The First Maya Civilization: Ritual and Power Before the Classic Period

When the Maya kings of Tikal dedicated their first carved monuments in the third century A.D., inaugurating...
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Author: Francisco Estrada-Belli
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Language: English
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The First Maya Civilization: Ritual and Power Before the Classic Period by Estrada-Belli, Francisco

The First Maya Civilization: Ritual and Power Before the Classic Period

€118,16

The First Maya Civilization: Ritual and Power Before the Classic Period

€118,16
Author: Francisco Estrada-Belli
Format: Paperback
Language: English

When the Maya kings of Tikal dedicated their first carved monuments in the third century A.D., inaugurating the Classic period of Maya history that lasted for six centuries and saw the rise of such famous cities as Palenque, Copan and Yaxchilan, Maya civilization was already nearly a millennium old. Its first cities, such as Nakbe and El Mirador, had some of the largest temples ever raised in Prehispanic America, while others such as Cival showed even earlier evidence of complex rituals. The reality of this Preclassic Maya civilization has been documented by scholars over the past three decades: what had been seen as an age of simple village farming, belatedly responding to the stimulus of more advanced peoples in highland Mesoamerica, is now know to have been the period when the Maya made themselves into one of the New World's most innovative societies. This book discusses the most recent advances in our knowledge of the Preclassic Maya and the emergence of their rainforest civilization, with new data on settlement, political organization, architecture, iconography and epigraphy supporting a contemporary theoretical perspective that challenges prior assumptions.



Author: Francisco Estrada-Belli
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 01/03/2011
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780415429948


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