September 10, 2011 Christopher Jones, PhD: "Personal Discoveries
at Tikal in the
1960’s"
Dr. Chris Jones discussed his experiences during his
four years excavating with the University of Pennsylvania team at Tikal
in the 1960s. In particular, he addressed the Twin Pyramid Groups, the
Marketplace, the Sweatbath, and the Ball Courts.
Dr. Christopher Jones is a former Senior
Research Associate at the University of Pennsylvania Museum. He studied
Maya archaeology and epigraphy under Linton Satterthwaite and William
Coe at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received his PhD. He
excavated for four years at Tikal and two years at Quirigua, both in
Guatemala. His work focuses on the connections between the historical
statements of the inscriptions and the processes of change that can be
observed in archaeological investigation. He is the author of
Inauguration Dates of Three Late Classic Rulers of Tikal Guatemala, in
American Antiquity 42, 1977, The Monuments and Inscriptions of Tikal,
with Linton Satterthwaite, 1982, Deciphering Maya Hieroglyphs, 1984,
and Excavations in the East Plaza of Tikal, Guatemala, 1996. Dr. Jones
is currently completing a report on the Quirigua Acropolis excavations.
His talk was part of the Society picnic at Dr. Jones' home, which was
extremely pleasant. We thank Dr. Jones and his wife Leslie for their
hospitality.
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