MayaPeter J. Schmidt, Mercedes de la Garza, Enrique Nalda |
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Page 529
... figure placed in a frieze in- side a small niche on each of the three doors of one of the buildings at Xculoc , Campeche . It is an un- common figure in Maya monu- ments , perhaps inspired by a model from another region outside the Yu ...
... figure placed in a frieze in- side a small niche on each of the three doors of one of the buildings at Xculoc , Campeche . It is an un- common figure in Maya monu- ments , perhaps inspired by a model from another region outside the Yu ...
Page 539
... figure with highly elaborate costume and large feather crests that occupy all the space around the main figure . In the narrower panel there are sym- bolic designs that recall true glyphs , meaning that they may now lack the same ...
... figure with highly elaborate costume and large feather crests that occupy all the space around the main figure . In the narrower panel there are sym- bolic designs that recall true glyphs , meaning that they may now lack the same ...
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... figure's arms . Each of the figures wears composite earspools and a beaded necklace , bracelets , anklets , and a belt . They also each display tatoo- like earth markings , and cacao pods grow from various places on their bodies . The ...
... figure's arms . Each of the figures wears composite earspools and a beaded necklace , bracelets , anklets , and a belt . They also each display tatoo- like earth markings , and cacao pods grow from various places on their bodies . The ...
Contents
The rediscovery of a civilization | 19 |
Arturo GómezPompa | 39 |
Ancient Maya Civilization in Space | 53 |
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Ahau ancient Maya Antropología Inv archaeological architecture Arqueología y Etnología band Belize bird Calakmul Campeche central century Chiapas Chichén Itzá City Museo Nacional cm diameter cm Guatemala cm Mexico City cm thickness cm width coast Codex Comalcalco Copán cultural decoration deity Early Classic period Etnología Inv feathers figure figurine funerary glyphs Guatemala Guatemala Ceramic Height head headdress hieroglyphic highlands Honduras inscriptions jadeite jaguar Jaina Island Kaminaljuyú Late Classic period lowlands mask Maya area Maya civilization Mayapán Mesoamerica Mexico Ceramic Height Mexico City Mexico City Museo MNAE monuments Museo de Sitio Museo Regional Nacional de Antropología Nacional de Arqueología Olmec painted Palenque Petén political Polychrome Popol Vuh Postclassic period Preclassic period Puuc Quintana Roo Regional de Yucatán represented Río ritual ruler sculpture serpent shell Stela stone Structure stucco symbol Tabasco Temple Tikal tion Uaxactún underworld Uxmal Yaxchilán Yucatán Palacio Cantón Yucatán peninsula Yucatec Mayan zone
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The Cydonia Codex: Reflections from Mars George J. Haas,William R. Saunders No preview available - 2005 |