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008			120314s1990 nyuaf b 001 0 eng
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050	0	0	_aF1435.3.K55 _bS34 1990
082	0	0	_aLAS 972.01 SCH
100	1		_aSchele, Linda
245	1	2	_aA forest of kings _b: the untold story of the ancient Maya _c/ Linda Schele and David Freidel ; color photographs by Justin Kerr
260			_aNew York _b: Morrow _c, c1990.
300			_a542 p., [16] p. of plates _b: ill. (some col.) _c; 27 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [510]-532) and index.
520			_aThe 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.
650		0	_aMayas _x--Kings and rulers
650		4	_aMayas _x-History
700	1		_aFreidel, David
942			_cLAS
999			_c245053 _d245053