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Handbook to Life in the Ancient Maya World
Lynn V. Foster
出版Infobase Publishing, 2002
主題Social Science / Archaeology
ISBN08160748019780816074808
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=eqy6nxan4zQC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This text offers an accessible presentation of the latest archaeological and historical research on all aspects of Maya society, from its earliest beginnings to the Spanish Conquest in the 16th century. It introduces the evolution of Maya civilization and the geography of the Pre-Columbian Maya, then describes society and government, warfare, religion and cosmology, art, funerary beliefs, architecture, arithmetic and astronomy, Mayan languages and writing, industry and trade, and daily life. Many b & w photos and illustrations are included. Foster is a freelance writer, research scholar, and adjunct faculty member in the Hispanic Studies Department of the University of Massachusetts-Boston.