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Site:  Copan Schele Number:  1087 Description:  Profile and rollout drawings of three middle preclassic vessels. top two pots recovered from burial viii-27, group 9n-8. bottom vessel from group 85. top vessel (a) decorated with olmec flame and x-shape design; (b) a meander (double merlon) design; (c) fish. Current Location:  Instituto Hondureno De Antropologia E Historia, Teguciaglapa, Honduras Artifact:   Chronological Era:  Pre Classic - Formative Notes:  Drawing labeled "fig. ii.1, a, b, c." redrawn after barbara fash. Culture:  Maya Object Size:  a= dia 11.5 x h 6 cm Iconographic Features:  Fish; Flame, Fire Publications:  L. Schele and M. Miller, The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art 1986:119, Plates 28, 29, 30 See Also:  Schele Photos for "ceramic"

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Site:  Tikal Schele Number:  2012 Description:  Lidded pottery vessel from cache 198, urita gouged-incised. lidded vessel bearing the name of chak tok ich'aak i ("great jaguar paw"). image depicts maize god spreading out the ecliptic in the form of al two-headed serpent with paddler gods emerging from each end. Artifact:   Chronological Era:  Early Classic Culture:  Maya Iconographic Features:  Astronomy; God E, Maize God; Paddler Deities; Bicephalic Deity; Quadripartite Badge Publications:  L. Schele and P. Mathews, The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs 1998:77-78, Fig. 2.18 D. Freidel, L. Schele and J. Parker, Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path, 1993:73, Fig. 2:9; 245, Fig. 5:6b See Also:  Schele Photos for "ceramic"

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Site:  Tikal Schele Number:  2015 Description:  Comparison of warriors from stuccoed ceramic vessels in burial 10, with mosaic serpent from temple of quetzalcoatl facade, teotihuacan. Chronological Era:  Early Classic Culture:  Maya Publications:   L. Schele, "The Olmec Mountain and Tree Creation in Mesoamerican Cosmology," in The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership, 1995:112, Fig. 21, Fig. 22b-c See Also:  Schele Photos for "ceramic"

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Site:  Tikal Schele Number:  2032 Description:  Stela 10 text detail & image of offering bundle from a ceramic vessel. Architectural Feature:  Stela Chronological Era:  Late Classic Culture:  Maya See Also:  Schele Photos for "ceramic"

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Site:  Tikal Schele Number:  2044 Description:  Hypothetical reconstruction of 5d-51. building decorated with itzam-ye birds. Architectural Feature:  Structure Chronological Era:  Early Classic Culture:  Maya Publications:  L. Schele and P. Mathews, The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs 1998:84, Fig. 2.26 See Also:  Schele Photos for "ceramic"

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Schele Number:  3519 Description:  Various representations of the witz or "mountain." top figure = base from bonampak stela 1 shows maize god emerging from cleft in mountain. second row, left=personified mountain from metropolitan pot; right=full-figure witz from stela d, copan. bottom row, left=personified eccentric flint from tablet of the slaves, palenque; right=stone ax head from dumbarton oaks panel. Chronological Era:  Late Classic Culture:  Maya Iconographic Features:  Witz Deity; God E, Maize God Publications:  L. Schele and M. Miller, The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art 1986:45-46 D. Freidel, L. Schele and J. Parker, Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path, 1993:200, Fig. 4:17(a) See Also:  Schele Photos for "ceramic"

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Schele Number:  3524 Description:  Two dancers in cut-away, full-body suits of supernatural creatures from ceramic vessel. part of fat cacique corpus. Culture:  Maya Iconographic Features:  Music, Dance Publications:  D. Freidel, L. Schele and J. Parker, Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path, 1993:359, Fig. 8:15 See Also:  Schele Photos for "ceramic"

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Schele Number:  3525 Description:  Glyphs and iconography of white-three-dog, a supernatural way creature, from ceramic vessel. Chronological Era:  Late Classic Culture:  Maya Iconographic Features:  Way, Supernatural Animal Companion Publications:  D. Freidel, L. Schele and J. Parker, Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path, 1993:264 See Also:  Schele Photos for "ceramic"

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Schele Number:  3530 Description:  Detail from classic period vessel showing monkey scribe writing or painting in an open codex. the monkey scribe wears a phaeton headdress decorated with waterlily blossom. Culture:  Maya Iconographic Features:  Scribe, Codex, Ink Pot; Bakab, Pawahtun; Waterlily Deity See Also:  Schele Photos for "ceramic"

