Author: Lynn V. Foster
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195183634
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
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.
Handbook to Life in the Ancient Maya World
Author: Lynn V. Foster
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195183634
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195183634
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
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.
The Handbook to Life in the Ancient Maya World
Author: Lynn V. Foster
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780197713648
Category : Mayas
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is a presentation of research on all aspects of Maya civilisation, from its earliest beginnings to the Spanish conquest in the 16th century.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780197713648
Category : Mayas
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is a presentation of research on all aspects of Maya civilisation, from its earliest beginnings to the Spanish conquest in the 16th century.
Ancient Maya Daily Life
Author: Heather Moore Niver
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 150814902X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
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.
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 150814902X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
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.
Tikal
Author: Elizabeth Mann
Publisher: Mikaya Press
ISBN: 193141405X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
A history of the Maya Indians in the city of Tikal, founded in 800 B.C.
Publisher: Mikaya Press
ISBN: 193141405X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
A history of the Maya Indians in the city of Tikal, founded in 800 B.C.
The Ancient Maya
Author: Jennifer Fretland VanVoorst
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 0756545641
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Describes the Ancient Mayan civilization, including their religious views, intellectual achievements, and everyday life.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 0756545641
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Describes the Ancient Mayan civilization, including their religious views, intellectual achievements, and everyday life.
The World of the Ancient Maya
Author: John S. Henderson
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801482847
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Theirs was one of the few complex societies to emerge in and to adapt successfully to a tropical-forest environment. Their architecture, sculpture, and painting were sophisticated and compellingly beautiful.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801482847
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Theirs was one of the few complex societies to emerge in and to adapt successfully to a tropical-forest environment. Their architecture, sculpture, and painting were sophisticated and compellingly beautiful.
The Ancient Maya
Author: Jackie Maloy
Publisher: C. Press/F. Watts Trade
ISBN: 9780531241103
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Provides information about the ancient Maya, discussing farming, daily life, beliefs, and other related topics.
Publisher: C. Press/F. Watts Trade
ISBN: 9780531241103
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Provides information about the ancient Maya, discussing farming, daily life, beliefs, and other related topics.
Handbook to Life in the Aztec World
Author: Manuel Aguilar-Moreno
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195330838
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Describes daily life in the Aztec world, including coverage of geography, foods, trades, arts, games, wars, political systems, class structure, religious practices, trading networks, writings, architecture and science.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195330838
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Describes daily life in the Aztec world, including coverage of geography, foods, trades, arts, games, wars, political systems, class structure, religious practices, trading networks, writings, architecture and science.
Aztec and Maya World
Author: Charles Phillips
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780754815754
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The secrets of the past are uncovered in this social history of the ancient peoples of Central America and Mexico. The first part of the text explores the landscape of the ancient Mesoamerican world, while the second part reveals the rich and varied architecture and art of the different cultures.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780754815754
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The secrets of the past are uncovered in this social history of the ancient peoples of Central America and Mexico. The first part of the text explores the landscape of the ancient Mesoamerican world, while the second part reveals the rich and varied architecture and art of the different cultures.
The Maya World
Author: Scott R. Hutson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351029568
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 983
Book Description
The Maya World brings together over 60 authors, representing the fields of archaeology, art history, epigraphy, geography, and ethnography, who explore cutting-edge research on every major facet of the ancient Maya and all sub-regions within the Maya world. The Maya world, which covers Guatemala, Belize, and parts of Mexico, Honduras, and El Salvador, contains over a hundred ancient sites that are open to tourism, eight of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and many thousands more that have been dug or await investigation. In addition to captivating the lay public, the ancient Maya have attracted scores of major interdisciplinary research expeditions and hundreds of smaller projects going back to the 19th century, making them one of the best-known ancient cultures. The Maya World explores their renowned writing system, towering stone pyramids, exquisitely painted murals, and elaborate funerary tombs as well as their creative agricultural strategies, complex social, economic, and political relationships, widespread interactions with other societies, and remarkable cultural resilience in the face of historical ruptures. This is an invaluable reference volume for scholars of the ancient Maya, including archaeologists, historians, and anthropologists.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351029568
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 983
Book Description
The Maya World brings together over 60 authors, representing the fields of archaeology, art history, epigraphy, geography, and ethnography, who explore cutting-edge research on every major facet of the ancient Maya and all sub-regions within the Maya world. The Maya world, which covers Guatemala, Belize, and parts of Mexico, Honduras, and El Salvador, contains over a hundred ancient sites that are open to tourism, eight of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and many thousands more that have been dug or await investigation. In addition to captivating the lay public, the ancient Maya have attracted scores of major interdisciplinary research expeditions and hundreds of smaller projects going back to the 19th century, making them one of the best-known ancient cultures. The Maya World explores their renowned writing system, towering stone pyramids, exquisitely painted murals, and elaborate funerary tombs as well as their creative agricultural strategies, complex social, economic, and political relationships, widespread interactions with other societies, and remarkable cultural resilience in the face of historical ruptures. This is an invaluable reference volume for scholars of the ancient Maya, including archaeologists, historians, and anthropologists.