Book Description
History of the Maya Indians, their early temples, forms of worship, and astronomical calculations.
Author : Sonia Bleeker
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 11,67 MB
Release : 1961
Category : Indians of Central America
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History of the Maya Indians, their early temples, forms of worship, and astronomical calculations.
Author : Edgar Lee Hewett
Publisher : Biblo & Tannen Publishers
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 21,15 MB
Release : 1968
Category : History
ISBN : 9780819602053
Author : Cyrus Thomas
Publisher :
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 22,54 MB
Release : 1911
Category : America
ISBN :
Author : Paul Wilkinson (Collector)
Publisher :
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 18,60 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Central American literature
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Author : Herbert J. Spinden
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 39,38 MB
Release : 2012-09-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0486144836
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 : American Art Association
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Page : pages
File Size : 24,57 MB
Release : 1915
Category :
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Author : Robert Bartley Taylor
Publisher :
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 16,32 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Author : Daniel Garrison Brinton
Publisher :
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 28,33 MB
Release : 1893
Category : Calendar
ISBN :
Author : Paul Wilkinson (Collector)
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 31,36 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Central American literature
ISBN :
Author : Ronald Wright
Publisher : Grove Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 12,35 MB
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 9780802137289
The Maya created one of the world's most brilliant civilizations, famous for its art, astronomy, and deep fascination with the mystery of time. Despite collapse in the ninth century, Spanish invasion in the sixteenth, and civil war in the twentieth, eight million people in Guatemala, Belize, and southern Mexico speak Mayan languages and maintain their resilient culture to this day. Traveling through Central America's jungles and mountains, Ronald Wright explores the ancient roots of the Maya, their recent troubles, and prospects for survival. Embracing history, anthropology, politics, and literature, Time Among the Maya is a riveting journey through past magnificence and the study of an enduring civilization with much to teach the present. "Wright's unpretentious narrative blends anthropology, archaeology, history, and politics with his own entertaining excursions and encounters." -- The New Yorker; "Time Among the Maya shows Wright to be far more than a mere storyteller or descriptive writer. He is an historical philosopher with a profound understanding of other cultures." -- Jan Morris, The Independent (London).