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Author Martin, Simon.

Title Chronicle of the Maya kings and queens : deciphering the dynasties of the ancient Maya / Simon Martin and Nikolai Grube.

Imprint London ; New York : Thames & Hudson, 2000.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Kansas Collection J Schick  972.801 M365c 2000    ---  Lib Use Only
Description 240 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-236) and index.
Contents Preface: Discovering the Maya past -- Introduction -- Tikal -- Dos Pilas -- Naranjo -- Caracol -- Calakmul -- Yaxchilan -- Piedras Negras -- Palenque -- Tonina -- Copan -- Quirigua -- Epilogue: Fall of the divine kings.
Summary "Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens is the first book to draw together and examine the greatest Maya dynasties in a single volume. Describing many of their own discoveries, two of the world's leading experts in Maya hieroglyphic decipherment take the reader into a once hidden history."--Jacket.
Subject Mayas -- Kings and rulers.
Mayas -- Antiquities.
Central America -- Antiquities.
Central America -- History -- To 1821.
Antiquities. (OCoLC)fst00810745
Mayas -- Antiquities. (OCoLC)fst01012778
Mayas -- Kings and rulers. (OCoLC)fst01012809
Central America. (OCoLC)fst01244535
Chronological Term To 1821
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author Grube, Nikolai.
ISBN 0500051038
9780500051030

 
    
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