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The Americas That Might Have Been : Native American Social Systems through Time.
Of interest to professionals as well as generalists, this collection will stand as a marker of the state of Mayan studies at the turn of the 21st century and as a tribute to the remarkable personality who guided a large part of that archaeological research for more than two decades.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Introduction: The Whys and Wherefores; Part I: In the Beginning; 1. Men Out of Asia; 2. America 1492; Part II: The Inner Man; 3. Native Philosophies of Life; 4. Unitary Norms: The Asian Perspective; 5. The Dualistic View: The European Norm; 6. The Trinary Compromise: The Near Eastern Norm; Part III: The Matrix of Lives; 7. The Empire of Tawantinsuyu; 8. The Empire of the Mxica; 9. The Maya Kingdoms; 10. The Mississippian Cities and Towns; 11. The Pueblo Towns; 12. The Tano Kingdoms; Part IV: The Future of the Past.
- 13. Hemispheric-Internal Relationships in the Twenty-first Century: The Inner Design14. Commerce and Discovery of the Old World; 15. International Alliances and Interaction in the Twenty-first Century: The Outer Scheme; Epilogue: The First Baktun; References; Index.