Maudslay Anne Cary, Maudslay Alfred Percival, Anne Cary Maudslay

A Glimpse at Guatemala, and Some Notes on the Ancient Monuments of Central America

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Produktbeschreibung

Alfred Percival Maudslay (1850-1931) was a British archaeologist who is widely considered the founder of modern Mesoamerican archaeology. First published in 1899, this volume documents Maudslay's last expedition to Guatemala with his wife Anne Cary Maudsley, and contains detailed descriptions of the archaeological sites he had previously excavated.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 490
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 297mm x 210mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 1259g
• ISBN-13: 9781108017046
• ISBN-10: 1108017045
• Artikelnr.: 30364049

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
List of illustrations
List of maps and plates
1. The voyage
2. The city
3. The start
4. Antigua
5. The volcanoes
6. The road to Godines
7. The lake of Atitlan
8. The Quiché and Cachiquels
9. Across the Altos
10. Uspantan and the Rio Negro
11. Coban and the Vera Paz
12. Ruins at Rabinal
13. The Road to Zacapa and Copan
14. Copan
15. Copan in 1885
16. Copan in 1885 continued
17. Copan to Quirigua
18. On the way to the coast
19. Cajabon and the northern forests
20. The ruins of Ixkun and the Pine Ridge
21. Chichén Itzá
22. Laguna and the Rio Usumacinta
23. Palenque
24. Tikál and Menché
25. Conclusions
26. The hieroglyphic inscriptions
Index
Explorations in Guatemala, and examination of the newly-discovered Indian ruins of Quiriguá, Tikal, and the Usumacinta.