Editing Tikal (section)

===Burials===

[[File:Burial 10 vessel.jpg|thumb|upright|A ceramic censer representing an elderly deity, found in Burial 10<ref>Martin & Grube 2000, p.33.</ref>]]
'''Burial 1''' is a tomb in the Lost World complex. A fine ceramic bowl was recovered from the tomb, with the handle formed from three-dimensional head and neck of a bird emerging from the two-dimensional body painted on the lid.<ref>Miller 1999, pp.193-4.</ref>

'''Burial 10''' is the tomb of [[Yax Nuun Ahiin I]].<ref name=c90/> It is located beneath Structure 34 in the North Acropolis. The tomb contained a rich array of offerings, including ceramic vessels and food, and nine youths were sacrificed to accompany the dead king.<ref name=m32/> A [[Dogs in Mesoamerica|dog]] was also entombed with the deceased king. Pots in the tomb were stuccoed and painted and many demonstrated a blend of Maya and Teotihuacan styles.<ref name=m96/> Among the offerings was an incense-burner in the shape of an elderly underworld god, sitting on a stool made of human bones and holding a severed head in his hands.<ref>Drew 1999, p.197.</ref> The tomb was sealed with a corbel vault, then the pyramid was built on top.<ref name=m32/>

'''Burial 48''' is generally accepted as the tomb of [[Sihyaj Chan Kʼawiil II]]. It is located beneath Temple 33 in the North Acropolis.<ref name=mg36/><ref name=c91>Coe 1999, p.91.</ref> The chamber of the tomb was cut from the bedrock and contained the remains of the king himself together with those of two adolescents who had been sacrificed in order to accompany the deceased ruler.<ref name=c91/> The walls of the tomb were covered with white stucco painted with hieroglyphs that included the Long Count date equivalent to 20 March 457, probably the date of either the death or interment of the king.<ref name=c94>Coe 1999, p.94.</ref> The king's skeleton was missing its skull, its [[femur]]s and one of its hands while the skeletons of the sacrificial victims were intact.<ref name=m78/>

'''Burial 85''' dates to the Late Preclassic and was enclosed by a platform, with a primitive corbel vault. The tomb contained a single male skeleton, which lacked a skull and its thighbones.<ref name=d187>Drew 1999, p.187.</ref><ref name=c75>Coe 1999, p.75.</ref> The dynastic founder of Tikal, [[Yax Ehb Xook]], has been linked to this tomb, which lies deep in the heart of the North Acropolis.<ref name=d187/> The deceased had probably died in battle with his body being mutilated by his enemies before being recovered and interred by his followers. The bones were wrapped carefully in textiles to form an upright bundle.<ref>Coe 1999, pp.75-6.</ref> The missing head was replaced by a small [[greenstone (archaeology)|greenstone]] mask with shell-inlaid teeth and eyes and bearing a three-pointed royal headband.<ref name=d187/><ref name=c76>Coe 1999, p.76.</ref> This head wears an emblem of rulership on its forehead and is a rare Preclassic lowland Maya portrait of a king.<ref name=m89/> Among the contents of the tomb were a [[stingray]] spine, a [[spondylus]] shell and twenty-six ceramic vessels.<ref name=c76/>

'''Burial 116''' is the tomb of [[Jasaw Chan Kʼawiil I]]. It is a large vaulted chamber deep within the pyramid, below the level of the Great Plaza. The tomb contained rich offerings of [[jadeite]], ceramics, shell and works of art. The body of the king was covered with large quantities of jade ornaments including an enormous necklace with especially large beads, as depicted in sculpted portraits of the king. One of the outstanding pieces recovered from the tomb was an ornate jade [[mosaic]] vessel with the lid bearing a sculpted portrait of the king himself.<ref>Sharer & Traxler 2006, pp.397-399.</ref>

'''Burial 195''' was flooded with mud in antiquity. This flood had covered wooden objects that had completely rotted away by the time the tomb was excavated, leaving hollows in the dried mud. Archaeologists filled these hollows with stucco and thus excavated four effigies of the god [[Kʼawiil]], the wooden originals long gone.<ref>Martin & Grube 2000, p.41.</ref><ref>Miller 1999, p.216.</ref>

'''Burial 196''' is a Late Classic royal tomb that contained a jade mosaic vessel topped with the head of the Maize God.<ref name="Coe 1999, p.104"/>