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Author | : Francisco Estrada-Belli |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2010-11-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1136882502 |
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When the Maya kings of Tikal dedicated their first carved monuments in the third century A.D., inaugurating the Classic period of Maya history that lasted for six centuries and saw the rise of such famous cities as Palenque, Copan and Yaxchilan, Maya civilization was already nearly a millennium old. Its first cities, such as Nakbe and El Mirador, had some of the largest temples ever raised in Prehispanic America, while others such as Cival showed even earlier evidence of complex rituals. The reality of this Preclassic Maya civilization has been documented by scholars over the past three decades: what had been seen as an age of simple village farming, belatedly responding to the stimulus of more advanced peoples in highland Mesoamerica, is now know to have been the period when the Maya made themselves into one of the New World's most innovative societies. This book discusses the most recent advances in our knowledge of the Preclassic Maya and the emergence of their rainforest civilization, with new data on settlement, political organization, architecture, iconography and epigraphy supporting a contemporary theoretical perspective that challenges prior assumptions.
Author | : Arthur Demarest |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2004-12-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521533904 |
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Ancient Maya comes to life in this new holistic and theoretical study.
Author | : Zachary X. Hruby |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 2014-10-14 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 131754417X |
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The ancient Maya shaped their world with stone tools. Lithic artifacts helped create the cityscape and were central to warfare and hunting, craft activities, cooking, and ritual performance. 'The Technology of Maya Civilization' examines Maya lithic artefacts made of chert, obsidian, silicified limestone, and jade to explore the relationship between ancient civilizations and natural resources. The volume presents case studies of archaeological sites in Guatemala, Mexico, Belize, and Honduras. The analysis draws on innovative anthropological theory to argue that stone artefacts were not merely cultural products but tools that reproduced, modified, and created the fabric of society.
Author | : Norman Hammond |
Publisher | : New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Central America |
ISBN | : 9780813509068 |
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Author | : T. Patrick Culbert |
Publisher | : Smithsonian Books (DC) |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Describes the history and culture of the Mayan Indians.
Author | : Robert J. Sharer |
Publisher | : Greenwood |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1996-09-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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. For ease of use by students, the work is organized into chapters covering all aspects of Maya life and civilization: the foundations of Maya life and civilization; early, middle, and late Maya civilization; economy (food production and trade); social and political systems; writing and calendars; life cycle events; arts and crafts; and religion.
Author | : John Eric Sidney Thompson |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 470 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780806122472 |
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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 | : Nancy Day |
Publisher | : Twenty-First Century Books |
Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 2001-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780822530770 |
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Takes readers on a journey back in time in order to experience life during the Maya civilization, describing clothing, accommodations, foods, local customs, transportation, a few notable personalities, and more.
Author | : Charles George |
Publisher | : Greenhaven Publishing LLC |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 2010-07-16 |
Genre | : Young Adult Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1420505475 |
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At its peak, the Maya civilization consisted of two million people populating over forty cities. While Europe languished in darkness after the fall of Rome, the Maya were advancing irrigation and terracing techniques in agriculture, pioneering the use of the zero in mathematics, and creating accurate astronomical tables. Yet, much about this great culture is unknown, as scholars struggle to decipher Mayan texts. This compelling volume examines the Maya civilization in accessible chapters with supplemental maps, timelines, and charts to support student research. Relevant topics discussed in this edition include the rise of the Mayans, the lives of the nobility and commoners during the classical period, achievements in science, engineering, and writing, the spirit realm and cosmology, and elements of Mayan culture in modernity.
Author | : Lewis Spence |
Publisher | : New York : AMS Press |
Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 1908 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
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