Mayas
Subtitle: revelation of an endless time
By: curatorial coordinator, Mercedes de la Garza ; translation, Bebra Nagao
Contributors: National Museums Liverpool; Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (Mexico)
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
Published: 2015
Place of publication: México, D.F
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9786074846515
Subjects: Indians of Mexico; Exhibitions; Antiquities; Mayas
Description: More than 380 stunning pre-Hispanic objects from museums and Maya sites in Mexico, comprising funerary masks to intricate jade jewelry, in an " exhibition that encompasses Maya art, science, poetry, respect for nature and creativity."--Page [15]
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition held 19 June - 18 October 2015 at the National Museum of Liverpool in UK.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Forewords / Rafael Tovar y de Teresa, María Teresa Franco, David Flemming; title: Introduction. Mayas: revelation of an endless time / Mercedes de la Garza; title: The spirit of places; title: Gods of ancestors: worldview of the ancient Maya / Ramon Carrasco V.; title: Palenque: the eternal portal to the pre-Hispanic past / Arnoldo González Cruz and Joshua Abenamar Balcells González; title: Mayas in Tabasco and Chiapas / Jose Luis Romero; title: Maya civilization in the western Yucatán peninsula / Antonio Benavides C.; title: A world surrounded by the sea: Maya societies of the east coast of the Yucatán peninsula / Adriana Velazquez Morlet; title: Revelation of an endless time; title: Humankind and nature / Mauricio Ruiz Velasco Bengoa; title: Community and daily life / Tomás Pérez Suárez; title: The heart of cities / Tomás Pérez Suárez; title: Man in the face of time and the stars / Guillermo Bernal Romero; title: The ruling elite and their historiography / Guillermo Bernal Romero; title: Sacred forces / Mercedes de la Garza; title: Human connections with the gods: rites / Mercedes de la Garza; title: Entering the path: funerary rites / Mercedes de la Garza; title: Maya area: regions and styles; title: Maya Archaeological sites and occupation by period; title: Timeline.