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Genre/Form: | History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Simon Martin; Nikolai Grube |
ISBN: | 0500051038 9780500051030 |
OCLC Number: | 47358325 |
Description: | 240 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm |
Contents: | Preface: Discovering the Maya past -- Introduction -- Tikal -- Dos Pilas -- Naranjo -- Caracol -- Calakmul -- Yaxchilan -- Piedras Negras -- Palenque -- Tonina -- Copan -- Quirigua -- Epilogue: Fall of the divine kings. |
Responsibility: | Simon Martin and Nikolai Grube. |
Abstract:
Behind immense, ruined cities, and abandoned artworks deep in the rainforests of Central America lie the turbulent stories of the Maya monarchy. This text examines 11 of the most important Maya kingdoms, and provides biographical accounts of the 152 kings and 4 ruling queens.
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