The Maya - Couverture souple

Coe, Michael D.; Houston, Stephen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 050029514X ISBN 13 : 9780500295144

Editeur : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2022

Synopsis

The Maya, 9780500295144

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Michael D. Coe was professor emeritus of anthropology at Yale University and curator emeritus for the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University. His books include The Maya, Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs, and Breaking the Maya Code.

Stephen Houston is Dupee Family Professor of Social Sciences at Brown University. His most recent book is The Gifted Passage: Young Men in Classic Maya Art and Text.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

The Maya has long been established as the best, most readable introduction to the New Worlds greatest ancient civilization. In these pages Professor Coe distils a lifetimes scholarship for the general reader and student. The eighth edition incorporates the latest archaeological and epigraphic research, which continues to proceed at a fast pace. Among the finest new discoveries are the spectacular polychrome murals of Calakmul, which provide archaeological evidence for the importance of marketplaces in the Classic Maya cities as well as giving a unique glimpse into Maya daily life. It concludes with new historical evidence for the crucial role played by collaborationist native leaders, both Maya and non-Maya, in the Spanish conquest of the region.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 050029514X
• ISBN 13: 9780500295144
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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