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, out of print

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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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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