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Site:  Copan Schele Number:  7123 Description:  Upper left = eccentric flint showing human profiles pierced by smoking celts; bottom left = glyph for double-headed serpent bar with flints in its open mouth, stela p; bottom 4ight = flint=headed sun god emerging from a double-headed serpent bar, stela a. Current Location:  Top = John L. Severance Fund, Cleveland Museum Of Art, Cleveland, Oh Artifact:   Chronological Era:  Late Classic Culture:  Maya Object Size:  Top = 34.5 x 19.2 cm Iconographic Features:  Bicephalic Deity Publications:  D. Freidel, L. Schele and J. Parker, Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path 1993:198, Fig. 4:15b; 199, Fig. 4:16a,b L. Schele and M. Miller, The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art 1986:101, Plate 25 See Also:  Schele Photos for "stela"

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Site:  La Amelia Schele Number:  7300 Description:  Unfinished drawing of stela 2. shows a richly attired individual dancing atop a register containing a jaguar. Architectural Feature:  Stela Chronological Era:  Late Classic Culture:  Maya Object Size:  h 1.69 m Iconographic Features:  Music, Dance; Ballgame; Jaguar Publications:  D. Freidel, L. Schele and J. Parker, Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path 1993:361, Fig. 8:17b S.D. Houston, Hieroglyphs and History at Dos Pilas: Dynastic Politics of the Classic Maya 1993:87, Fig. 3-21 See Also:  Schele Photos for "stela"

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Site:  Dos Pilas Schele Number:  7301 Description:  Left = ruler from dos pilas stela 17 wearing a holmul-style maize god backrack; right = ruler from dos pilas stela 1. both rulers hold scepters decorated with the head of k'awiil and small circular shields. Architectural Feature:  Stela Culture:  Maya Iconographic Features:  Warfare; Music, Dance Publications:  L. Schele and M. Miller, The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art 1986:77, Figure 1.4d, e L. Schele and P. Mathews, The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs 1998:127, Fig. 3.30 See Also:  Schele Photos for "stela"

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Site:  Yaxha Schele Number:  7302 Description:  Stela 11 representing a front-facing tlaloc warrior in teotihuacan garb carrying a square shield and spear. Architectural Feature:  Stela Chronological Era:  Early Classic Culture:  Maya Iconographic Features:  Warfare Publications:  L. Schele, "The Olmec Mountain and Tree Creation in Mesoamerican Cosmology," in The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership, 1995:112, Fig. 22d See Also:  Schele Photos for "stela"

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Site:  La Amelia Schele Number:  7315 Description:  Stela 1 shows a richly attired individual dancing atop a register containing a jaguar. Architectural Feature:  Stela Chronological Era:  Late Classic Culture:  Maya Iconographic Features:  Ballgame; Music, Dance; Jaguar Publications:  D. Freidel, L. Schele and J. Parker, Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path 1993:361, Fig. 8:17a L. Schele And D. Freidel, A Forest Of Kings: The Untold Story Of The Ancient Maya 1990:384, Fig. 10:3a See Also:  Schele Photos for "stela"

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Site:  El Zapote Schele Number:  7316 Description:  Stela 5 showing female holding mexican-style date glyph in her hands. Architectural Feature:  Stela Chronological Era:  Late Classic Culture:  Maya See Also:  Schele Photos for "stela"

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Site:  Dos Pilas Schele Number:  7317 Description:  Stela 2, ca. ad 736. shows ruler 3 in full battle attire, including a teotihuacan-style tlaloc warrior mask in front of his face, carrying a shield and spear while standing atop a bound captive. Architectural Feature:  Stela Chronological Era:  Late Classic Culture:  Maya Iconographic Features:  Warfare Publications:  L. Schele and M. Miller, The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art 1986:213, Fig. V.4 S.D. Houston, Hieroglyphs and History at Dos Pilas: Dynastic Politics of the Classic Maya 1993:92, Fig. 3-28 L. Schele and D. Freidel, A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya 1990:148, Fig. 4:17 See Also:  Schele Photos for "stela"

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Site:  Kaminaljuyu Schele Number:  7322 Description:  Detail from stela 11 showing a ruler wearing an elaborate celestial bird headdress. Architectural Feature:  Stela Chronological Era:  Pre Classic - Formative Culture:  Maya Iconographic Features:  Avian; Vegetation; Celestial Bird Publications:  L. Schele and M. Miller, The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art 1986:109, Fig. II.2 See Also:  Schele Photos for "stela"

