Ancient Civilizations
Author | : |
Publisher | : DMB Academics |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Civilization, Ancient |
ISBN | : 1578686504 |
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Author | : |
Publisher | : DMB Academics |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Civilization, Ancient |
ISBN | : 1578686504 |
Author | : Richard E. W. Adams |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 548 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780806137025 |
An up-to-date overview of Mesoamerican cultures from early prehistoric times through the fall of the Aztec Empire, Prehistoric Mesoamerica, Third Edition will be useful and appealing to readers interested in Mesoamerican art, society, politics, and intellectual achievement.
Author | : Michael E. Smith |
Publisher | : Wiley-Blackwell |
Total Pages | : 520 |
Release | : 2000-04-07 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780631211150 |
The Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica: A Reader brings together twenty-three of the most influential essays by leading scholars to reveal the rich variety of cultures and societies that existed in ancient Mesoamerica.
Author | : Ann Byers |
Publisher | : Britannica Educational Publishing |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 2015-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1622758447 |
This fascinating narrative introduces young readers to the ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica. Evolving from their primitive ways to complex societies, these ancient peoples left records for archaeologists to piece together to glean what these peoples were really like more than 3,000 years ago. Among the civilizations examined are the Olmec, Zapotec, Aztec, and Maya. Lands, cultures, religions, and daily life activities are considered, as well as the colossal rock heads of the Olmec that still exist, the maguey plant that the Zapotec grew and used for making houses, and the temple at Chichén Itzá, among other remarkable facts and achievements.
Author | : William M. Ferguson |
Publisher | : UNM Press |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780826328014 |
William Ferguson's classic photographic portrayal of the major pre-Columbian ruins of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras is now available from UNM Press in a completely revised edition. Magnificent aerial and ground photographs give both armchair and actual visitors unparalleled views of fifty-one ancient cities. The restored areas of each site and their interesting and exotic features are shown within each group of ruins. The authors have thoroughly revised the text for this new edition, and they have added over 30 new photographs and illustrations as well as a completely new chapter by Richard E. W. Adams on regional states and empires in ancient Mesoamerica. Over a span of three thousand years between 1500 B.C. and A.D. 1500 great civilizations, including the Olmec, Teotihuacan, Maya, Toltec, Zapotec, and Aztec, flourished, waned, and died in Mesoamerica. These indigenous cultures of Mexico and Central America are brought to life in Mesoamerica's Ancient Cities through stunning color photographs. The authors include the most recent research and most widely accepted theoretical perspectives on Mesoamerican civilizations. Ideal for the general reader as well as scholars of Mesoamerica, this volume makes a significant contribution to our knowledge of the Americas.
Author | : Walter Robert Thurmond Witschey |
Publisher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 447 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 081087167X |
Mesoamerica is one of six major areas of the world where humans independently changed their culture from a nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle into settled communities, cities, and civilization. In addition to China (twice), the Indus Valley, the Fertile Crescent of southwest Asia, Egypt, and Peru, Mesoamerica was home to exciting and irreversible changes in human culture called the "Neolithic Revolution." The changes included domestication of plants and animals, leading to agriculture, husbandry, and eventually sedentary village life. These developments set the stage for the growth of cities, social stratification, craft specialization, warfare, writing, mathematics, and astronomy, or what we call the rise of civilization. These changes forever transformed humankind. The Historical Dictionary of Mesoamerica covers the history of Mesoamerica through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 900 cross-referenced dictionary entries covering the major peoples, places, ideas, and events related to Mesoamerica. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Mesoamerica.
Author | : Richard Ew Adams |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 173 |
Release | : 2018-02-19 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0429970838 |
In this concise, yet sweeping look at the origins and development of ancient new world civiliozations, Richard adams provides a superb introductory overview of these unique and fascinating cultures. Incorporating the latest breakthroughs in the study of the cultures of Mesoamerica and the Andes, Adams examines the development of the Olmec, Maya, Aztec, and Inca peoples, among others, from simple agricultural societies to urban civilizations with complex transportation networks, distinct social hierarchies, rich artistic and religious traditions, and writing systems that have defied anthropological investigation until recently.
Author | : Herbert J. Spinden |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2011-12-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0486409023 |
Classic study of pre-Columbian civilizations in the New World. Maya, Olmecs, Toltecs, Aztecs, many others. History, gods, calendars, religions, ceremonies, more. 47 black-and-white plates. 86 text figures.
Author | : Captivating History |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2020-01-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781647483159 |
Four captivating manuscripts in one book: Olmecs Zapotec Civilization Maya History Aztec History
Author | : Herbert Joseph Spinden |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 1928 |
Genre | : Archaeology |
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