Bibliograph

Maya, divine kings of the rain forest., edited by Nikolai Grube assisted by Eva Eggebrecht and Matthias Seidel

Type

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Maya, divine kings of the rain forest., edited by Nikolai Grube assisted by Eva Eggebrecht and Matthias Seidel

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 468-473) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Maya

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

48191020

Responsibility statement

edited by Nikolai Grube assisted by Eva Eggebrecht and Matthias Seidel

Sub title

divine kings of the rain forest.

Summary

Behind immense, ruined cities, and abandoned artworks deep in the rainforests of Central America lie the turbulent stories of the Maya monarchy. This text examines the Mayan civilisation

Table Of Contents

Vocanoes and jungle, a richly varied habitat / Nikolai Grube -- Cacao, the beverage of the gods / Nikolai Grube -- The origins of Maya civilization : the beginning of village life / Norman Hammond -- Obsidian, the metal of the Maya / Nikolai Grube -- The first cities : the beginnings of urbanization and state formation in the Maya lowlands / Richard D. Hansen -- Jade, the green gold of the Maya / Elisabeth Wagner -- Maya agriculture / Peter D. Harrison -- Tortillas and tamales, the food of the Maize people and their gods / Marta Grube -- From chiefdoms to statehood in the highlands of Guatemala / Federico Fahsen -- The insignia of power / Nikolai Grube -- Power in the west : the Maya and Teotihuacan / Simon Martin -- Hieroglyphs, the gateway to history / Nikolai Grube -- Bark paper books / Nikolai Grube -- Astronomy and mathematics / Alexander W. Voss -- Solar eclipses : fearing the end of the world / Nikolai Grube -- The dynastic history of the Maya / Nikolai Grube and Simon Martin -- Marriage diplomacy : women at the royal court / Stefanie Teufel -- Under a deadly star : warfare among the classic Maya / Simon Martin -- A game of life and death : the Maya ball game / Pierre R. Colas and Alexander Voss -- Unity in space and time : the maya architecture / Annegrete Hohmann-Vogrin -- The history of a Maya settlement : research results from the excavations at Xkipche / Michael Vallo -- Maya architecture at Tikal / Peter D. Harrison -- Processions, pilgrims and load-carriers : the ceremonial roads / Markus Eberl -- Understanding the murals of Bonampak / Mary Miller -- Grave robbers in the jungle / Nikolai Grube -- The art of classic vase painting / Dorie Reents-Budet -- The classic Maya gods / Karl Taube -- Court dwarfs : the companions of rulers and envoys of the underworld / Christian Prager -- Maya creation myths and cosmography / Elisabeth Wagner -- Intoxication and ecstacy / Nikolai Grube -- Uncovering the dark secrets of the Maya : the archeology of the Maya caves / James E. Brady -- Jaina, the island necropolis / Christian Prager -- Death and conceptions of the soul / Markus Eberl -- Long twilight or new dawn? Transformations of Maya civilization in the Puuc Region / Nicholas P. Dunning -- ... and then it was sculpted, the precious stone : the Maya stonemasons and sculptors / Elisabeth Wagner -- The dynamics of maturing statehood in postclassic Maya civilization / Marilyn Mason -- The art of weaving / Stefanie Teufel -- The martial dynasties : the postclassic in the Maya highlands / Frauke Sachse -- The Spanish conquest of Yucatan and Guatemala in the 16th and 17th centuries / Christian Prager -- Kanek', the last king of the Itzaj Maya / Temis Vayhinger-Scheer -- Between conformity and rebellion : the Maya society in the Colonial Period (1546-1811) / Antje Gunsenheimer -- The search for evidence : the scientific discovery of the Maya / Eva Eggebrecht -- Maya cities : lost, excavated and conserved / Markus Eberl -- Maya today : from Indios deprived of rights to the Indian awakening / Nikolai Grube

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