A Mayan Life
Author | : Gaspar Pedro González |
Publisher | : Yax Te' Foundation |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Gaspar Pedro González |
Publisher | : Yax Te' Foundation |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Lynn V. Foster |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780195183634 |
This comprehensive and accessible reference explores the greatest and most mysterious of civilizations, hailed for its contributions to science, mathematics, and technology. Each chapter is supplemented by an extensive bibliography as well as photos, original line drawings, and maps.
Author | : Robert J. Sharer |
Publisher | : Greenwood |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1996-09-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
. For ease of use by students, the work is organized into chapters covering all aspects of Maya life and civilization: the foundations of Maya life and civilization; early, middle, and late Maya civilization; economy (food production and trade); social and political systems; writing and calendars; life cycle events; arts and crafts; and religion.
Author | : |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0684818450 |
One of the most extraordinary works of the human imagination and the most important text in the native languages of the Americas, Popul Vuh: The Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life was first made accessible to the public 10 years ago. This new edition retains the quality of the original translation, has been enriched, and includes 20 new illustrations, maps, drawings, and photos.
Author | : Heather Moore Niver |
Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 2016-07-16 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 150814902X |
What was life like in the days of the ancient Maya civilization? Where did people live and what did they do each day? These questions and more are answered in this fact-filled book about the daily life of the ancient Maya. Engaging text and primary sources shed light on the many mysteries of the Maya people. Color photographs of existing architecture and artifacts, as well as artwork, will transport readers back to the days when the Maya civilization was thriving. This exciting book is rich with information about Maya culture, and it’s sure to stoke readers’ imaginations while giving them a deep understanding of the history of this ancient civilization.
Author | : Ralph Whitlock |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Civilization, Mayan |
ISBN | : 9780399610332 |
Describes the highly developed Mayan civilization noted for its achievements in architecture, mathematics, and astrology.
Author | : Rachel Crandell |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 2002-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780805066876 |
Photographs and simple text describe what daily life is like for Maya villagers, showing how they prepare meals, weave clothing, make roofs, and create art and music.
Author | : Lewis Spence |
Publisher | : New York : AMS Press |
Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 1908 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Matthew Restall |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2020-09-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0190645040 |
The Maya forged one of the greatest societies in the history of the ancient Americas and in all of human history. Long before contact with Europeans, Maya communities built spectacular cities with large, well-fed large populations. They mastered the visual arts, and developed a sophisticated writing system that recorded extraordinary knowledge in calendrics, mathematics, and astronomy. The Maya achieved all this without area-wide centralized control. There was never a single, unified Maya state or empire, but always numerous, evolving ethnic groups speaking dozens of distinct Mayan languages. The people we call "Maya" never thought of themselves as such; yet something definable, unique, and endlessly fascinating - what we call Maya culture - has clearly existed for millennia. So what was their self-identity and how did Maya civilization come to be "invented?" With the Maya historically subdivided and misunderstood in so many ways, the pursuit of what made them "the Maya" is all the more important. In this Very Short Introduction, Restall and Solari explore the themes of Maya identity, city-state political culture, art and architecture, the Maya concept of the cosmos, and the Maya experience of contact with including invasion by outsiders. Despite its brevity, this book is unique for its treatment of all periods of Maya civilization, from its origins to the present.
Author | : Tatiana Proskouriakoff |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2011-01-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0292786069 |
Tatiana Proskouriakoff, a preeminent student of the Maya, made many breakthroughs in deciphering Maya writing, particularly in demonstrating that the glyphs record the deeds of actual human beings, not gods or priests. This discovery opened the way for a history of the Maya, a monumental task that Proskouriakoff was engaged in before her death in 1985. Her work, Maya History, has been made ready for press by the able editorship of Rosemary Joyce. Maya History reconstructs the Classic Maya period (roughly A.D. 250-900) from the glyphic record on stelae at numerous sites, including Altar de Sacrificios, Copan, Dos Pilas, Naranjo, Piedras Negras, Quirigua, Tikal, and Yaxchilan. Proskouriakoff traces the spread of governmental institutions from the central Peten, especially from Tikal, to other city-states by conquest and intermarriage. Thirteen line drawings of monuments and over three hundred original drawings of glyphs amplify the text.