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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Focuses on this mysterious and grand civilisation from its beginnings to the Spanish Conquest in the 16th century. Each chapter is supplemented by an extensive bibliography as well as photographs, original line drawings, and maps. Different sections include civilization and archaeology, evolution, geography, society and government, astronomy and the calendar, funerary beliefs and customs, and many more,
Focuses on this mysterious and grand civilisation from its beginnings to the Spanish Conquest in the 16th century. Each chapter is supplemented by an extensive bibliography as well as photographs, original line drawings, and maps. Different sections include civilization and archaeology, evolution, geography, society and government, astronomy and the calendar, funerary beliefs and customs, and many more,