A Forest of Kings the Untold Story of the Ancient Maya by Linda Schele and David Freidel Color Photographs by Justin Kerr
Description
Time travel in the jungle -- Sacred space, holy time, and the Maya world -- Cerros : the coming of kings -- A war of conquest : Tikal against Uaxact{acute}un -- Star wars in the Seventh Century -- The children of the First Mother : family and dynasty at Palenque -- Bird-jaguar and the Cahalob -- Cop{acute}an : the death of first dawn on Macaw Mountain -- Kingdom and empire at Chich{acute}en Itz{acute}a -- The end of a literate world and its legacy to the future -- Back to the beginning -- Glossary of gods and icons.
542 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :illustrations (some color) ;26 cm
Book Details
Author
Schele, Linda.
Place Published
City
New York
Publication Subjects
Mayas--Kings and rulers.
Mayas--History.
Mayas.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01012775
Mayas--Kings and rulers.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01012809