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Yaxchilan : the design of a Maya ceremonial city /
As archaeologists peel away the jungle covering that has both obscured and preserved the ancient Maya cities of Mexico and Central America, other scholars have only a limited time to study and understand the sites before the jungle, weather, and human encroachment efface them again, perhaps forever....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
1992.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part 1 : Maya by design ; Maya society in the ceremonial city ; Public art : aesthetics and artists ; Manifesting tradition : imagery at Yaxchilan, Part I, the cosmos, rulers, and regalia ; Manifesting tradition : imagery at Yaxchilan, Part II, scenes of royal ritual ; City as a solar cosmogram ; Design of the ceremonial city : a history ; Individualism and the collapse ; Conclusions : the art of tradition
- Part 2 : Description of the site and its monuments
- Appendix 1 : location of monumental sculptures a Yaxchilan upon discovery
- Appendix 2 : Chronology of Yaxchilan
- Appendix 3 : English paraphrases of Yaxchilan hieroglyphic texts.