Screen LibraryThe Maya : voices in stone /
SOCIAL & CULTURAL HISTORY. This large-format book, with many stunning illustrations, contains the latest contributions by the most important specialists in classical Mayan culture on art, writing, religion, rituals, social structures, architecture, war and the political landscape. The material o...
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| Group Author: | ; |
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| Published: |
Turner/Ambar Diseno, S.C.,
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| Publisher Address: | [Madrid] : |
| Publication Dates: | [2015] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Second, revised and enhanced edition. |
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| Summary: |
SOCIAL & CULTURAL HISTORY. This large-format book, with many stunning illustrations, contains the latest contributions by the most important specialists in classical Mayan culture on art, writing, religion, rituals, social structures, architecture, war and the political landscape. The material objects found at the different archaeological sites studied make it possible to reconstruct part of the Maya's customs. Moreover, deciphering their hieroglyphic writing makes it possible to access additional information that has helped recreate their lives and works, jobs and tasks, rituals and ceremonies, wars and alliances. |
| Carrier Form: | 513 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 30 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9788416354870 8416354871 |
| CLC: |
K731.2 J333(731) |
| Call Number: | K731.2/M467-2/2nd rev. ed. |