| 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; |
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