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Handbook to Life in the Ancient Maya World
Lynn V. Foster
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Description for Handbook to Life in the Ancient Maya World
paperback. Focuses on a mysterious and grand civilization, from its beginnings to the Spanish Conquest in the 16th century. Each chapter of this book, is supplemented by a bibliography and photographs, original line drawings, and maps. It includes civilization and archaeology, evolution, geography, society and government, astronomy and more. Num Pages: 416 pages, Numerous halftones, line illustrations and maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 188 x 23. Weight in Grams: 714.
The ancient Mayan civilization of southern Mexico and northern Central America has long been described as "mysterious," even though scholars have been studying this culture for hundreds of years. Our view of the Maya has changed dramatically based on the various findings of these scholars; what were once thought of as "vacant ceremonial centers," inhabited by only a few calendar priests and used as places of ritual by the surrounding peasant farmers, have now been redefined as ancient thriving cities of thousands of Maya. Hierogliphic inscriptions, once thought to be astrological mumbo-jumbo, now read as names of historical individuals and ... Read more
The ancient Mayan civilization of southern Mexico and northern Central America has long been described as "mysterious," even though scholars have been studying this culture for hundreds of years. Our view of the Maya has changed dramatically based on the various findings of these scholars; what were once thought of as "vacant ceremonial centers," inhabited by only a few calendar priests and used as places of ritual by the surrounding peasant farmers, have now been redefined as ancient thriving cities of thousands of Maya. Hierogliphic inscriptions, once thought to be astrological mumbo-jumbo, now read as names of historical individuals and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195183634
SKU
V9780195183634
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About Lynn V. Foster
Lynn V. Foster is an independent writer and scholar. Peter Mathewsis Professor of Archaeology at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia.
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