Handbook to Life in the Ancient Maya World |
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| Author:
| Foster, Lynn V. |
| Foreword by:
| Mathews, Peter |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-518363-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2005 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $24.99 |
Book Description:
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Here is a comprehensive and accessible reference to the greatest and most mysterious of civilizations, the ancient Mayan, hailed for its contributions to science, mathematics, and technology. The book focuses on recent groundbreaking discoveries while presenting the civilization's earlist beginnings to its conquest by the Spanish in the 16th Century. Each chapter is supplemented by an extensive bibliography as well as photographs. original line drawings, and maps.
Here is a comprehensive and accessible reference to the greatest and most mysterious of civilizations, the ancient Mayan, hailed for its contributions to science, mathematics, and technology. The book focuses on recent groundbreaking discoveries while presenting the civilization's earlist beginnings to its conquest by the Spanish in the 16th Century. Each chapter is supplemented by an extensive bibliography as well as photographs. original line drawings, and maps.