Meso America

ISBN: 9781905375677
Published by : Brepols
Series: Studies in Medieval and Early Renaissance Art History
Volume: 63
This is the first comprehensive and in-depth study of the earliest figural painting ever to have been produced in Flanders on a continual basis. Most of the manuscripts are Psalters, but Bibles, a Breviary, a Missal, a Netherlandic life of a saint... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9782503534732
Published by : Brepols
Series: Studies in the Early Middle Ages
Volume: 9
This volume is about the book itself, as shaped and made by medieval scribes and as conditioned by the cultural understandings that were present in the world where those scribes lived. Questions relating to the provenance, compilation, script, fun... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407305608
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This study presents a motif classification, quantification, and regional comparisons for engraved rock art from the Maderas Volcano on Ometepe Island, Nicaragua. Maderas has the largest concentration of petroglyphs thus far reported in Central ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407306520
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This thesis examines the evidence for ancient Maya "superstates" as gleaned from an analysis of ancient Maya city plans. While the evidence does imply a correlation between inter- and intra-regional power blocs and shared city plan elements, it... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9782503529097
Published by : Brepols
Series: CURSOR MUNDI
Volume: 7
Material Restoration follows the journey of a parchment bifolium, which was first used in the binding of a manuscript produced in Echternach around the year 1000, and then removed from its original container-codex after it was appropriated by the... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780870819292
Published by : University of Colorado Press
Combining older findings with new data on 1,000 previously undescribed archaeological sites, "Origins of the Nuu" presents the cultural evolution of the Mixteca Alta in an up-to-date chronological framework. The nuu - the kingdoms of the famous... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780714125862
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd
Published to complement a major exhibition at the British Museum and in the light of recent archaeological discoveries, this richly illustrated book reassesses the life, death and legacy of the once-mighty warrior-king, Moteczuma. Through chap... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780714125855
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd
Published to complement a major exhibition at the British Museum and in the light of recent archaeological discoveries, this richly illustrated book reassesses the life, death and legacy of the once-mighty warrior-king, Moteczuma. Through chap... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780521660068
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Structured by categories of person in society, This new synthesis on the Classic Maya reports on kings, queens, nobles, gods, and ancestors, as well as the many millions of farmers and other figures who lived in Mayan society. Drawing on all t... .... Learn More