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"The World of Ancient Maya by Cornell University's John Henderson, one of the leading Maya scholars, captures the excitement of recent research and much more, taking the reader from the earliest archaeological traces, to the great city-states, to the Spanish conquest of the 16th century. . . . Concise, well-written, and easy to understand, it is the best view of the Maya world available today." American Archaeology" "A thorough, possibly definitive work. . . . Henderson's ordered, meticulous social historian's approach . . . succeeds in reconstructing a vivid sense of civilization which emerged and stabilized during a 1,500-year period; flourished between AD 300-900; and peaked about 600 years before the arrival of the Spanish, only to disappear. . . . Henderson provides a detailed, somber, authoritative, and certainly up-to-date account of a mysterious world which lives on through its dramatic architecture." Irish Times" "The best available guide to the rich and extraordinary culture of the Maya. . . . d104 is carefully thought out and presented, together with new illustrations that put the incredible Maya culture into perspective. . . . It is a book that everyone interested in this fascinating people will need to have." Peter A. Clayton, Minerva"
Henderson explores the entire Maya cultural tradition, from the earliest traces of settlement through the period of the Spanish conquest in the sixteenth century. The ancient Maya were the only fully literate pre-Columbian people in the Americas, and Henderson incorporates deciphered Maya texts in his reconstruction of ancient Maya societies. Superb scientists, the Maya developed highly sophisticated mathematics and an intricate and accurate calendar system. 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. Henderson's wide-ranging and judiciously balanced account treats diverse aspects of the Maya world, including religion and philosophy, the environments of the various Maya peoples, and their links with neighbors and relatives in the area. Throughout, he considers the interaction among Maya societies and stresses the importance of the cultural variations from region to region, as well as the common Maya heritage.
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Zustand: very good. Ithaca : Cornell University Press,1997. 2nd edition. paperback. xvi, 329 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm. 9780801482847 Condition : very good copy. ISBN 9780801482847. Keywords : , Artikel-Nr. 248060
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Originalbroschur. Zustand: Sehr gut. Second Edition. 329 S. Ein gutes und sauberes Exemplar. - Inhalt: The Discovery of the Maya: The Spanish Invasion -- Rediscovery -- Exploration -- Early Excavations in Ancient Maya Cities -- Early Studies of Maya Symbols and Writing -- Maya Archaeology Today -- Te Maya World: The Maya and Their Neighbors -- The Maya Area -- Maya Peoples -- The Northern Lowlands -- The Southern Lowlands -- The Highlands -- The Pacific Coast and Slope -- The Maya World on the Eve of the Spanish Conquest: The States of Northern Yucatan -- Politics -- Economy and Society -- The Structure of Time, the Universe, and the Supernatural -- Acalán -- Tayasal -- Naco and the Lower Ulua Valley -- The Highland States -- Roots of Mesoamerican Civilization: Earliest Mesoamerica -- The Transition to Village Farming -- The Archaic Period (7000-2000 B.C.) -- The Preclassic Period (2000 B.C-A.D. 250) -- The First Village Farmers (Initial Early Preclassic Period: 2000-1400 B.C.) -- The Rise of Civilization in the Intermediate Zone (Early and Middle Preclassic Periods: 1400-400 B.C) -- Maya Communities and the Olmec -- Village Societies in the Maya Lowlands (Early Preclassic Period: 1400-900 B.C.) -- Emergence oj the May a World (Middle Preclassic Period: 900-400 B.C.) -- The Olmec Heritage of Maya Civilization 83 -- Foundations of Maya Civilization: The Rise of Maya Aristocracies (Late Preclassic Period: 400 B.C.-A.D. 250) -- The Izapan World -- The Maya Lowlands -- Regional Linkage and the Evolution of Maya Civilization -- The Crystallization of Maya Civilization: The Early Classic Period: The Lowlands -- The Highlands -- Late Classic Maya Civilization: D emography and Settlement -- Subsistence -- Economy, Society, Politics -- Regionalism -- The Southern Lowlands -- The Northern Lowlands -- The Highlands -- Transformations: The Terminal Classic Period: The Northern Lowlands -- Western Yucatan -- The Northern Plains -- Eastern Yucatan -- The Southern Lowlands -- The Highlands -- Accounting for the Transformation -- New Orientations: The Postclassic Maya: The Lowlands -- The Highlands -- Perspectives on the Maya. ISBN 9780801482847 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 850. Artikel-Nr. 971925
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