The Rise and Fall of Maya CivilizationOm en indianerkultur, som blomstrede i Mellemamerika før spaniernes erobring af landet i 1500-tallet. |
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE RISE AND FLORESCENCE OF MAYA CITY STATES | 39 |
THE DECLINE AND FALL OF MAYA CIVILIZATION | 91 |
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Ah Haleb Ahau altar ancient architecture Aztec Bacal balche Bonampak Book of Chilam British Honduras buildings burial carved cenote Central area century ceremonial centers Chacs Chiapas Chichén Itzá chief Chilam Balam Classic Period colonnade copal Copán corbeled vault corn court cult deities divine erected feet forest Formative Period four glyphs gourds Guatemala Guatemalan highlands head high priest Hunac Ceel important influences Izamal jade jaguar Kaminaljuyú katun Kukulcan lintels lowland Maya maize masks Maya area Maya calendar Maya cities Maya civilization Maya culture Mayapán Mexican Period Mexico Middle America moon murals obsidian painted Palenque perhaps Petén Piedras Negras Plate pottery probably pyramid Quiché Quiriguá rain gods region religious roof rooms rulers sacrifice sculpture Spanish Conquest stelae stone stucco style temple Teotihuacán Tikal tion Toltec trees Tula Uaxactún Uxmal Venta Venus victim walls warriors Yaxchilán Yucatán Yucatec