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Schele Number:  3535 Description:  Various twins. top, left = headband twins; right = monkey scribes, hun batz' and hun chuen; bottom, left = paddler twins; right = twins of the sacrificial dance, chac-xib-chac and baby jaguar Chronological Era:  Late Classic Culture:  Maya Iconographic Features:  Headband Twin Deities; Music, Dance; Jaguar; Scribe, Codex, Ink Pot Publications:  L. Schele and M. Miller, The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art 1986:51-52, Figs. 36, 38-41 See Also:  Schele Photos for "ceramic"

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Site:  Tikal Schele Number:  3539 Description:  Detail of a rabbit scribe writing in a codex from a cylinder vase and a hand holding a paintbrush emerging from the open jaw of a vision serpent on an incised bone from burial 116, tikal. Current Location:  Museo Morley, Parque Nacional Tikal, Guatemala Chronological Era:  Late Classic Culture:  Maya Iconographic Features:  Rabbit, Rodent; Scribe, Codex, Ink Pot; Vision Serpent Publications:  L. Schele and M. Miller, The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art 1986:40, Figs. 16 & 17 See Also:  Schele Photos for "ceramic"

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Site:  Altar De Sacrificios Schele Number:  4019 Description:  Text from polychrome cylinder vessel 58-104, known as the altar vase, recovered with burial 96, structure a-iii, period 4, op. 58(h)3. this glyphic text identifies each of the characters as way ("supernatural animal companion") Artifact:   Chronological Era:  Late Classic Culture:  Maya Object Size:  18 h x 11.5 cm dia Publications:  A.L. Smith, Excavations at Altar de Sacrificios, Peabody Papers 62, No. 2, 1972:259 R.E.W. Adams, The Ceramics of Altar de Sacrificios, Peabody Papers 63, No. 1, 1971 L. Schele and D. Freidel, A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya 1990:83, Fig. 2.24 See Also:  Schele Photos for "ceramic"

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Schele Number:  4069 Description:  Various isolated glyphs describing nawah ("adorning") from east court and temple of the foliated cross, palenque; paddler gods of na ho chan carrying the itz'at title; codex style scribe (from vessel k1196). Chronological Era:  Late Classic Culture:  Maya Iconographic Features:  Paddler Deities; Scribe, Codex, Ink Pot See Also:  Schele Photos for "ceramic"

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Schele Number:  4107 Description:  Partial text describing paddler gods as na-ho-chan itz'aat ("sages" or "artists") and old scribe wearing pawahtun headdress from codex style vessel (k1196). detail of head from copan incensario with eye rings and mouth ornament. Chronological Era:  Late Classic Culture:  Maya Iconographic Features:  Paddler Deities; Scribe, Codex, Ink Pot Publications:  D. Freidel, L. Schele and J. Parker, Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path, 1993:94, Fig. 2:28 L. Schele and P. Mathews, The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs 1998:223, Fig. 6.19 L. Schele and M. Miller, Blood of Kings 1986:141, Fig. III.9 See Also:  Schele Photos for "ceramic"

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Site:  San Cristobal Tepotlaxco Schele Number:  4519 Description:  Two incised celts and two figurines. left-most (a) = incised celt with image of vegetation growing from cleft forehead of were-jaguar character who holds a bundle of sticks in both hands; b = clamshell pendant with incised prone figure with torch and knuckle duster; c = standing figurine holding torch & knuckle duster; d = large standing figure with arms at side and wearing incised loincloth Current Location:  B - Museo Nacional De Antropologia, Mexico City; C = Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.c.; D = Museo Del Estado De Puebla Artifact:   Chronological Era:  Pre Classic - Formative Notes:  A = from rio pesquero; c = from san cristobal tepotlaxco; d = jade from puebla Culture:  Olmec Object Size:  b = 22.5 x 7.2 x 2 c Iconographic Features:  Were-jaguar; Torch & Knuckle Duster; Vegetation Publications:  L. Schele, "The Olmec Mountain and Tree Creation in Mesoamerican Cosmology," in The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership, 1995:107, Fig. 6b, 8a E. P. Benson and B. de la Fuente, eds., Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico, 1996:254-255, No. 98; 208-209, No. 47 See Also:  Schele Photos for "ceramic"

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