NOTE FROM THE EDITOR 1
ANNOUNCEMENTS 2
SITE-SEEING: NOTES FROM THE FIELD:
THE PAINTED TOMB AT TIKAL
by Edwin M. Shook and Alfred Kidder II
3
GOSSIP COLUMN
by Lady Sharp Tongue 11
SKULL RITUALS AND PLAZA PLAN 4 AT TIKAL: LOWLAND MAYA MORTUARY
PATTERNS
by Marshal Joseph Becker
12
CHECK IT OUT! THE MUSEUM LIBRARY REPORT
by Anita
Fahringer
42
GRAMMAR IN THE SCRIPT: CVC AND NONCVC/DERIVED TRANSITIVE VERB
CONSTRUCTIONS
by Hutch Kinsman 45
THE GLYPH COLUMN: TILOOM: THE SUPERSAJAL OF LA PASADITA
by John Harris 57