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This is a list of Native American archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania.. Historic sites in the United States qualify to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places by passing one or more of four different criteria; Criterion D permits the inclusion of proven and potential archaeological sites. [1]
Temple of Inscriptions. The Temple of the Inscriptions (Classic Maya: Bʼolon Yej Teʼ Naah (Mayan pronunciation: [ɓolon jex teʔ naːh]) "House of the Nine Sharpened Spears" [1]) is the largest Mesoamerican stepped pyramid structure at the pre-Columbian Maya civilization site of Palenque, located in the modern-day state of Chiapas, Mexico.
The structure is a funerary temple associated with Jasaw Chan Kʼawiil I, a Classic Period ruler of the polity based at Tikal, who ruled from AD 682–734. [4] The tomb of this ruler has been located by archaeologists deep within the structure, [5] the tomb having been built first with the temple being raised over it.
Excavations in the Great Plaza, North Terrace, and North Acropolis of Tikal. Tikal Reports. Vol. 1. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology. ISBN 0934718660. OCLC 19773607. Drew, David (1999). The Lost Chronicles of the Mayan Kings (hardback). London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-297-81699-3. OCLC 43401096.
Located along Job Creek, [2]: 5 the site was known since the late 1960s to local artifact collectors as a valuable collection location. Significant artifacts were discovered by landowner Richard T. Foley in 1971, when he began to plow part of the site to expand his garden. Having found bits of flint, bone, and pottery, Foley contacted local ...
The weapons dated back at least 1,500 years, officials said. Excavations of the forest area found no bones or other artifacts, indicating the site was not a grave.
A man found frozen in a Pennsylvania cave in 1977 has finally been identified, closing the book on a nearly 50-year-long mystery. The Berks County Coroner’s Office identified the remains of the ...
"Project Tikal", as it was named at the time, was first proposed by the University of Pennsylvania in 1949. [3] Founded on May 26, 1955, Tikal National Park was established under government decree by the Ministry of Education, via the Instituto de Antropología e Historia, advised by Dr. Adolfo Molina Orantes and under the government of Carlos Castillo Armas.