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Seibal

The Glyph Group of the Pre-Columbian Society of Philadelphia, led by John Harris, studied monuments from the site of Seibal for a few months during 2008. The Glyph Group of the Pre-Columbian Society of Washington DC took up the same stelas to study. The .pdf files which are accessed here were both stimulated by discussions in these groups and benefited greatly from them. Credits below.

Sections available at this time:
1. Seibal History. Transcriptions of most of the glyphic texts of Seibal. Click here. Revised 22 Sept. 2008
2. Seibal Stela Seriation. Based on dates and features of the imagery. Click here. Revised 22 Sept. 2008.
     Numerous details added, and relative order of stelas 14, 19, and 21 modified 13 & 14 January 2008.
     This table comes in the form of two pages, which are intended to be viewed side-by-side.
3. Dos Pilas & Aguateca references to Seibal. Transcriptions. Click here. Revised 22 Sept. 2008

The groups have made use of an excellent dissertation by Bryan Just
_Ninth-Century Stelae of Machaquilá and Seibal_
which is available at FAMSI here http://www.famsi.org/reports/01050/index.html
Also chapter5 pp.175-196 in Schele and Mathews book _Code of Kings_ titled
"Seibal: The K'atun-Ending Commemoration of Ah-Bolon-Abta Wat'ul-Chatel".

Credits below. All errors remain the fault of the compiler here (Lloyd Anderson).

Members of the Glyph Group of the Pre-Columbian Society of Philadelphia who participated in discussion of these monuments from Seibal:
John Harris -- Brian Ampolsk, Lloyd Anderson, Hutch Kinsman, Chris Kocher, Lynn Matson, Joe McCormick, Jim Murtha, Bob Paulson, Mark Pitts, Naomi Smith, Sean Sweeney

Members of the Glyph Group of the Pre-Columbian Society of Washington DC who participated in discussion of these monuments from Seibal:
Helen Alexander, Lloyd Anderson, Graham Atkinson, Nathan Cahill, Robert Cahill, Bob Carr, Ron Frenette, Bill Puppa,