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Twenty-five contributors offer scholarly writings on subjects ranging from the ritual function of public space at the Olmec site and the gardens of the Great Goddess at Teotihuacan to the understanding of Jupiter in Maya astronomy and the meaning of the water throne of Quirigua Zoomorph P. The works...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Farnsworth, Paul, 1958-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2001.
Sujets:
Archaeology and history > West Indies.
Land settlement patterns > West Indies > History.
Archéologie et histoire > Antilles.
Colonisation intérieure > Types > Antilles > Histoire.
HISTORY > Caribbean & West Indies > General.
Antiquities.
Archaeology and history.
Civilization.
Land settlement patterns.
Archeologie.
Koloniale periode.
West Indies > Civilization.
West Indies > Antiquities.
Antilles > Civilisation.
Antilles > Antiquités.
West Indies.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Twenty-five contributors offer scholarly writings on subjects ranging from the ritual function of public space at the Olmec site and the gardens of the Great Goddess at Teotihuacan to the understanding of Jupiter in Maya astronomy and the meaning of the water throne of Quirigua Zoomorph P. The workshops on Maya history and writing that Schele conducted in Guatemala and Mexico for the highland people, modern descendants of the Mayan civilization, are thoroughly addressed as is the phenomenon termed "Maya mania"the explosive growth of interest in Maya epigraphy, iconography, astronomy.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xxiv, 378 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780817313302
0817313303

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