Andrew K. Scherer, Thomas G. Garrison

Gebundenes Buch

Substance of the Ancient Maya

Kingdoms and Communities, Objects and Beings

Herausgeber: Scherer, Andrew K.; Garrison, Thomas G.

Beschreibung

A collection of twelve essays by top scholars inspired by the scholarship of Stephen Houston, highlighting what is new in research pertaining to the ancient Maya. Subjects range from updated political histories of major kingdoms in the southern Maya Lowlands to explorations of the nature of Maya writing and materiality.

Autor

Andrew K. Scherer is the director of the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World and an associate professor of anthropology and archaeology at Brown University. Thomas G. Garrison is an assistant professor of geography and the environment and the director of the Lidar and Landscapes of the Ancient Mediterranean and Americas (LLAMA) Lab at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the lead editor of the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of the Maya.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of New Mexico Press
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 288mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 1018g
• ISBN-13: 9780826366566
• ISBN-10: 0826366562
• Artikelnr.: 74750148