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• Publisher : William Morrow Paperbacks
• File Size : 50,9 Mb
• Release Date : 27 February 1995

A Masterful blend of archaeology, anthropology, astronomy, and lively personal reportage, Maya Comos tells a constellation of stories, from the historical to the mythological, and envokes the awesome power of

• Publisher : William Morrow & Company
• File Size : 32,8 Mb
• Release Date : 03 June 1993

Explores archaeological discoveries, revealing how the Maya have survived centuries of religious oppression

• Publisher : University Press of Colorado
• File Size : 21,5 Mb
• Release Date : 14 April 2019

Anthropomorphizing the Cosmos explores the sociocultural significance of more than three hundred Middle Preclassic Maya figurines uncovered at the site of Nixtun-Ch'ich' on Lake Petén Itzá in northern Guatemala.

• Publisher : UNM Press
• File Size : 34,6 Mb
• Release Date : 03 June 2024

Traces implications of a previously unrecognized image of the solar year in the Madrid Codex to find new meanings in the Dresden Codex and the Maya calendar system and a

• Publisher : University of Texas Press
• File Size : 54,8 Mb
• Release Date : 28 August 2013

How did the ancient Maya rule their world? Despite more than a century of archaeological investigation and glyphic decipherment, the nature of Maya political organization and political geography has remained

• Publisher : Lexington Books
• File Size : 54,5 Mb
• Release Date : 26 December 2017

This book investigates some of the central topics of metaphysics in the philosophical thought of the Maya people of Mesoamerica, particularly from the Preclassic through Postclassic periods. This book covers

• Publisher : University of Alabama Press
• File Size : 30,6 Mb
• Release Date : 03 June 2024

This accessible, state-of-the-art review of Mayan hieroglyphics and cosmology also serves as a tribute to one of the field's most noted pioneers. The core of this book focuses on the

• Publisher : Yale University Press
• File Size : 53,5 Mb
• Release Date : 25 April 2017

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translations and Orthography -- Introduction -- 1 Image and Text -- 2 Pictorial and Textual

• Publisher : University of Texas Press
• File Size : 53,5 Mb
• Release Date : 01 January 1999

Observations of the sun, moon, planets, and stars played a central role in ancient Maya lifeways, as they do today among contemporary Maya who maintain the traditional ways. This pathfinding

• Publisher : UPenn Museum of Archaeology
• File Size : 27,5 Mb
• Release Date : 29 January 1992

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