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IMS Publications
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Analysis and Evaluation of Lintel Beams in Maya Building Construction
By: Joaquin J. Rodriguez III, PE, SECB
Abstract:
This paper concerns stress analyses and proportional reviews of structural lintel beams in Maya buildings. The lintels reviewed are those built from stone (cursorily) and from wood (in detail). The wood lintels reviewed include simply supported and fixed-ends.
Simply supported lintels are those that just barely rest at each end (jambs) of entryways. Fixed-end lintels are embedded in the masonry wall and at a significant distance. All lintels were used by the Maya to support the heavy masonry of vaulted construction over openings. These openings are found either at the main entrance of buildings or at passages between multiple vaults. In both cases, they are found where the main weight would bear.
This paper involves analytical stress analysis, evaluation of construction techniques and statistical analysis of reduced data. We have taken into consideration a comparison of techniques and levels of technology along a chronological time line and across cultural and political subgroups. We have also attempted an interpretation of cultural trends.
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IMS Journal, Volume 1, Number 1
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Contents:
The Del Rio/Almendariz Report on Palenque: A Recent Acquisition of The J. I. Kislak Collection by Lee Allen Parsons
Maya Ritual Cave Deposits: Recent Insights from the Cueva de los Quetzales (Guatemala) by James E. Brady & Irma Rodas
The Fox in the Andes: South American Myth and the Use of Fox Skins by Elizabeth Benson
Meteor Impact in the Yucatan, Mexico and Worldwide Catastrophe 65 Million Years Ago by Florentin J.M.R. Maurrasse
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IMS Journal, Volume 1, Number 2
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Contents:
Architecture and Architectural Style at Xkipché, Yucatan, Mexico
by George F. Andrews
A Nineteenth Century Mexican Scroll
by Carol Damian
A Love Story between the Moon and the Sun
by Mary H. Preuss
The Ñuiñe Codex from the Colossal natural Bridge on the Ndaxagua: An Early Pictographic Text from the Coixtlahuaca Basin
by Carlos Rincón Mautner
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The IMS Journal is available for $15 each plus $3 shipping and handling.
Outside of the U.S. please add $5 shipping and handling.
Please send check or money order to:
Institute of Maya Studies, Inc.
3280 South Miami Avenue
Miami, Florida 33129
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