 1996 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College.

Figure 23.  Seibal Stela 13. Photo, SBL: St. 13 by Ian Graham from Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions, Vol. 7, Part 1 © 1996 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College.

Figure 24.  Seibal Stela 13. Drawing, SBL: St. 13 by Ian Graham from Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions, Vol. 7, Part 1 © 1996 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College.

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