Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path - Couverture rigide

Freidel, David A.; Schele, Linda; Parker, Joy

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0688100813 ISBN 13 : 9780688100810

Editeur : William Morrow, 1993

Synopsis

Freidel, David. Schele, Linda. Parker, Joy. Maya Cosmos - Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path. Photographs by Justin Kerr & MacDuff Everton. First Edition. New York, William Morrow and Company, 1993. 18.5 cm x 26 cm. 543 pages. With 45 colour illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Includes for example the following chapters: Foreword - The Orthography, Worlds Apart Joined Together - The Road of Maya Reality, Dancing Across the Abyss - Maya Festival and Pageant, Flint-Shields and Battle Beasts - The Warrior Path of Kingship, and Gaming with the Gods - Destiny and History in Maya Thought. Appendices include full notes and references. Illustrated throughout, both in colour and in black and white.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A Masterful blend of archaeology, anthropology, astronomy, and lively personal reportage, Maya Comos tells a constellation of stories, from the historical to the mythological, and envokes the awesome power of one of the richest civilizations ever to grace the earth.

Biographie de l'auteur :

David Freidel has been a Maya archaeologist for twenty years. He teaches at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: William Morrow
• Date d'édition: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0688100813
• ISBN 13: 9780688100810
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1