| M3D Number: M3D0096 | | Origin Site: Takalik Abaj , Guatemala | | Artifact Identification: Monument 6 | | Artifact Type: Carved monument | | Artifact Medium: Volcanic stone: Basalt (PTNA) | | Location Information: Department of Retalhuleu, Takalik Abaj, moved to | | Country: Guatemala | | Chron Era: Late Preclassic (Cassier and Ichon 1981) Middle Preclass | | Inscription: | | Notes: Carved in the form of an animal head, probably a toad, carved on unmodified surface of the rock (PNTA) | | Collaborators: Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes Guatemala/Direccion General del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural-IDAEH/Proyecto Nacional Takalik Abaj | | Acknowledgements: National Science Foundation Grant (BCS 0911078) | Credit: Copyright © 2012 Doering & Collins, Alliance for Integrated Spatial Technologies, University of South Florida.
Prepared for and in Cooperation with: Schieber de Lavarreda & Orrego, Proyecto Nacional Takalik Abaj, Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes, Direccion General del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural-IDAEH, Guatemala. For publication or other use of original drawings, photos, or scans permission must be requested in writing from the authors at AIST@usf.edu. | References & Background:
| Cassier, J. and A. Ichon 1978; Cassier, J. and A. Ichon 1981; Chang Lam, E. 1991; Graham, J. A. 1981; Graham, J. A. 1982; Graham, J. A. 1992; Graham, J. A. and L. Benson 2005; Miles, S. W. 1965; Orrego Corzo, M. 1990; Parsons, L. A. 1986; |
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