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Research Year:  2002
Culture:  Maya
Chronology:  Early Classic
Location:  Copán, Honduras
Site:  Motmot Structure - Buried Beneath Marker

Table of Contents

Abstract
Introduction
Documentation and Conservation
Analysis
Discussion
List of Figures
Sources Cited
Appendix: Table 1. Pigments

Abstract

This project focused on the documentation, conservation, and analysis of artifacts and pigments from a series of Early Classic (ca. A.D. 400-600) ritual deposits at the Classic Maya site of Copán in western Honduras. These offerings were associated with a hieroglyphic monument and burial (field name, Motmot) found beneath the pyramid of the Hieroglyphic Stairway in the civic-ceremonial center of the site. The primary objectives of this project were to provide detailed documentation of the Motmot artifacts as well as to identify other material residues (primarily pigments) associated with the Motmot marker in order to yield additional data that could be correlated with known textual and contextual information. Two publications are currently in preparation that correlate these new data with epigraphic and archaeological evidence to create a more complete picture of the relationship between political events, religious beliefs, and ritual activities at Early Classic Copán.

Submitted 12/03/2003 by:
Dr. Karla L. Davis-Salazar
kdavis@cas.usf.edu

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