Tikal, city of the Maya
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Tikal, city of the Maya
(Travel to landmarks)
Tauris Parke Books, c1991
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Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Tikal was one of the greatest cities of the Mayan Empire which covered large parts of Central America between the third and ninth centuries AD. This book aims to provide a portrait of Tikal as it was in its heyday and as it is now. In doing so, it describes the nature of Mayan society.
Table of Contents
- The thousand years of Tikal- Maya spring, after the volcano, golden age to fall, city in the jungle, feeding the multitude
- the classic Maya - pyramids and palaces, the classic Yucatin styles, the plastic arts, the science of time, Maya writing, religion and society
- the ruins of Tikal- the temple of the Great Jaguar, the three acropoli, along the four causeways
- fall, revival and conquest - the fall of Tikal, Maya revival, the Spanish Conquest, early explorers, modern excavations.
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