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WELCOME!

WELCOME!. to TAK’ALIK AB’AJ 2012. … end of 13 Baktun coming up!!!. El Mirador 2011. El Mirador 2011. Tak’alik Ab’aj 2012. “Mr Cernikovsky’s Friends of Archaeology” WELCOME !!!. October 2012: 2,500 years old royal tomb found at

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WELCOME!

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  1. WELCOME! to TAK’ALIK AB’AJ 2012

  2. … end of 13 Baktun coming up!!!

  3. El Mirador 2011

  4. El Mirador 2011

  5. Tak’alik Ab’aj 2012 “Mr Cernikovsky’s Friends of Archaeology” WELCOME !!!

  6. October 2012:2,500 years old royal tomb found at Tak’alik Ab’aj, the oldest so far found in Mesoamerica

  7. Tak’alik Ab’aj……a privileged visit… with Doctora Marion Popenoe de Hatch

  8. Dr Wilson Popenoe • Botanist, plant explorer, came to Guatemala in 1916 • Created the Zamorano School for the United Fruit Company in Honduras, the foremost agricultural school in Central America • Bought a ruined 17th century house in Antigua and restored it • Now, the “Popenoe House” is owned by the Universidad Fransisco Marroquin”

  9. Dra Marion • Founded the Archaeology Department at Universidad del Valle • Works at Tak’alik Ab’aj a week a month • Is an analyst of ceramics recuperated from the excavations • Works in two labs, one at UVG and one at Tak’alik Ab’aj and she will give you a glimpse of that tomorrow

  10. WELCOME! to TAK’ALIK AB’AJ

  11. ¿What is known about Takalik Abaj?

  12. Themes of the presentation • Origins of TA • Function of TA • Intellectual achievements … astronomical observatory • History of TA • How ceramics give information

  13. Why was it founded there? • Fertile soils? • Defense? • Resources? • Commerce?

  14. Trade routes: 800 B.C.-100 A.D.

  15. Map of Takalik Abaj

  16. Trade routes: 800 B.C.-100 A.D.

  17. Ocós ceramics: 1500-1000 B.C.

  18. Cuadros ceramics (Olmec): 1200-900 B.C.

  19. What is “Olmec”? • Early culture in Mesoamérica (1200-500 B.C.) 2. Sculptural style from the Gulf of México. 3. Non-Maya ethnic group. 4. Early ideology in Mesoamérica.

  20. OlmecFigures

  21. Olmec figures

  22. Shook Altar South Coast

  23. Takalik Abaj: Olmec Monuments

  24. TakalikAbaj: Mon. 64

  25. Takalik Abaj: Maya sculptures

  26. TakalikAbaj: Estela 5

  27. Takalik Abaj: Stela 13

  28. Takalik Abaj: Potbelly sculpture

  29. Takalik Abaj: a trade center

  30. Olmec sites: 1200-600 B.C.

  31. Trade Routes: 800 B.C.-100 A.D.

  32. Takalik Abaj and the Maya Calendar

  33. Map of Takalik Abaj

  34. Takalik Abaj: Structure 7

  35. Takalik Abaj: Structure 7

  36. Takalik Abaj: Observatory

  37. Takalik Abaj: Stela 13

  38. Takalik Abaj: Stela 13

  39. Offering in front of Estela 13

  40. Radical change in orientation 150 D.C.

  41. Takalik Abaj: Observatory

  42. Takalik Abaj: Stela 13

  43. Takalik Abaj: Observatory 200 A.D.

  44. TakalikAbaj: Altar 46

  45. TakalikAbaj: Estela 5

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