Tikal
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Location Tikal, Guatemala   map
Date 200 to 800   timeline
Building Type city, ceremonial complex
 Construction System cut stone masonry
Climate tropical
Style Mayan - Pre-Columbian
Notes Note Temple I, the Giant Jaguar, and Temple IV.
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Sir Banister Fletcher. A History of Architecture. London: The Butterworth Group, 1987. ISBN 0-408-01587-X. LC 86-31761. NA200.F63 1987. north acropolis perspective drawing, p675. H. Stanley Loten. [DP] — The classic text of architectural history. Expanded 1996 edition available at Amazon.com

Doris Heyden and Paul Gendrop. Pre-Columbian Architecture of Mesoamerica. translated by Judith Stanton. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1973. partial view of the North Acropolis showing Temple I and the Central Acropolis in background, f113, p109.

Dennis Sharp, ed. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Architects and Architecture. New York: Whitney Library of Design, an imprint of Watson-Guptil Publications, 1991. ISBN 0-8230-2539-X. color photo of exterior showing Temple I and Temple IV, p195.

Henri Stierlin. Comprendre L'Architecture Universelle. Paris: Office du Livre S.A. Fribourg (suisse), 1977. elevation drawing of temple two, fig b, p433. section drawing of temple one, fig a, p433. elevation drawing of temple one, fig a, p433. plan drawing of temple one, fig a, p433. site plan drawing, p432.

Kevin Matthews. The Great Buildings Collection on CD-ROM. Artifice, 2001. ISBN 0-9667098-4-5.— Available at Amazon.com


 

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