En busca de los antiguos Mayas
Subtitle: historia de la Arqueología en Yucatán
By: Alfredo Barrera Rubio
Edition: Primera edición.
Series: Historia gráfica; Historia gráfica (Mérida, Mexico)
Publisher: Dante
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Mérida, Yucatán, México
Language: spa
Number of pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9786077091554
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Archaeology; Archaeologists; Biography; Anthropologists; Explorers; Mayas; Antiquities; Discovery and exploration
Other titles: Historia de la arqueología en Yucatán
Description: This volume brings together the main protagonists related to the study of the vestiges of the ancient Mayan civilization, from the conquest until the end of the 20th century. It presents the life and work of chroniclers, explorers and archaeologists who have built up the encounter with the cities, history, epigraphy, culture, calendar, gods and universe of the Maya. Includes researchers such as Frederick Catherwood, Fray Estanislao Carrillo, Teobert Maler, Alfred P. Maudslay, Sylvanus G. Morley, Tatiana Proskouriakoff, Alfredo Barrera Vázquez and many more.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Los cronistas; title: Los viajeros y exploradores; title: La profesionalización de los estudios arqueológicos; title: La acción institucional en la arqueología; title: Consideraciones finales.