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Link to enlarge Archaeology Plate 107 ©Annie Hunter Travis Doering and Lori Collins
MESOAMERICAN THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING DATABASE

© 2007 Travis Doering and Lori Collins
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M3D Number:  M3D0109
Origin Site:  Takalik Abaj , Guatemala 
Artifact Identification:  Altar 13 
Artifact Type:  Carved altar 
Artifact Medium:  Volcanic stone: Andesite (PTNA) 
Location Information:  Department of Retalhuleu, Takalik Abaj, Terrace 3, west side of Structure 4, in Central Group 
Country:  Guatemala 
Chron Era:  Late Preclassic (Orrego Corzo and Schieber de Lavarreda 2001
Inscription:   
Notes:  Originally erected as stela, deliberately broken, obliterating central and lower portions; reused as an altar. Large head of ""sacred"" bird as central element of the sky band survives above the area of damage; remains of two figures in profile flanking damaged lower portion, figure on right is wearing interwoven skirt (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:  
Graham, J. A. 1979; Graham, J. A. 1992; Graham, J. A. and L. Benson 2005; Graham, J. A., R. F. Heizer and E. M. Shook 1978; Orrego Corzo, M. 1990; Orrego Corzo, M. and C. Schieber de Lavarreda 2001; Popenoe de Hatch, M. y C. Schieber de Lavarreda 2001; Schieber de Lavarreda, C. and M. Orrego Corzo 2002;
Photograph by AIST and Joseph Gamble
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Prepared for and in collaboration with:
Schieber de Lavarreda & Orrego/Proyecto Nacional Tak'alik Ab'aj/Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes
Dirección General del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural-IDAEH
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