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Large quarto with midnight blue brushed cloth boards in black pictorial jacket; 695 pages; color illustrations; color maps; index; 31 cm. A beautiful production as per usual with Rizzoli titles. Looks at Mayan civilization, including Mayan architecture, astronomy, history, mathematics, politics, religion, commerce, navigation, sculpture, and handicrafts. "First published on the occasion of the exhibition Maya, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, 6. IX.1998 - 16.V.1999"--Title page verso. Contents: The rediscovery of a civilization / Mercedes de la Garza. A brief history of archaeological exploration / Ian Graham. Vegetation of Maya Region / Arturo ?omez-Pompa. Ancient Maya civilization in space and time / Jeremy A. Sabloff. The Maya and their Olmec neighbors. Tom?s P?rez Su?rez. Maya frontiers / Giuseppe Orefici. The Maya city / Enrique Nalda. Maya architecture / Antonio Benavides C. Maya daily labors: a history in lower case / Mario Humberto Ruz. Maya writing / Maricela Ayala Falc?n. Calendrical cycles and astronomy / Victoria R. Bricker, Harvey M. Bricker. The Maya codices / Thomas A. Lee Whiting. Maya Cosmogony / Enrique Florescano. Maya gods / Mercedes de la Garza. Portable objects / Clemency Chase Coggins. Classic Maya painted ceramics and the stories they tell / Dorie Reents-Budet. Sculpture and murals of the Usumacinta Region / Merle Greene Robertson. The highlands of Guatemala and Chiapas / Zoila Rodr?guez Gir?n, J. H?ctor Paredes G. Dynastic history and politics of the classic Maya / David Stuart. Cop?n: art, science and dynasty / Ricardo Agurcia Fasquelle. Archaeology of the Central Lowland Mayas: Tikal / H?ctor L. Escobedo, Juan Antonio Vald?s. The metropolis of Calakmul Campeche / Ram?n Carrasco V. Jaina: its funerary art / Rom?n Pi?a Ch?n. Uxmal and the Puuc zone: monumental architectural scuppture facades and political power in the terminal classic period / Jeff Karl Kowalski. Contacts with Central Mexico and the transition to the Postclassic: Chich?n Itz? in central Yucat?n / Peter J. Schmidt. Navigation and trade on the eastern coast of the Yucat?n Peninsula / Roc?a Gonz?lez de la Mata, Anthony P. Andrews. Political organization of the Yucat?n Mayas during the eleventh and sixteenth centuries / Sergio Quezada. The conquest of the Mayas of Yucat?n and Maya Resistance during the Spanish colonial period / Grant D. Jones. The Mayas in modern times / Jan de Vos. // **Somewhat heavy item. Weighs 8 lbs when packed. Additional shipping fees may be needed for expedited or international orders. Please inquire**. Near fine in very good jacketl mild rubbing to edges; now in archival mylar.

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Title
Maya
Author
Schmidt, Peter J. (Editor); De La Garza, Mercedes (Editor); Nalda, Enrique (Editor), Palazzo Grassi (Host Institution)
Publisher
Rizzoli, New York
Publication year
1998
Condition
Very Good
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Dust Jacket Included
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0847821293
ISBN 13
9780847821297
Edition
First Edition.
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BIBLIOPE by Calvello Books

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Please visit us at Bibliope.com. You will be price-pleased! I have been buying & selling used and rare books since 1987, and selling on ABE since 1997. Your orders are very well-packed, and ship from Oakland, California, via the United Stated Postal Service, or UPS, and usually within 1-2 business days. We are mail-order only.

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