BELIZE ARCHAEOLOGY

 

Association for Belizean Archaeology, Warlords and maize men: A guide to the Maya sites of Belize : covers Altun Ha, CARACOL, Cerros, Cuello, LAMANAI, Lubaantun, Nim Li Punit, Nohmul, Pacbitun, Pilar, Santa Rita, Uxbenka,

 

XUNANTUNICH. 82 pages, ample illustrations, the best archaeological guide to all the major sites of BELIZE.

 

RICE, Don, The archaeology of British Honduras: A review and synthesis (Occasional publications in anthropology) , 1974, 164 p. Covers Pusilha, Lubaantun, Benque Viejo (Xunantunich), Barton Ramie, Santa Rita (site with famous fresco), Caracol, and others. Katunob edition, helpful bibliography, illustrated.

 

SATTERTHWAITE, Linton, RECONNAISSANCE IN BRITISH HONDURAS photographs and descriptions of the Maya sites of Cahal Pech, Benque Viejo (Xunantunich), and Caracol. Features photographs of the stucco-decorated astronomical frieze at Xunantunich just after its discovery - not published widely elsewhere. Issue also reports on excavations of King Midas's capital. University Museum Bulletin, Vol. 16, No. 1, 1951,

 

 

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