David Adamson

The Ruins of Time

Four and a Half Centuries of Conquest and Discovery Among the Maya

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Ruins of Time (1975) examines the conquest of the Maya by the Spanish, the discoveries and adventures of the first travellers among them, the dramatic journeys of Victorian archaeologists and explorers and also contemporary attempts to unravel Maya hieroglyphs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• Gewicht: 520g
• ISBN-13: 9781032436746
• ISBN-10: 1032436743
• Artikelnr.: 70680551

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1. Conquest 1. The Strength of Darkness 2. The Land of Maiam 3. The
Conquest Begins 4. The Maya Crushed 5. 'Are They Not Men?' 6. Beneath the
Vines, Beneath the Trees 7. The Fall of Tayasal Part 2. Exploration 8. A
Lost City Rediscovered 9. The Race to Palenque 10. Incidents of Travel 11.
The Cruzob, People of the Cross 12. The Greatest Discovery 13. La Cité
Lorillard 14. The Epigraphers 15. Lords of the Jaguar Mat 16. A
Foot-Soldier of Anthropology