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Site:  Bonampak? Schele Number:  6000 Description:  Text from monument recovered in bonampak region and described as a column altar. Current Location:  St. Louis Museum?, St. Louis, Mo Architectural Feature:  "altar" Chronological Era:  Late Classic Notes:  Labeled at bottom "st. louis museum column altar, bonamkak region." Culture:  Maya See Also:  Schele Photos for "altar"

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Site:  Piedras Negras Schele Number:  6111 Description:  Stela 11, dedicated on august 22, ad 731, shows accession of ruler 4. the ruler sits atop a scaffold framed by a skyband and topped by a celestial bird. a dead sacrificial victim lays across an altar at the bottom register. Architectural Feature:  Stela Chronological Era:  Late Classic Culture:  Maya Iconographic Features:  Cave; Sacrifice; Celestial Bird Publications:  L. Schele and M. Miller, The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art 1986:112, Fig. II.4 See Also:  Schele Photos for "altar"

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Site:  Tonina Schele Number:  6507 Description:  Detail of glyphs from round altar. Hieroglyph:  Yes  Architectural Feature:  "altar" Chronological Era:  Late Classic Notes:  Drawn by peter mathews. Culture:  Maya See Also:  Schele Photos for "altar"

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Site:  Tonina Schele Number:  6508 Description:  Detail of glyphs from round altar. Hieroglyph:  Yes  Architectural Feature:  "altar" Chronological Era:  Late Classic Notes:  Drawn by peter mathews. Culture:  Maya See Also:  Schele Photos for "altar"

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Site:  Tonina Schele Number:  6509 Description:  Detail of glyphs from round altar. Hieroglyph:  Yes  Architectural Feature:  "altar" Chronological Era:  Late Classic Culture:  Maya See Also:  Schele Photos for "altar"

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Site:  Tonina Schele Number:  6510 Description:  Detail of glyphs from round altar. Hieroglyph:  Yes  Architectural Feature:  "altar" Chronological Era:  Late Classic Culture:  Maya See Also:  Schele Photos for "altar"

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Site:  Tonina Schele Number:  6511 Description:  Detail of glyphs from round altar. Hieroglyph:  Yes  Architectural Feature:  "altar" Chronological Era:  Late Classic Culture:  Maya See Also:  Schele Photos for "altar"

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Site:  Tonina Schele Number:  6512 Description:  Detail of glyphs from round altar. Hieroglyph:  Yes  Architectural Feature:  "altar" Chronological Era:  Late Classic Culture:  Maya See Also:  Schele Photos for "altar"

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Site:  Uxmal Schele Number:  6707 Description:  Large phallus stone photographed by le plongeon in court of nunnery quadrangle. Architectural Feature:  "altar" Chronological Era:  Terminal Classic Culture:  Maya Publications:  L. Schele and P. Mathews, The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs 1998:286, Fig. 7.39 See Also:  Schele Photos for "altar"

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Site:  Kaminaljuyu Schele Number:  7323 Description:  Detail from altar 10 showing celestial bird ("itzam-yeh bird") with god c, k'uhul or tzuk on his stomach. Artifact:   Chronological Era:  Pre Classic - Formative Culture:  Maya Iconographic Features:  Celestial Bird Publications:  D. Freidel, L. Schele and J. Parker, Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path 1993:141, Fig. 3:11a See Also:  Schele Photos for "altar"

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Site:  El Peru Schele Number:  7623 Description:  Altar with seated figure Hieroglyph:  Yes  Architectural Feature:  Altar Chronological Era:  Late Classic Notes:  Stone altar with seated ruler in center of turtle quatrefoil with two name glyphs carved on upper face. name glyphs reading tuyol ak, or "at the heart of the turtle". Culture:  Maya Iconographic Features:  Waterlily, Quatrefoil, Turtle, Fish, Seated Figure See Also:  Schele Photos for "altar"

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Site:  Tikal Schele Number:  7641 Description:  Altar 8, ca. ad 750-760. shows bound captive within ball. Architectural Feature:  Altar Chronological Era:  Late Classic Culture:  Maya Iconographic Features:  Warfare, Ballgame Publications:  L. Schele And M. Miller, The Blood Of Kings: Dynasty And Ritual In Maya Art 1986:250, Fig. VI.9 See Also:  Schele Photos for "altar"

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Site:  Copan Schele Number:  7653 Description:  Altar q, the "altar of yax-kuk-mo'". the sides of the altar depicts the sixteen successors of the copan dynasty, beginning with the founder and ending with himself. the top of the altar describes two important deeds that he had done. Hieroglyph:  Yes  Architectural Feature:  Altar Chronological Era:  Late Classic Culture:  Maya Publications:  L. Schele And D. Freidel, A Forest Of Kings: The Untold Story Of The Ancient Maya 1990:310, Fig. 8:3 See Also:  Schele Photos for "altar"

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Site:  Copan Schele Number:  7674 Description:  Altar g north and south side inscriptions. Chronological Era:  Late Classic Culture:  Maya Publications:  L. Schele and P. Mathews, The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs 1998:172, Fig. 4.39 See Also:  Schele Photos for "altar"

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