Meso America
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Heaven on Earth: Temples, Ritual, and Cosmic Symbolism in the Ancient World [Paperback]
Deena Ragavan (Editor)
£18.00ISBN: 9781885923967
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: Oriental Institute Seminars
Volume: 9
The volume is the result of the eighth Annual University of Chicago Oriental Institute Seminar, held on March 2-3, 2012. Seventeen speakers, from both the US and abroad, examined the interconnections between temples, ritual, and cosmology from a v... .... Learn More -
Ballgames and Ballcourts in Prehispanic Mesoamerica: A Bibliography [Paperback]
Eric Taladoire (Author)
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The Making of the Margin: The Master of the David Scenes and Ghent-Bruges Manuscript Illumination [Hardback]
Anne Margreet As-Vijvers (Author)
£123.00ISBN: 9782503516844
Published by : Brepols
Series: Ars Nova
Volume: 11
The subject of the present publication is the working practices of the Ghent-Bruges illuminators, active in Flanders in the decades around 1500. Its focus is on manuscripts featuring freestanding, isolated motifs painted in the margins of text pag... .... Learn More -
The First Maya Civilization: Ritual and Power Before the Classic Period [Hardback]
Francisco Estrada Belli (Author)
£65.00ISBN: 9780415429931
Published by : Routledge Ltd
This study illustrates the latest archaeological finds that force a revision of old theories on the beginnings of Maya civilization. It focuses largely on two newly discovered early cities in the eastern part of the Peten, Cival and Holmul, the... .... Learn More -
The First Maya Civilization: Ritual and Power Before the Classic Period [Paperback]
Francisco Estrada Belli (Author)
£21.99ISBN: 9780415429948
Published by : Routledge Ltd
This study illustrates the latest archaeological finds that force a revision of old theories on the beginnings of Maya civilization. It focuses largely on two newly discovered early cities in the eastern part of the Peten, Cival and Holmul, the... .... Learn More -
Food, Fire and Fragrance: A Paleoethnobotanical Perspective on Classic Maya Cave Rituals [Paperback]
Christopher T Morehart (Author)
£37.00ISBN: 9781407307411
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This study draws on the underexploited resource of archaeobotany to add to our knowledge of Mayan cave ritual. The author publishes and analyses archaeobotanical results from seven cave sites in the Upper Belize Valley, comparing them with epi... .... Learn More -
Tying Headbands or Venus Appearing: New Translations of k'al, the Dresden Codex Venus Pages and Classic Period Royal 'Binding' Rituals [Paperback]
Gerardo Aldana y Villalobos (Author)
£27.00ISBN: 9781407308036
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Epigraphers of the Mayan hieroglyphic writing system have demonstrated that a single verb root lies behind a substantial array of royal rituals. At the same time, astronomically oriented studies have found the same root associated with the even... .... Learn More -
Ritual Change at the End of the Maya Classic Period: A Study of Incense Burners from the Southern Lowlands [Paperback]
Maria Dolores Tobias (Author)
£49.00ISBN: 9781407308296
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This research aims to better understand Maya ritual practices associated with the burning of aromatic substances and the use of incense burners in the southern Maya lowlands during the Classic ands Postclassic transition. Incense burners are co... .... Learn More -
From Ichcanzihoo to Merida: Documenting Cultural Transition through Contact Archaeology in Tihoo, Merida, Yucatan [Paperback]
Rhianna C Rogers (Author)
£38.00ISBN: 9781407308517
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This study is concerned with the role material culture played in transformation and/or retention of Maya authority, just prior to and after Spanish contact (A.D. 1100-1800s). Included in this project are a general examination of Maya studies in... .... Learn More -
An Index of Images in English Manusripts from Chaucer to Henry VIII: The British Library. The Additional and Egerton Collection [Paperback]
Kathleen L Scott (Author)
£105.00ISBN: 9781905375639
Published by : Brepols
Series: INDEX OF IMAGES IN ENGLISH MANUSCRIPTS
Volume: 5
This is a new volume in a continuing series of publications listing and identifying all illustrations contained in English manuscripts from the time of Chaucer to Henry VIII. This was an important period in the history of English book production, ... .... Learn More