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A forest of kings : the untold story of the ancient Maya / Linda Schele and David Freidel ; color photographs by Justin Kerr

By:

Schele, Linda

Contributor(s):

Freidel, David

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Morrow , c1990.Description: 542 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cmISBN:

9780688074562

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

LAS 972.01 SCH

LOC classification:

F1435.3.K55 S34 1990

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Latin American Studies	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	LAS 972.01 SCH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		035331

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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.

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