Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history; (1904) (14598157747)

Identifier: mexicancentralam28bowd (find matches)
Title: Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Bowditch, Charles P(ickering), 1842- (from old catalog) ed Seler, Eduard, 1849-1922 Förstemann, Ernst Wilhelm, 1822-1906 Schellhas, Paul, 1859- (from old catalog) Sapper, Karl Theodor, 1866- (from old catalog) Dieseldorff, Erwin P. (from old catalog) Wesselhoeft, Selma, (from old catalog) tr Parker, Alberta M., (from old catalog) tr Jay I. Kislak Reference Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
Subjects: Maya calendar Calendar
Publisher: Washington, Gov't print. off.
Contributing Library: Internet Archive
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Oaxaca, and describes first what he saw of Maya ruins inthe little explored region of northeastern Yucatan, from Cape Ca-toche to Tulum, and in the islands off that coast, Cozumel, Mugeres,etc.; then follows an account of a brief visit to Uxmal, Izamal, andChichen-Itza. The rest of the journey (Palenque, Oaxaca) is re-served for a later number. The Avhole is a very welcome report onthe extant buildings, together with a very clear survey of Mayaarchitecture in general, which verifies and supplements much that isalready known. I wish especially to mention the large number ofillustrations accompanying it, among which I call particular atten-tion to the plans of the site of Uxmal and Chichen-Itza and a generalview of the ruins, which for the first time give us a really clear com-prehension of these magnificent ruined piles. They have been published as a Memoir of the Peabody Museum, vol. II, n. 2, C. T. THE INSCRIPTION ON THE CROSS OFt PALENQUE BV E. FORSTEMANN 545 7238—No. 28—05 35 I
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THE INSCRIPTION ON THE CROSS OF PALENQUE By E. Forstemann It is high time for science to occup) itself with the meaning of themost famous inscription of ancient America, even though it will bea long time before a complete decipherment of this monument can beachieved. The ruins of Palenque have been known since the middle of thelast century, and as early as 1787 they were investigated and partlysketched by Antonio del Rio. The inscription on the Cross, in par-ticular, early aroused the attention of the amateur and the scientist.Since the beginning of our century it has been mentioned frequently,discussed superficially, and copied many times. Especially throughthe admirable drawing in J. L. Stephenss Incidents of Travel inCentral America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, this monument has becomewidely known since 1841. But the question as to the real meaning of this tablet (plate xli)has been approached with great hesitation, although it was clear atthe first glance that the middle part represente