Gair Tourtellot
Biographic Data
| ID | 111315 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gair Tourtellot |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gair |
| FAMILY NAME | Tourtellot |
| SIGNATURE | TOURTELLOT G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 131 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Water and Ritual
Exploring heaven on earth
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Discovery of two predicted Ancient Maya sites in Belize
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No slow dusk
The 1998 excavations at the Maya city of La Milpa have revealed important structures of the ruling élite, including several throne rooms, but also evidence for a sudden cessation of élite activity when the occupation was at its height. Extensive mapping suggests a population of some 46,000 over a short period in the 8th and 9th centuries AD
The Aztecs, Maya and Their Predecessors
The Third Edition of this highly successful introduction to the archaeology of Mesoamerica includes full coverage of the Aztec and Maya areas in one volume. Beginning with the settling of the New World and continuing through the Spanish conquest of Mesoamerica in 1521, this completely updated textbook includes the deciphering of Maya hieroglyphs, the dynamic history of the Maya, the new royal tomb excavated at Copan, Honduras, important new disco…
Mapping La Milpa
The first major season of field operations at this major Lowland Maya site, located on the eastern edge of the Classic Maya core area, has revealed a great deal of information about the layout of the site and also demonstrated that its history was a long one
Intensive Surface Collection of Residential Clusters at Terminal Classic Sayil, Yucatan, Mexico
Information from intensive surface collections at the urban center of Sayil in the hill country of SW Yucatan, Mexico, has begun to elucidate the complex interaction of settlement, environment, and demography in a dry and demanding tropical lowland setting. Fine-grained surface collection techniques outlined in this report have produced a detailed picture of the distribution of artifacts within one portion of the site and provide the foundation f…
Maya Postclassic State Formation
Mexica Buried Offerings
Animal Use by the Cozumel Maya
Archeology
Maya History and Religion
Exchange Systems among the Ancient Maya
Most studies of trade in the Maya area of Mesoamerica have been descriptive examinations of exchanged objects and have relied heavily on ethnohistoric sources. This paper, on the other hand, relies mainly on archaeological data and offers several hypotheses about the socio-political significance of intra- and inter-community exchange systems.It is proposed that in the relatively uniform environment of the Maya Lowlands, subsistence arti-facts and…
Spanish Majolica in the New World
Exchange Systems among the Ancient Maya
Most studies of trade in the Maya area of Mesoamerica have been descriptive examinations of exchanged objects and have relied heavily on ethnohistoric sources. This paper, on the other hand, relies mainly on archaeological data and offers several hypotheses about the socio-political significance of intra- and inter-community exchange systems.It is proposed that in the relatively uniform environment of the Maya Lowlands, subsistence arti-facts and…
Intensive Surface Collection of Residential Clusters at Terminal Classic Sayil, Yucatan, Mexico
Information from intensive surface collections at the urban center of Sayil in the hill country of SW Yucatan, Mexico, has begun to elucidate the complex interaction of settlement, environment, and demography in a dry and demanding tropical lowland setting. Fine-grained surface collection techniques outlined in this report have produced a detailed picture of the distribution of artifacts within one portion of the site and provide the foundation f…
The Aztecs, Maya and Their Predecessors
The Third Edition of this highly successful introduction to the archaeology of Mesoamerica includes full coverage of the Aztec and Maya areas in one volume. Beginning with the settling of the New World and continuing through the Spanish conquest of Mesoamerica in 1521, this completely updated textbook includes the deciphering of Maya hieroglyphs, the dynamic history of the Maya, the new royal tomb excavated at Copan, Honduras, important new disco…
Mapping La Milpa
The first major season of field operations at this major Lowland Maya site, located on the eastern edge of the Classic Maya core area, has revealed a great deal of information about the layout of the site and also demonstrated that its history was a long one
No slow dusk
The 1998 excavations at the Maya city of La Milpa have revealed important structures of the ruling élite, including several throne rooms, but also evidence for a sudden cessation of élite activity when the occupation was at its height. Extensive mapping suggests a population of some 46,000 over a short period in the 8th and 9th centuries AD
Discovery of two predicted Ancient Maya sites in Belize
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Animal Use by the Cozumel Maya
Exploring heaven on earth
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Maya Postclassic State Formation
Spanish Majolica in the New World
Spanish Majolica in the New World
Maya History and Religion
Exchange Systems among the Ancient Maya
Most studies of trade in the Maya area of Mesoamerica have been descriptive examinations of exchanged objects and have relied heavily on ethnohistoric sources. This paper, on the other hand, relies mainly on archaeological data and offers several hypotheses about the socio-political significance of intra- and inter-community exchange systems.It is proposed that in the relatively uniform environment of the Maya Lowlands, subsistence arti-facts and…
Archeology
Animal Use by the Cozumel Maya
Mexica Buried Offerings
Intensive Surface Collection of Residential Clusters at Terminal Classic Sayil, Yucatan, Mexico
Information from intensive surface collections at the urban center of Sayil in the hill country of SW Yucatan, Mexico, has begun to elucidate the complex interaction of settlement, environment, and demography in a dry and demanding tropical lowland setting. Fine-grained surface collection techniques outlined in this report have produced a detailed picture of the distribution of artifacts within one portion of the site and provide the foundation f…
Maya Postclassic State Formation
Mapping La Milpa
The first major season of field operations at this major Lowland Maya site, located on the eastern edge of the Classic Maya core area, has revealed a great deal of information about the layout of the site and also demonstrated that its history was a long one
The Aztecs, Maya and Their Predecessors
The Third Edition of this highly successful introduction to the archaeology of Mesoamerica includes full coverage of the Aztec and Maya areas in one volume. Beginning with the settling of the New World and continuing through the Spanish conquest of Mesoamerica in 1521, this completely updated textbook includes the deciphering of Maya hieroglyphs, the dynamic history of the Maya, the new royal tomb excavated at Copan, Honduras, important new disco…
No slow dusk
The 1998 excavations at the Maya city of La Milpa have revealed important structures of the ruling élite, including several throne rooms, but also evidence for a sudden cessation of élite activity when the occupation was at its height. Extensive mapping suggests a population of some 46,000 over a short period in the 8th and 9th centuries AD
Discovery of two predicted Ancient Maya sites in Belize
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Exploring heaven on earth
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Water and Ritual
Archaeology (13 works) · Geography (10 works) · History (10 works) · Maya (10 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 works) · Latin American history and culture (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · History (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works)