This volume reports on excavations carried out by Peter D. Harrison in
the early 1960s in the West Plaza of the Maya center of Tikal,
Guatemala. Primarily descriptive in nature, this work is an important
compliment to Tikal Report No. 14: Excavations in the Great Plaza, North
Terrace, and North Acropolis of Tikal, by William R. Coe. The West Plaza
was originally the western portion of the Great Plaza until construction
of Great Temple II separated it. Subsequently, the West Plaza took on
its own identity.
This report presents data from these investigations no longer
retrievable in the field and, therefore, of importance to anyone
interested in the development of Tikal's epicenter.
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