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Books by Andrea Joyce Stone
  | | Images from the Underworld(1st Edition) Naj Tunich and the Tradition of Maya Cave Painting by Andrea Joyce Stone Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 1995 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-75552-9, ISBN: 0-292-75552-X "The present volume is not only an extraordinarily detailed and insightful analysis of the painted representations and texts found in Naj Tunich but also a complete survey of all known Maya painted caves. . . . Stone has given us a major monograph on a major Maya site. For completeness of presentation, for clarity of writing, and for depth and scope of analysis, it is a model of what a final report should be, but seldom is. -- Michael D. ..." |
 | | Reading Maya Art A Hieroglyphic Guide to Ancient Maya Painting and Sculpture by Andrea Joyce Stone, Marc Zender Hardcover, 248 Pages, Published 2011 by Thames & Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-500-05168-9, ISBN: 0-500-05168-2 "Lavishly illustrated, fully cross-referenced and indexed: an invaluable book for anyone wishing to see and understand Maya art through the eyes of ancient scribes and artists.The art of the ancient Maya may be considered their most singular cultural achievement. Yet despite a surge of popular interest in these remarkable people, few are fully aware of the richness of their artistic legacy, unique in all of pre-Columbian Ameri ..." |
 | | Images from the Underworld Naj Tunich and the Tradition of Maya Cave Painting by Andrea Joyce Stone Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2011 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-72652-9, ISBN: 0-292-72652-X "In 1979, a Kekchi Maya Indian accidentally discovered the entrance to Naj Tunich, a deep cave in the Maya Mountains of El Peten, Guatemala. One of the world's few deep caves that contain rock art, Naj Tunich features figural images and hieroglyphic inscriptions that have helped to revolutionize our understanding of ancient Maya art and ritual. In this book, Andrea Stone takes a comprehensive look at Maya cave painting from Preconquest t ..." |
 | | Heart of Creation(1st Edition) The Mesoamerican World and the Legacy of Linda Schele by Andrea Joyce Stone, Andrea J. Stone, Contributor-Marc Zender, Contributor-Barbara Macleod, Contributor-Federico Fahsen, Contributor-Nikolai Grube, Contributor-Duncan Earle, Contributor-Gillett Griffin, Contributor-Anthony Aveni, Contributor-Susan Milbrath, Contributor-Annabeth Headrick, Contributor-Mary Miller, Elin C. Danien, David M. Schele, Dorie Reents-Budet, Merle Greene Robertson, Contributor-Rex Koontz, Elizabeth P. Benson, Michael D. Coe, Julia Guernsey Kappelman, Constance Cortez, Kathryn Reese-Taylor, Matthew G. Looper, David A. Freidel, David B. Kelley, David H. Kelley, Contributor-Andrea Stone, Linda Schele, Contributor-Dav, University Alabama Press Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2002 by University Alabama Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-1138-4, ISBN: 0-8173-1138-6 "This accessible, state-of-the-art review of Mayan hieroglyphics and cosmology also serves as a tribute to one of the field's most noted pioneers. The core of this book focuses on the current study of Mayan hieroglyphics as inspired by the recently deceased Mayanist Linda Schele. As author or coauthor of more than 200 books or articles on the Maya, Schele served as the chief disseminator of knowledge to the general public about this anci ..." |