Linda Schele, Peter Mathews, Macduff Everton

The Code of Kings

The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs
Fotograf: Kerr, Justin

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This highly informative tour of a lost civilization discusses Mayan history and culture and focuses on seven sites that exemplify the Mayan tradition of using public places to record their history and belief system. Maps, drawings & photos.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scribner Book Company
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juni 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 599g
• ISBN-13: 9780684852096
• ISBN-10: 0684852098
• Artikelnr.: 21139561

Autorenporträt

The late Linda Schele was the John D. Murchison Professor of Art at the University of Texas at Austin. Her books include The Blood of Kings (with Mary Miller), A Forest of Kings (with David Freidel), and Maya Cosmos (with David Freidel and Joy Parker). She died in the spring of 1998.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Pyramid-Mountains and Plaza-Seas
Chapter 2 Tikal: Toh-Chak-Ich'ak's Palace
Chapter 3 Palenque: Hanab-Pakal's Tomb
Chapter 4 Copan: The Great Plaza of Waxaklahun-Ubah-K'awil
Chapter 5 Seibal: The K'atun-ending Commemoration of Ah-Bolon-Abra
Wat'ul-Chatel
Chapter 6 Chich'en Itza: The Great Ballcourt
Chapter 7 Uxmal: The Nunnery Quadrangle of Chan-Chak-K'ak'nal-Ahaw
Chapter 8 Iximche': The Capital of the Kaqchikel Maya
Concordance of Maya Personal Names
Key to Pronunciation and Orthography
Notes
References
Glossary of Gods and Supernaturals
Index
Illustration and Photograph Credits