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Site:  Copan Schele Number:  7620 Description:  The image of the last ruler of copan, yax-pac is inscribed on this bone. the bone was found sealed in a deep shaft in the floor of the central chamber of structure 11, along with obsidian blades, bird bones and human teeth. this deer tibia is inscribed with simple text: an eroded introductory verb, followed by yax-pac's name at b1; at b2-a3, he is named as a three-katun ahau; a batab title completes the inscription. an unnamed woman at left, is dressed in a jaguar pelt skirt. both stand on skyband symbols, but he is supported and elevated by a large venus symbol. Current Location:  Instituto Hondureño De Antropología E Historia Architectural Feature:  Incised Bone Chronological Era:  Late Classic Notes:  Ad 750-800. this representation of yax-pac, with a beard and domed haircut, is very similar to his portrait on stela 11, which is a posthumous monument set in front of structure 18, his funerary pyramid. Culture:  Maya Object Size:  24.6 x 5 cm Iconographic Features:  King Yax-pac, Incised Bone Publications:  L. Schele And M. Miller, Blood Of Kings 1986:152, Plate 50a See Also:  Schele Photos for "stela"

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Site:  Piedras Negras Schele Number:  7621 Description:  Stela 12, september 15 ad 795, ruler sitting atop a flight of stairs receives two war captains, who present him with a pile of captives. eight captives are tied together on the lower register, and many show signs of having been tortured. ruler wears what could be a shrunken human body or possibly an olmec heirloom. Architectural Feature:  Stela Chronological Era:  Late Classic Culture:  Maya Iconographic Features:  Prisoners, Spears, Warfare Publications:  L. Schele and M. Miller, The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art 1986:219, Fig. V.8 L. Schele And D. Freidel, A Forest Of Kings: The Untold Story Of The Ancient Maya 1990:382, Fig. 10:2 See Also:  Schele Photos for "stela"

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Site:  Yaxchilan Schele Number:  6218 Description:  Temple side image, stela 11 depicting bird jaguar standing inside a corbeled arch frame, his captives squeezed under the lintel in front of him and bound together like those of the kimbell panel. bird jaguar is dressed as chac-xib-chac and holds our god k with his left hand, as if the god were his ax. Hieroglyph:  Yes  Architectural Feature:  Stela Chronological Era:  Late Classic Notes:  A.d. 755 Culture:  Maya Publications:  L. Schele and M. Miller, The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art 1986:214, Fig. V.5a L. Schele And D. Freidel, A Forest Of Kings: The Untold Story Of The Ancient Maya 1990:86, Fig. 2:12; 284, Fig. 7:8 See Also:  Schele Photos for "stela"

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Site:  La Mar Schele Number:  7624 Description:  La mar stela 3. text starts with 5 tun-ending 4 ajaw 8 kej or 9.18.5.0.0, september 13, 795. the dn -3.9.2 back to 3 etz'nab 6 sotz 9.18.1.8.18, march 30 792 when a victim is captured. another dn to another record of capture, victim possibly from pomona. Current Location:  Los Angeles County Museum Of Art Hieroglyph:  Yes  Architectural Feature:  Stela Chronological Era:  Late Classic Notes:  Drawing by john montgomery, corrections by linda schele Culture:  Maya Iconographic Features:  Captive Publications:  Texas Notes on Precolombian At, Writing, and Culture - #70 "Notes on the Chronology of Piedras Negras Stela 12", Schele and Grube 1994. See Also:  Schele Photos for "stela"

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Site:  Copan Schele Number:  7680 Description:  Stela 17 front and back Architectural Feature:  Stela Chronological Era:  Late Classic Culture:  Maya See Also:  Schele Photos for "stela"

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Site:  Tikal, Guatemala Schele Number:  7638 Description:  Detail of headdress Architectural Feature:  Stela Chronological Era:  Early Classic, 445 A.d. Culture:  Maya Publications:  L. Schele And M. Miller, The Blood Of Kings: Dynasty And Ritual In Maya Art 1986:111, Fig. II.3 See Also:  Schele Photos for "stela"

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Schele Number:  7644 Description:  Hauberg stela. 8.8.0.7.0 3 ajaw 13 xul (october 9, 199) Chronological Era:  Protoclassic Culture:  Maya Publications:  L. Schele And M. Miller, The Blood Of Kings: Dynasty And Ritual In Maya Art 1986:191, Plate 66 L. Schele And D. Freidel, A Forest Of Kings: The Untold Story Of The Ancient Maya 1990:88, Fig. 2:13 See Also:  Schele Photos for "stela"

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