Altar de Sacrificios Volume 64, number 1, 2 and 3 by Willey, Gordon Randolph (1913-2002) and John A Graham - 1972

Volume 64 in 3 parts. Part 1: Artifacts xiv+175 pages with tables, figures, photographs, drawings, illustrations and bibliography; Part 2: Hieroglyphic Inscriptions and Monumental Art x+123 pages with map, figures, drawings, illustrations, photographs and tables; Part 3: General Summary and Conclusions x+85 pages with maps, tables, figures, drawings, appendix and bibliography. First editions. Altar de Sacrificios is a ceremonial center and archaeological site of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, situated near the confluence of the Pasión and Salinas Rivers (where they combine to form the Usumacinta River), in the present-day department of Petén, Guatemala. Along with Seibal and Dos Pilas, Altar de Sacrificios is one of the better-known and most intensively-excavated sites in the region, although the site itself does not seem to have been a major political force in the Late Classic period. The site was first discovered in 1895 by Teoberto Maler. Sylvanus Morley described the hieroglyphic inscriptions of Altar de Sacrificios in his 1938 work The Inscriptions of Peten. It was also visited by Frans Blom in 1928. The site was investigated by archaeologists A. Ledyard Smith and Gordon Willey of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology from 1958 to 1963. Since 2016, an international team lead by Lycoming College has continued to map and excavate Altar de Sacrificios and its surrounding area. Condition: Lightly soiled else a very good set.