A forest of kings : the untold story of the ancient Maya

Schele, Linda

A forest of kings : the untold story of the ancient Maya / Linda Schele and David Freidel ; color photographs by Justin Kerr - New York : Morrow , c1990. - 542 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [510]-532) and index.

The recent interpretation of Maya hieroglyphs has given us the first written history of the New World as it existed before the European invasion. Now, two central figures in the massive effort to decode the glyphs, Linda Schele and David Freidel, make this history available for the first time in all its detail. A Forest of Kings is the story of Maya kingship, from the beginning of its institution and the first great pyramid builders two thousand years ago to the decline of Maya civilization and its destruction by the Spanish.

9780688074562

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Mayas----Kings and rulers
Mayas---History

F1435.3.K55 / S34 1990

LAS 972.01 SCH

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