Investigations at Piedras Negras, Guatemala: 1999 Field Season

Among the River Kings: Archaeological Research at Piedras Negras, Guatemala
Stephen D. Houston, Héctor Escobedo, Richard Terry, David Webster, George Veni, and Kitty F. Emery

List of Figures

Figure   1.  Soil map of group in C-sector (Drawing: Jacob Parnell)

Figure   2.  Cache R-5-5, South Group Court, central axis of structure R-5: (Drawings: Stephen Houston and Zachary Hruby)
      (a) first and second levels of cache;
      (b) detailed view of incised shells, width of topmost shell 2.2 cm.

Figure   3.  Buried buildings under West Group Plaza, length of lower courtyard 1.5 m. (Drawing: Heather Hurst)

Figure   4.  Section through Platform J-1, 2 m. scale (Drawing: Ernesto Arredondo; Inking: Zachary Hruby)

Figure   5.  Stuccoed sherd with hieroglyphic texts, Platform J-1, PN48A-3-3, rolled-out sherd 22.5 cm. long (Drawing: Stephen Houston)

Figure   6.  Cache C-13-2, scale in cm., arrow points to magnetic north (Drawing: Stephen Houston and Zachary Hruby; inking: Zachary Hruby)

Figure   7.  Eroded panel, found on surface of patio in front of Structure C-13, width 57 cm. (Drawing: Stephen Houston)

Figure   8.  Burial 77, Structure C-13, maximum width of crypt 1.10 m. (Drawing: Zachary Hruby)

Figure   9.  Late facet Chacalhaaz sherd, Hutzijan Polychrome, Cueva de Alberto, CS1A-1-1, length of sherd 14.5 cm. (Drawing: Stephen Houston)

Figure 10.  Throne or altar fragment, Structure O-17, width 14 cm. (Drawing: Stephen Houston)

Figure 11.  Finds from Operation 33: (Drawings: Stephen Houston)
      (a) Incised animal bone, PN33E-25-3, length 4.5 cm.
      (b) incised sherd, Ortíz Orange Incised, PN33E-19-5, width of sherd 6.5 cm.

Figure 12.  New mounds in southern sector of Piedras Negras (map: Zachary Nelson)

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