William A Saturno
Biographic Data
| ID | 237615 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William A Saturno |
| GIVEN NAMES | William A |
| FAMILY NAME | Saturno |
| SIGNATURE | SATURNO W A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Archaeology Department Boston University Boston MA 02215 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Time to Rule
This chapter presents an archaeology of the Las Pinturas complex at the site of San Bartolo, Guatemala, where recent excavations have revealed three well-known architectural forms overlaid in close context—a ballcourt, an E Group, and a triadic complex. The developmental sequence of these architectural complexes highlights both significant changes and continuities in ceremonial expression during the final four centuries of the Preclassic Period (…
The Nature and Origins of Linear Features in the Bajo de Azúcar, Guatemala
Scholars have long puzzled over the ancient human use of swampy depressions (bajos) in the interior part of the Maya Lowlands. Part of this debate has centered on the reputed, but undocumented, existence of canals in the bajos of the northeastern Peten District of Guatemala. We report on the use of satellite imagery along with fieldwork to reveal numerous linear features in the Bajo de Azúcar, the largest bajo in the northeast Peten. We conducted…
Maya Codex Book Production and the Politics of Expertise
The discovery of mural paintings at the Classic Maya site of Xultun, Guatemala, provides an important context for the study of ancient literacy and writing in practice. The mural chamber was a place of writing where the hands of multiple scribes recorded events and astronomical tabulations on walls that were also painted with portraits of ritual specialists and the reigning king. We present evidence suggesting that creation and inscription of ind…
Shifting Patterns of Maya Social Complexity through Time
Reconstruction of ancestral temple for a fu (Fu Hao), Anyang, Xiaotun 258 12.3.The afterlife of things: charioteer and chariot in Yinxu site-museum chariot display 259 12.4.Chariots of the ancestors: Anyang, Angang steel works 262 FIGURES xiv 12.5.A dog death-attendant with bronze bell on top of tomb chamber, Sipanmo, Anyang 12.6.Lu: inscribed trophy deer skull, and antler arrowhead 12.7.Niu: inscribed oracle-bone, and hairpin 13.1.Locations disc…
Maya Codex Book Production and the Politics of Expertise
The discovery of mural paintings at the Classic Maya site of Xultun, Guatemala, provides an important context for the study of ancient literacy and writing in practice. The mural chamber was a place of writing where the hands of multiple scribes recorded events and astronomical tabulations on walls that were also painted with portraits of ritual specialists and the reigning king. We present evidence suggesting that creation and inscription of ind…
The Nature and Origins of Linear Features in the Bajo de Azúcar, Guatemala
Scholars have long puzzled over the ancient human use of swampy depressions (bajos) in the interior part of the Maya Lowlands. Part of this debate has centered on the reputed, but undocumented, existence of canals in the bajos of the northeastern Peten District of Guatemala. We report on the use of satellite imagery along with fieldwork to reveal numerous linear features in the Bajo de Azúcar, the largest bajo in the northeast Peten. We conducted…
Shifting Patterns of Maya Social Complexity through Time
Reconstruction of ancestral temple for a fu (Fu Hao), Anyang, Xiaotun 258 12.3.The afterlife of things: charioteer and chariot in Yinxu site-museum chariot display 259 12.4.Chariots of the ancestors: Anyang, Angang steel works 262 FIGURES xiv 12.5.A dog death-attendant with bronze bell on top of tomb chamber, Sipanmo, Anyang 12.6.Lu: inscribed trophy deer skull, and antler arrowhead 12.7.Niu: inscribed oracle-bone, and hairpin 13.1.Locations disc…
Maya Codex Book Production and the Politics of Expertise
The discovery of mural paintings at the Classic Maya site of Xultun, Guatemala, provides an important context for the study of ancient literacy and writing in practice. The mural chamber was a place of writing where the hands of multiple scribes recorded events and astronomical tabulations on walls that were also painted with portraits of ritual specialists and the reigning king. We present evidence suggesting that creation and inscription of ind…
The Nature and Origins of Linear Features in the Bajo de Azúcar, Guatemala
Scholars have long puzzled over the ancient human use of swampy depressions (bajos) in the interior part of the Maya Lowlands. Part of this debate has centered on the reputed, but undocumented, existence of canals in the bajos of the northeastern Peten District of Guatemala. We report on the use of satellite imagery along with fieldwork to reveal numerous linear features in the Bajo de Azúcar, the largest bajo in the northeast Peten. We conducted…
Time to Rule
This chapter presents an archaeology of the Las Pinturas complex at the site of San Bartolo, Guatemala, where recent excavations have revealed three well-known architectural forms overlaid in close context—a ballcourt, an E Group, and a triadic complex. The developmental sequence of these architectural complexes highlights both significant changes and continuities in ceremonial expression during the final four centuries of the Preclassic Period (…
Archaeology (4 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · History (3 works) · Maya (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Excavation (2 works) · Latin American history and culture (2 works) · Law (2 works)