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Oliver G Ricketson

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ID1687632
NAMEOliver G Ricketson
GIVEN NAMESOliver G
FAMILY NAMERicketson
SIGNATURERICKETSON O G
AFFILIATIONSHarvard University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS49
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1925
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1939
H-INDEX4
  • Municipal Organization of an Indian Township in Guatemala

    Open Access•Oliver G Ricketson•ARTICLE•Geographical Review•1939•Cited by: 1

    N highland Guatemala there still exist large Indian communities I without a trace of Spanish blood-islands in a ladino (mestizo)' sea. They owe their existence to various circumstances, some of them easily explicable: an aboriginal population too large for complete racial amalgamation with the white conquerors; a racially selfconscious group, so advanced culturally and so closely knit as to be able to maintain themselves under the impact of the C…

  • Examples of British Honduras Stories, Proverbs and Riddles

    Oliver Ricketson, Oliver G Ricketson•ARTICLE•Folklore•1935

  • An Archeological Reconnaissance by Air in Central America

    Open Access•Oliver Ricketson, Oliver G Ricketson et al.•ARTICLE•Geographical Review•1930•Cited by: 8

  • Notes on Two Maya Astronomic Observatories

    Open Access•Oliver Ricketson, Oliver G Ricketson•ARTICLE•American Anthropologist•1928•Cited by: 5

  • Astronomical Observatories in the Maya Area

    Open Access•Oliver Ricketson, Oliver G Ricketson•ARTICLE•Geographical Review•1928•Cited by: 18

    T HE oldest dated ruins so far discovered in the Maya area lie in the center of the northern portion of the Department of Peten, Guatemala. They were first reported by Dr. Sylvanus G. Morley in I916 who named the site Uaxactun, a combination of two Maya words, uaxac, meaning eight, and tun, meaning stone. This name suggested itself, as Stela 9 in this city is inscribed with a date in the Maya calendric system equivalent to June 10, 68 A. D., the …

  • Burials in the Maya Area

    Open Access•O Ricketson, Oliver G Ricketson•ARTICLE•American Anthropologist•1925•Cited by: 17•References: 7

  • Astronomical Observatories in the Maya Area

    Open Access•Oliver Ricketson, Oliver G Ricketson•ARTICLE•Geographical Review•1928•Cited by: 18

    T HE oldest dated ruins so far discovered in the Maya area lie in the center of the northern portion of the Department of Peten, Guatemala. They were first reported by Dr. Sylvanus G. Morley in I916 who named the site Uaxactun, a combination of two Maya words, uaxac, meaning eight, and tun, meaning stone. This name suggested itself, as Stela 9 in this city is inscribed with a date in the Maya calendric system equivalent to June 10, 68 A. D., the …

  • Burials in the Maya Area

    Open Access•O Ricketson, Oliver G Ricketson•ARTICLE•American Anthropologist•1925•Cited by: 17•References: 7

  • An Archeological Reconnaissance by Air in Central America

    Open Access•Oliver Ricketson, Oliver G Ricketson et al.•ARTICLE•Geographical Review•1930•Cited by: 8

  • Notes on Two Maya Astronomic Observatories

    Open Access•Oliver Ricketson, Oliver G Ricketson•ARTICLE•American Anthropologist•1928•Cited by: 5

  • Municipal Organization of an Indian Township in Guatemala

    Open Access•Oliver G Ricketson•ARTICLE•Geographical Review•1939•Cited by: 1

    N highland Guatemala there still exist large Indian communities I without a trace of Spanish blood-islands in a ladino (mestizo)' sea. They owe their existence to various circumstances, some of them easily explicable: an aboriginal population too large for complete racial amalgamation with the white conquerors; a racially selfconscious group, so advanced culturally and so closely knit as to be able to maintain themselves under the impact of the C…

  • Burials in the Maya Area

    Open Access•O Ricketson, Oliver G Ricketson•ARTICLE•American Anthropologist•1925•Cited by: 17•References: 7

  • Notes on Two Maya Astronomic Observatories

    Open Access•Oliver Ricketson, Oliver G Ricketson•ARTICLE•American Anthropologist•1928•Cited by: 5

  • Astronomical Observatories in the Maya Area

    Open Access•Oliver Ricketson, Oliver G Ricketson•ARTICLE•Geographical Review•1928•Cited by: 18

    T HE oldest dated ruins so far discovered in the Maya area lie in the center of the northern portion of the Department of Peten, Guatemala. They were first reported by Dr. Sylvanus G. Morley in I916 who named the site Uaxactun, a combination of two Maya words, uaxac, meaning eight, and tun, meaning stone. This name suggested itself, as Stela 9 in this city is inscribed with a date in the Maya calendric system equivalent to June 10, 68 A. D., the …

  • An Archeological Reconnaissance by Air in Central America

    Open Access•Oliver Ricketson, Oliver G Ricketson et al.•ARTICLE•Geographical Review•1930•Cited by: 8

  • Examples of British Honduras Stories, Proverbs and Riddles

    Oliver Ricketson, Oliver G Ricketson•ARTICLE•Folklore•1935

  • Municipal Organization of an Indian Township in Guatemala

    Open Access•Oliver G Ricketson•ARTICLE•Geographical Review•1939•Cited by: 1

    N highland Guatemala there still exist large Indian communities I without a trace of Spanish blood-islands in a ladino (mestizo)' sea. They owe their existence to various circumstances, some of them easily explicable: an aboriginal population too large for complete racial amalgamation with the white conquerors; a racially selfconscious group, so advanced culturally and so closely knit as to be able to maintain themselves under the impact of the C…

Archaeology (6 works) · History (5 works) · History (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Latin American history and culture (4 works) · Maya (3 works) · Archaeological and Geological Studies (2 works) · Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond (2 works) · Archaeological Research and Protection (1 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (1 works)

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