The Dead Zone: Maya Stela


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In 1992, an old man with black eyes "stole" an unpublished and commonly found Mayan stone tablet at the site of Copanmaya, 56 kilometres west of Santa Rosa. The information recorded on it was a huge 'wealth' that no one could even imagine.In 2016, leftists who helped their grandfathers with their books at home stumbled on a stone tablet wrapped in parchment, and at the same time an international group seeking his "help" came knocking. But that was not the only surprise.The black stone forest carved with his name in the Yiyang Maya Project, Henan Province;The lacquered gold wooden box hidden under the ancient lake of Tzu Lake in Ningbo City;the grave robber Uncle Li, who knew him and had bought him deliberately;As if the old man knew him well;The weirdest thing is his father's determination that he is doomed ...




Stone Trees Transplanted? Central Mexican Stelae of the Epiclassic and Early Postclassic and the Question of Maya ‘Influence’


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Stelae dating to the Epiclassic and Early Postclassic from Tula, Xochicalco, and other sites in Central Mexico have been cited as evidence of Classic Maya `influence' on Central Mexican art during these periods. This book re-evaluates these claims via detailed comparative analysis of the Central Mexican stelae and their claimed Maya counterparts.




An Archaeological Guide to Central and Southern Mexico


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A visitor's guide to the ancient Maya cities of Mexico provides photos, descriptions, and up-to-date tourist information on seventy archaeological sites and sixty museums, detailing the art, architecture, and history of each.




The Maya Book of the Dead


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Eighteen Rabbit


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Deep in the mysterious jungles of Central America, in a time when Arthur was long dead, yet before Charlemagne even stirred in the womb, the brilliant and powerful god-king, Eighteen Rabbit, ruled the city of Copan in renaissance splendor. This is his story – a tale of glorious temples and gory sacrifices, strange narcotics and brutal statecraft. It is a story of pride and humility, love and betrayal, devious intrigue and the triumph of the human will. It is a story told by Eighteen Rabbit himself, masterfully teased out of the stone inscriptions he commissioned, as if it happened only yesterday. Thank you,




The Classic Maya Western Region


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"Over the past decade there has been substantial progress in understanding Maya hieroglyphic writing. This development led to the reconstruction of Classic Maya (AD 300-900) political history. Epigraphers suggested a major influence of Teotihuacan during the Early Classic Period (AD 300-600), and some even argued for a direct Teotihuacan conquest of the Maya lowlands. The Late Classic Period (AD 600-900) was interpreted as a constant hegemonic struggle between Tikal and Calakmul, which in different ways influenced Classic Maya political relations. These reconstructions of political history were directly tied to the interpretations of political organisation, ranging from peer polity interaction models to more bureaucratic polities. In this work the author examines and analyses inscriptions from the Western Maya Region, which are especially rich in information concerning interaction of polities and interpolity organisation. The author reconstructs the historical development of the region, examining the influence of Teotihuacan and that of the hegemonic states Tikal and Calakmul."--Publisher's website.