Athena ReviewJournal of Archaeology, History, and Exploration

Volume 2, no.2

New World Explorers, part 3:
Maya Lowland Centers
1999

Sites in the Puuc (hill) region of Yucatán

Where all roads led in the Late Classic.
  • Kabah

  • Sayil

  • Labná


Regional Centers of the Peten and Chiapas Lowlands


Early Classic satellites to Late Classic star wars.

  • Palenque: Classic Dynasties Deciphered
New settlement areas  discovered.

Graeco-Roman papyri,AD 194


Recent Finds:

Then and Now:


Feature Articles


A Brief History of the world's favorite domesticated plant, born and bred in Mesoamerica.
Late Classic Chac masks, mosaic veneers, monster mask doorways, and false towers.


Temple I at Tikal, AD 700

  • Caguana: Ceremonial Center in Puerto Rico
This ballpark of the Taino was potentially also a solar observatory. By Angel Rodriguez Alvarez
  • Historical Archaeology: Fort Hoskins, Oregon:
Civil War soldiers protect native Americans. By George B. Wisner

Documentary Articles

Everyday writings, from love letters to bank statements; and the APIS internet project

  • Royal Ship Burial at Sutton Hoo:
Rites for an Anglo-Saxon king. by Patricia Grimshaw
  • Cave Paintings at Cosquer and Chauvet
Art and proto-civilization. by Joseph J. Snyder

 

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Cacao drink in Codex Mendoza

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..Book Reviews:

  • Hell with the Fire Out by Arthur Quinn  (reviewed by George Wisner)
  • Pot Luck by Florence C. Lister  (reviewed by Sally Hubbard)
  • Man Corn by Christy and Jacqueline Turner  (reviewed by Rebeca J. Hill)

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Puerto Rico Precolumbian sites

All articles listed above are contained, in their complete form, in the printed issue.

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