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Under a Falling Star

其他書名	The Hiatus at Tikal
出版	La Trobe University, 2002
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=nYrUtgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋The Hiatus of Tikal describes a period of 135 years, from AD 557 to 692, when no monuments were carved at the ancient Maya city of Tikal, Guatemala. The Hiatus also coincides with a cultural shift, from the Early to the Late Classic periods. Traditionally, these changes, and the general impoverishment of Tikal, have been seen as the result of a defeat to the city's enemies in 562, as recorded in a text from the site of Caracol. However, by paying close attention to both the hieroglyphic texts and the archaeology that describes this period, it can be shown that the defeat of 562 was only that of the king of Tikal. The city was sacked by enemies, but only in 657, as given in another text. A previously overlooked monument at the site will be shown to have been carved in this very period. The Hiatus of Tikal is also shown to have been associated with Tikal's evolving relationship with its erstwhile patron, the great Mexican metropolis of Teotihuacan.