Tikal: Dynasties, Foreigners, and Affairs of State: Advancing Maya Archaeology (School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series) - Softcover

Jeremy A. Sabloff is the author of The New Archaeology and the Ancient Maya.

Overall, the volume is a substantial effort which summarizes our current understanding of the Tikal data...Well-suited for the specialist, this volume also offers plenty to interest the general reader...Archaeologists and Maya enthusiasts alike are always looking for new sources to synthesize what is currently known about major sites. This volume...accomplishes that task for Tikal. --Debra S. Walker, Journal of Latin American Anthropology

Tikal certainly must occupy a central place in any approach to lowland Maya civilization--because of its impact on the development of the Classic Maya World, because of its political prominence in that world, and because it is the most extensively investigated of the great Maya cities--[this] is a welcome contribution to our understanding. [It features] new data and new interpretations....Scholars interested in archaic states and complex societies as well as Maya specialists and other Mesoamerican archaeologists will welcome the volume. --John S. Henderson, Cornell University

This group of presentations is focused on the relationship of the dynastic interpretations and construction history of Tikal...The mix of topics makes specific data and individual investigations a cumulative compilation and worthy contribution to appreciating the unique qualities of Tikal in the story of the ancient Maya. --Anabel Ford, Anthropos 100 (2005)

Tikal certainly must occupy a central place in any approach to lowland Maya civilization--because of its impact on the development of the Classic Maya World, because of its political prominence in that world, and because it is the most extensively investigated of the great Maya cities--[this] is a welcome contribution to our understanding. [It features] new data and new interpretations....Scholars interested in archaic states and complex societies as well as Maya specialists and other Mesoamerican archaeologists will welcome the volume. --John S. Henderson, Cornell University

This group of presentations is focused on the relationship of the dynastic interpretations and construction history of Tikal...The mix of topics makes specific data and individual investigations a cumulative compilation and worthy contribution to appreciating the unique qualities of Tikal in the story of the ancient Maya. --Anabel Ford, Anthropos 100 (2005)