Maya
Subtitle: divine kings of the rain forest.
By: edited by Nikolai Grube assisted by Eva Eggebrecht and Matthias Seidel.
Contributors: Grube, Nikolai.; Eggebrecht, Eva.; Seidel, Matthias.
Publisher: Kónemann
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Kóhn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 480
Subjects: Mayas -- Antiquities; Mexico -- Antiquities; Central America -- Antiquities
Description: Behind immense, ruined cities, and abandoned artworks deep in the rainforests of Central America lie the turbulent stories of the Maya monarchy. This text examines the Mayan civilisation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 468-473) and index.
Table of contents: title: Vocanoes and jungle, a richly varied habitat / Nikolai Grube; title: Cacao, the beverage of the gods / Nikolai Grube; title: The origins of Maya civilization : the beginning of village life / Norman Hammond; title: Obsidian, the metal of the Maya / Nikolai Grube; title: The first cities : the beginnings of urbanization and state formation in the Maya lowlands / Richard D. Hansen; title: Jade, the green gold of the Maya / Elisabeth Wagner; title: Maya agriculture / Peter D. Harrison; title: Tortillas and tamales, the food of the Maize people and their gods / Marta Grube; title: From chiefdoms to statehood in the highlands of Guatemala / Federico Fahsen; title: The insignia of power / Nikolai Grube; title: Power in the west : the Maya and Teotihuacan / Simon Martin; title: Hieroglyphs, the gateway to history / Nikolai Grube; title: Bark paper books / Nikolai Grube; title: Astronomy and mathematics / Alexander W. Voss; title: Solar eclipses : fearing the end of the world / Nikolai Grube; title: The dynastic history of the Maya / Nikolai Grube and Simon Martin; title: Marriage diplomacy : women at the royal court / Stefanie Teufel; title: Under a deadly star : warfare among the classic Maya / Simon Martin; title: A game of life and death : the Maya ball game / Pierre R. Colas and Alexander Voss; title: Unity in space and time : the maya architecture / Annegrete Hohmann-Vogrin; title: The history of a Maya settlement : research results from the excavations at Xkipche / Michael Vallo; title: Maya architecture at Tikal / Peter D. Harrison; title: Processions, pilgrims and load-carriers : the ceremonial roads / Markus Eberl; title: Understanding the murals of Bonampak / Mary Miller; title: Grave robbers in the jungle / Nikolai Grube; title: The art of classic vase painting / Dorie Reents-Budet; title: The classic Maya gods / Karl Taube; title: Court dwarfs : the companions of rulers and envoys of the underworld / Christian Prager; title: Maya creation myths and cosmography / Elisabeth Wagner; title: Intoxication and ecstacy / Nikolai Grube; title: Uncovering the dark secrets of the Maya : the archeology of the Maya caves / James E. Brady; title: Jaina, the island necropolis / Christian Prager; title: Death and conceptions of the soul / Markus Eberl; title: Long twilight or new dawn? Transformations of Maya civilization in the Puuc Region / Nicholas P. Dunning; title: ... and then it was sculpted, the precious stone : the Maya stonemasons and sculptors / Elisabeth Wagner; title: The dynamics of maturing statehood in postclassic Maya civilization / Marilyn Mason; title: The art of weaving / Stefanie Teufel; title: The martial dynasties : the postclassic in the Maya highlands / Frauke Sachse; title: The Spanish conquest of Yucatan and Guatemala in the 16th and 17th centuries / Christian Prager; title: Kanek', the last king of the Itzaj Maya / Temis Vayhinger-Scheer; title: Between conformity and rebellion : the Maya society in the Colonial Period (1546-1811) / Antje Gunsenheimer; title: The search for evidence : the scientific discovery of the Maya / Eva Eggebrecht; title: Maya cities : lost, excavated and conserved / Markus Eberl; title: Maya today : from Indios deprived of rights to the Indian awakening / Nikolai Grube.