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Maya architecture : temples in the sky / Kenneth Treister ; foreword by George Stuart.
Penn Museum Library F1435.3.A6 T74 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Treister, Kenneth.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Maya architecture.
- Mayas--Antiquities.
- Mexico--Antiquities.
- Mexico.
- Antiquities.
- Physical Description:
- x, 225 pages : illustrations ; 21x27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2013]
- Summary:
- A discussion of Maya buildings through the eyes of an architect.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Through the eyes of an architect
- 1. Simple principles of Maya architecture
- 2. Essence of Maya architecture: What remains? What it might have been? What it must have been
- 3. Manifestations of Maya architecture
- 4. Building materials
- 5. Building types
- 6. The Maya city
- 7. The Maya collapse
- 8. Oh, the wonder of it all
- 9 The legacy
- 10. The cities: Olmec
- Palenque
- Sayil
- Labná
- Uxmal
- Copán
- Chichen Itzá
- Tikal, Kabáh, and Dzibilchaltún
- The contemporary Maya world.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813042466
- 0813042461
- OCLC:
- 806013167
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