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The code of kings : the language of seven sacred Maya temples and tombs / Linda Schele and Peter Mathews ; photographs by MacDuff Everton and Justin Kerr.
LIBRA - Special F1435.3.A6 S34 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schele, Linda.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mayas--Religion.
- Mayas.
- Maya architecture.
- Maya sculpture.
- Sacred space--Mexico.
- Sacred space.
- Sacred space--Central America.
- Mayan languages--Writing.
- Mayan languages.
- Names, Mayan.
- Inscriptions, Mayan.
- Mexico--Antiquities.
- Mexico.
- Antiquities.
- Central America--Antiquities.
- Central America.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 431 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Touchstone edition.
- Other Title:
- Language of seven sacred Maya temples and tombs
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 1999.
- Summary:
- Building on her classics "A Forest of Kings" and "The Blood of Kings", Linda Schele and her world-renowned team take readers on a brilliant and visually dazzling guided tour of the seven most popular and significant Maya ruins. Photos & line art throughout. 8-page color photo insert.
- Contents:
- Pyramid-mountains and plaza-seas
- Tikal : Toh-Chak-Ich'ak's palace
- Palenque : Hanab-Pakal's tomb
- Copan : the great plaza of Waxaklahun-Ubah-K'awil
- Seibal : the K'atun-ending commemoration of Ah-Bolon-Abta Wat'ul-Chatel
- Chich'en Itza : the great ballcourt
- Uxmal : the nunnery quadrangle of Chan-Chak-K'ak'nal-Ahaw
- Iximche' : the capital of the Kaqchikel Maya
- Concordance of Maya personal names
- Key to pronunciation and orthography
- Glossary of gods and supernaturals.
- Notes:
- "A Touchstone book."
- Originally published: New York : Scribner, ©1998.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-407) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0684852098
- 9780684852096
- OCLC:
- 41423034
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