AMCS Reprint Series 6

Balankanche, Throne of the Tiger Priest

By E. Wyllys Andrews IV

Middle American Research Institute
Tulane University
1970
(AMCS Reprint 2005)

7.5 by 10.25 inches, xii+182 pages, softbound, plus CD


The archaeological report on Gruta de Balankanche, the most significant Maya cave site in Yucatán state. The book includes a transcription of Maya religious orations recorded in the cave, as well as their translation into Spanish. Some of the orations are on the music-format CD included in the book.


Table of Contents
1 Introduction
9 General Description of the Remains
19 Detailed descriptions of the pottery and artifacts
56 Geographical and Chronological Relationships of the Cave Artifacts
65 Summary and Conclusions
72 The ceremony of Tsikul T'an Ti' Yuntsiloob at Balankanche. Description of the ceremony by Alfredo Barrera Vásquez.
75 The ceremony of Tsikul T'an Ti' Yuntsiloob at Balankanche. Transcription and translation of the Maya texts by Ramón Arzápalo.
181 References

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