Category: Non-LDS Sources
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The Inscriptions from Temple XIX at Palenque
A 200 page book discussing the art and writings found with Temple XIX at Palenque including translations. Interestingly passages S-7 and S-7 use variations of the common Book of Mormon phrase “it came to pass” David Stuart 2005 Stuart, David. The Inscriptions from Temple XIX at Palenque. San Francisco: Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute, 2005. Read more
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CULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF WARFARE IN THE MAYA WORLD
Archaeological studies worldwide have revealed a wide range of cultural contexts within which practices of violence and warfare have occurred. In Mesoamerica, ongoing studies have enriched our understanding of social contexts of violence and warfare in Maya societies. This expanding body of field data allows deeper exploration of the ways violence was intricately linked to Read more
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CLASSIC MAYA WARFARE AND WEAPONS: Spear, dart, and arrow points of Aguateca and Copan
this article discusses spear, dart, and arrow points used by the Classic Maya elites at the rapidly abandoned fortified city ofAguateca, Guatemala, and their temporal and spatial distribution patterns in and around Copan, Honduras. Both the royal familyand elite scribes/artists at Aguateca used spear and dart points for intergroup human conflict as well as for Read more
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Wild Silk: An Introduction
The paper provides an overview of the historical and contemporary significance of wild silk across various regions, emphasizing its use in ancient civilizations, trade networks, and modern production. Wild silk, derived from local silkmoths, has played a crucial role in textiles from the Eastern Mediterranean to India and Africa. While the Americas are not mentioned, Read more
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Rehabilitating Becan
David Webster 2021 Webster D, Ball JW. REHABILITATING BECÁN. Ancient Mesoamerica. 2021;32(3):371-395. doi:10.1017/S0956536121000262 Read more
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Defensive Barricades of the Maya
Christopher Hernandez 2016 Hernandez, Christopher. (2016). Defensive Barricades of the Maya. 10.1007/978-94-007-7747-7_10086. Read more
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Lowland Maya Fortifications
David Webster 1976 Webster, David. “Lowland Maya Fortifications.” Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 120, no. 5 (1976): 361–71. http://www.jstor.org/stable/986267. Read more
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Tactical and Stategic Landscapes: A Study of Maya Fortifications at Tzunun, Chiapas, Mexico
Christopher Hernandez Although studies of warfare are now common in Maya archaeology, much remains to be learned about strategy, tactics, and various other practical factors in the process of making war. An emphasis on the concrete and practical is necessary to both acknowledge agency and understand how conflict relates to the human experience. Through an Read more
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The Book of Isaiah in Fifteen Studies
Robinson, George L. (George Livingston) 1910 Read more