Cities of the Maya in Seven Epochs, 1250 B.C. to A.D. 1903McFarland, 10.1.2014 - 248 sivua Telling the story of the Maya peoples from their earliest beginnings to the start of the 20th century, this book divides the 3,000 year time span into seven distinct sections. Each provides a detailed vignette of the events, explorers, and people of a particular Maya era, starting with the tropical lowlands' Olmec civilization. Among the topics covered are the shamanistic rites by which Mesoamerican monarchs based their power to rule; the Preclassic megacity of El Mirador and its near neighbor Nakbe; the Maya creation myth of the Hero Twins and its role in organizing Maya society; and the power struggles between the cities Tikal and Calakmul. |
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1 The ProtoMaya Olmec Cities of San Lorenzo and La Venta1250400 BC | 7 |
2 The Mirador Basin in Times Long Gone 1000 BCAD 150 | 29 |
3 Tikal the Eternal City Early Classic AD 250550 | 67 |
4 Calakmul and the Snakehead Dynasty a Maya Superpower | 98 |
5 The Tale of Two Cities Concluded AD 695869 | 121 |
6 Terminal Classic in the Yucatan AD 8001100 | 155 |
7 Mayapan Tayasal and Chan Santa Cruz | 186 |
References | 223 |
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Cities of the Maya in Seven Epochs, 1250 B.C. to A.D. 1903 Steve Glassman,Armando Anaya Esikatselu ei käytettävissä - 2011 |
Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet
18 Rabbit Acropolis American archaeological archaeologists architecture Aztec ball court believed Belize building Calakmul called Campeche Caracol central Mexico century ceremonial Chichen Itza city-states city’s claimed Classic Maya Classic period Coba Copan corn Cortes Cortes’s culture divine dynasty early Ek Balam El Mirador emblem glyph erected expedition feet Folan forest Freidel glyph Guatemala head Heavenly Standard Bearer Hero Twins hieroglyphs hundred Indians jade Jaguar Paw king kingship known La Venta lake lime Long Count lord Lundell Martin and Grube mask Maya cities Mayapan Merida Mesoamerica Mexican miles Mirador Basin monuments Morley Morley’s Nakbe ofTikal Olmec Oxkintok palace Palenque Paw’s peninsula Peten Pilas plaza political population Preclassic probably Puuc pyramid Quirigua ritual roof comb ruins ruler San Lorenzo Schele Skull Snakehead southern lowlands Spanish stela Stirling stone Structure Temple Teotihuacan Tikal trade Tres Zapotes Tula Uxmal Venta wall warriors Yaxuna Yucatan Yuknoom