ANTH 121 Exam 2 Study Guide Part II

ANTH 121 Exam 2 Study Guide Outline, Part II Dr. Grofe

I. San Bartolo

A. Pre-­‐Classic Maya city discovered in 2001 – Northeast of Tikal.

1. Bill Saturno, working for Corpus Project

a. Looking for sites with Maya writing

b. Led by former looters to San Bartolo

c. Got lost on the way—out of water and food, nearly died.

d. Bill discovered mural in looter’s trench.

2. San Bartolo contains the earliest Maya mural, and only the second

relatively complete Maya mural ever found. ~100 BC.

3. San Bartolo mural contains examples of Pre-­‐Classic Maya script.

4. Earlier phase contains the earliest Maya text ever found ~300-­‐250 BC.

B. Saturno brought in several other researchers:

1. Karl Taube – iconographer who discovered the Maya Maize God.

2. David Stuart-­‐ epigrapher who reads Maya hieroglyphic script.

3. Heather Hurst – artist known for redrawing the other mural in Bonampak.

C. Mural depicts Olmec Maize God on Northern and Western walls.

1. Maize God is dressed by attendants, emerging from cave of sustenance (N wall).

2. Maize God is eventually crowned as protypical king (W wall).

D. North wall begins with five deities emerging from bottle gourd.

1. Bottle gourd is