Ancient Americas at LACMA

From the Collections

Drawing of TIK Temple 1 Lintel 2 Depicting Jasaw Chan K'awiil II Seated Wearing a Mask
Black ink on white paper
Linda Schele
Lintel 2, Structure 5D-1-1st / Temple 1. Jasaw Chan K'awiil II sits atop a litter or palanquin wearing a deity mask while the supernatural Waxaklajuun Ub'aah K'awiil rears above him.
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Blog Landing Page

A "Pile of Rabbits" at LACMA
Matthew Looper and Yuriy Polyukhovych | Sep 12, 2016
​Piecing Together the Past: Excavation and Analysis of an Ancient Maya Cistern
George Bey | Feb 01, 2016
The Communal Role of the Mesoamerican Ballgame
David Anderson and Marijke M. Stoll | Dec 15, 2015
Archives and Illustrations
Meghan Rubenstein | Nov 15, 2015
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Recent Announcements

Film Screening: Aluna at Laemmle's Royal Theatre
Nov 17, 2015
New Permanent Gallery Installation Now Open at LACMA
Aug 25, 2015
Conference: Visual and Textual Dialogues in Colonial Mexico and Europe: The Florentine Codex
Apr 17, 2015
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News

Preparan aplicación de realidad aumentada para la Zona Arqueológica de Tulum
INAH | Apr 01, 2017
Palace Excavated in Oaxaca
Archaeology | Mar 31, 2017
Redescubren imágenes de los murales del Cuarto 3 de Bonampak
INAH | Mar 28, 2017
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