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Number 36                                January 1978

STUDIES IN ANCIENT MESOAMERICA, III

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CONTRIBUTIONS

OF THE

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH FACILITY

Number 36

January 1978

STUDIES IN ANCIENT MESOAMERICA, m

edited by

John A. Graham

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Department of Anthropology

Berkeley

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Seven Colima Tombs: An Interpretation of Ceramic Content,

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Actual and Implied Visual Space in Maya Vase Painting: A Study
of Double Images and Two-Headed Compound Creatures,

by Jacinto Quirarte .27

A Tenth Cycle Sculpture from Alta Verapaz, Guatemala,

by BrianD. Dillon                                             39

The Statue of La Morelia,

by John L. Clark .47
A Mayan Planetary Observation,

by James A. Fox and John S. Justeson .55

Obsidian Distribution and Provenience in the Central Highlands and
Coast of Peru During the Preceramic Period,

by Richard L. Burger and Frank Asaro .61
Abaj Takalik 1976: Exploratory Investigations,

by J.A. Graham, R. F. Heizer, and E. M. Shook .85
The Abaj Takalik Site Map,

by Colin I. Busby and Mark C. Johnson .111