Abstract

David A. Freidel
A Late Preclassic Monumental Mayan Mask at Cerros, Northern Belize
Journal of Field Archaeology 4 (1977) 488--491

Excavation in a small pyramid at the lowland Maya site of Cerros has brought to light a well-preserved polychrome painted stucco façade dominated by a monumental mask. The façade constituted the first well-preserved example of Late Preclassic Maya architectural decoration exposed since discovery of Str. E-VII-sub at Uaxactun, Guatemala, in 1927. Salient details concerning the façade's context, dating and iconographic significance are reported.

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