A forest of kings : the untold story of the ancient Maya /

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

Using data from art and archaeology, this book provides the public with the first glimpse of the just-deciphered history of the Classic Maya. A retelling of the doings of kings and conquerors in Central America more than 1,000 years ago.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schele, Linda.
Other Authors: Freidel, David A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : William Morrow and Company, Inc, [1990]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Maya > Kings and rulers.
Maya > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Time travel in the jungle
  • Sacred space, holy time, and the Maya world
  • Cerros : the coming of kings
  • A war of conquest : Tikal against Uaxactún
  • Star wars in the Seventh Century
  • The children of the First Mother : family and dynasty at Palenque
  • Bird-jaguar and the Cahalob
  • Copán : the death of first dawn on Macaw Mountain
  • Kingdom and empire at Chichén Itzá
  • The end of a literate world and its legacy to the future
  • Back to the beginning
  • Glossary of gods and icons.

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