The Maya
Subtitle: palaces and pyramids of the rainforest
By: Henri Stierlin ; photographs: Anne and Henri Stierlin.
Series: Taschen's world architecture
Publisher: Taschen
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Köln; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
Subjects: Maya architecture.; Mayas -- Antiquities.; Central America -- Antiquities.; Mexico -- Antiquities.
Description: "This volume retraces the development and magnificent flowering of Mayan architecture in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Belize over the period 300 B.C.-A.D. 1500. Tikal, the earliest Mayan religious center, Palenque, famous for its ceremonial center, and Copan, with its hieroglyphic staircase featuring 2500 glyphs, are among the cites featured."--Alibris.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 234) and indexes.