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Language: en
Pages: 313
Pages: 313
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-01-01 - Publisher: University of Texas Press
Like their regal counterparts in societies around the globe, ancient Maya rulers departed this world with elaborate burial ceremonies and lavish grave goods, wh
Language: en
Pages: 383
Pages: 383
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-11-05 - Publisher: University Press of Florida
Maya kings who failed to ensure the prosperity of their kingdoms were subject to various forms of termination, including the ritual defacing and destruction of
Language: en
Pages: 324
Pages: 324
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-11-15 - Publisher: University of Texas Press
From the tombs of the elite to the graves of commoners, mortuary remains offer rich insights into Classic Maya society. In Mortuary Landscapes of the Classic Ma
Language: en
Pages: 234
Pages: 234
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-11-07 - Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Excavations of Maya burial vaults at Palenque, Mexico, half a century ago revealed what was then the most extraordinary tomb finding of the pre-Columbian world;
Language: en
Pages: 271
Pages: 271
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-07-21 - Publisher: University of Texas Press
In the southern Maya lowlands, rainfall provided the primary and, in some areas, the only source of water for people and crops. Classic Maya kings sponsored ela