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Author : John Eric Sidney Thompson
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 27,27 MB
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806122472
In this volume, a distinguished Maya scholar seeks to correlate data from colonial writings and observations of the modern Indian with archaeological information in order to extend and clarify the panorama of Maya culture.
Author : Jackie Maloy
Publisher : C. Press/F. Watts Trade
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,12 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9780531241103
Provides information about the ancient Maya, discussing farming, daily life, beliefs, and other related topics.
Author : Lynn V. Foster
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 13,7 MB
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195183634
This comprehensive and accessible reference explores the greatest and most mysterious of civilizations, hailed for its contributions to science, mathematics, and technology. Each chapter is supplemented by an extensive bibliography as well as photos, original line drawings, and maps.
Author : Lewis Spence
Publisher : New York : AMS Press
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 31,42 MB
Release : 1908
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Author : Arthur Demarest
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 21,47 MB
Release : 2004-12-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521533904
Ancient Maya comes to life in this new holistic and theoretical study.
Author : Walter R. T. Witschey
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 13,23 MB
Release : 2015-12-24
Category : History
ISBN : 0759122865
Encyclopedia of the Ancient Maya offers an A-to-Z overview of the ancient Maya culture from its inception around 3000 BC to the Spanish Conquest after AD 1600. Over two hundred entries written by more than sixty researchers explore subjects ranging from food, clothing, and shelter to the sophisticated calendar and now-deciphered Maya writing system. They bring special attention to environmental concerns and climate variation; fresh understandings of shifting power dynamics and dynasties; and the revelations from emerging field techniques (such as LiDAR remote sensing) and newly explored sites (such as La Corona, Tamchen, and Yaxnohkah). This one-volume reference is an essential companion for students studying ancient civilizations, as well as a perfect resource for those planning to visit the Maya area. Cross-referencing, topical and alphabetical lists of entries, and a comprehensive index help readers find relevant details. Suggestions for further reading conclude each entry, while sidebars profile historical figures who have shaped Maya research. Maps highlight terrain, archaeological sites, language distribution, and more; over fifty photographs complement the volume.
Author : Tatiana Proskouriakoff
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 43,29 MB
Release : 2011-01-19
Category : History
ISBN : 0292786069
Tatiana Proskouriakoff, a preeminent student of the Maya, made many breakthroughs in deciphering Maya writing, particularly in demonstrating that the glyphs record the deeds of actual human beings, not gods or priests. This discovery opened the way for a history of the Maya, a monumental task that Proskouriakoff was engaged in before her death in 1985. Her work, Maya History, has been made ready for press by the able editorship of Rosemary Joyce. Maya History reconstructs the Classic Maya period (roughly A.D. 250-900) from the glyphic record on stelae at numerous sites, including Altar de Sacrificios, Copan, Dos Pilas, Naranjo, Piedras Negras, Quirigua, Tikal, and Yaxchilan. Proskouriakoff traces the spread of governmental institutions from the central Peten, especially from Tikal, to other city-states by conquest and intermarriage. Thirteen line drawings of monuments and over three hundred original drawings of glyphs amplify the text.
Author : Simon Martin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 543 pages
File Size : 50,91 MB
Release : 2020-06-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1108483887
With new readings of ancient texts, Ancient Maya Politics unlocks the long-enigmatic political system of the Classic Maya.
Author : Elin C. Danien
Publisher : UPenn Museum of Archaeology
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 15,91 MB
Release : 1992-01-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780924171130
Papers from the 1987 Maya Weekend conference at the University of Pennsylvania Museum present current views of Maya culture and language. Also included is an article by George Stuart summarizing the history of the study of Maya hieroglyphs and the fascinating scholars and laypersons who have helped bring about their decipherment. Symposium Series III University Museum Monograph, 77
Author : Gabrielle Vail
Publisher :
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 45,69 MB
Release : 2009-03-31
Category : History
ISBN :
This volume offers new calendrical models and methodologies for reading, dating, and interpreting the general significance of the Madrid Codex. The longest of the surviving Maya codices, this manuscript includes texts and images painted by scribes conversant in Maya hieroglyphic writing, a written means of communication practiced by Maya elites from the second to the fifteenth centuries A.D. Some scholars have recently argued that the Madrid Codex originated in the Petén region of Guatemala and postdates European contact. The contributors to this volume challenge that view by demonstrating convincingly that it originated in northern Yucatán and was painted in the Pre-Columbian era. In addition, several contributors reveal provocative connections among the Madrid and Borgia group of codices from Central Mexico. Contributors include: Harvey M. Bricker, Victoria R. Bricker, John F. Chuchiak IV, Christine L. Hernández, Bryan R. Just, Merideth Paxton, and John Pohl. Additional support for this publication was generously provided by the Eugene M. Kayden Fund at the University of Colorado.