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  | | Fiery Pool(1st Edition) The Maya and the Mythic Sea by Daniel Finamore, Stephen D. Houston, Profusely Illustrated, Co-Stephen Houston Paperback, 328 Pages, Published 2010 by Peabody Essex Museum ISBN-13: 978-0-87577-219-6, ISBN: 0-87577-219-6 "Book by Daniel Finamore, Stephen D. Houston" |
 | | The Classic Maya(1st Edition) (Cambridge World Archaeology) by Stephen D. Houston, Takeshi Inomata Paperback, 402 Pages, Published 2009 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-66972-6, ISBN: 0-521-66972-3 "In the first millennium AD, the Classic Maya created courtly societies in and around the Yucatan Peninsula that have left some of the most striking intellectual and aesthetic achievements of the ancient world, including large settlements like Tikal, Copan, and Palenque. This book is the first in-depth synthesis of the Classic Maya. It is richly informed by new decipherments of hieroglyphs and decades of intensive excavation and survey. ..." |
 | | Function and Meaning in Classic Maya Architecture(1st Edition) (Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia) by Stephen D. Houston Hardcover, 562 Pages, Published 1998 by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library And Collection ISBN-13: 978-0-88402-254-1, ISBN: 0-88402-254-4 "36, 46, and 51), where, in contrast, depictions of ballcourts abounding with human activity appear next to graffiti of pyramids. In a strikingly different pattern, court scenes, which usually focus on an enthroned lord, take their scale from the height of the human figures. ... 2a), and continuing with anecdotal clay sculptures of about a thousand years later from Nayarit and Jalisco (Meighan ... 10), as well as stone architectural ..." |
 | | The First Writing(1st Edition) Script Invention as History and Process by Stephen D. Houston Paperback, 436 Pages, Published 2008 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-72826-3, ISBN: 0-521-72826-6 "Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pub Date: 2008 Pages: 774 Publisher: Camidge. University Press Ancient writing gives us our first glimpse of history People and Institutions and yet its Origins remain mysterious. This 2004 Book offers a treatment and Examination of the origins of ancient writing. It studies often neglected writing systems. such as those of Mesoamerica. The leading scholars in the field collectively discuss new topics and hig ..." |
 | | Maya Archaeology 1(1st Edition) Featuring the Ancient Maya Murals of San Bartolo, Guatemala by William Saturno, Linda A. Brown, Zachary X. Hruby, Karl Taube ., Gene Ware, Bruce R. Bachand, Lori E. Wright, Luis Alberto Martos, Joel Skidmore, Charles Golden, Stephen Houston, Charles W. Golden, Stephen D. Houston Hardcover, 112 Pages, Published 2009 by Precolumbia Mesoweb Press ISBN-13: 978-0-9821333-1-6, ISBN: 0-9821333-1-6 "Chapters include: High Resolution Documentation of the Murals of San Bartolo, Guatemala, by William Saturno....Strontium Isotopic Identification of an Early Classic Migrant to Punta de Chimino, Guatemala, by Lori E. Wright and Bruce R. Bachand....Communal and Personal Hunting Shrines Around Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, by Linda A. Brown....The Discovery of Plan de Ayutla, Mexico, by Luis Alberto Martos López....Painted Lithic Artifacts f ..." |
 | | The Shape of Script How and Why Writing Systems Change (School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series) by Stephen D. Houston Paperback, 346 Pages, Published 2012 by School For Advanced Research Press ISBN-13: 978-1-934691-42-7, ISBN: 1-934691-42-9 "This book builds on earlier projects about the origins and extinctions of script traditions throughout the world in an effort to address the fundamental questions of how and why writing systems change. The contributors--who study ancient scripts from Arabic to Roman, from Bronze Age China to Middle Kingdom Egypt--utilize an approach that views writing less as a technology than as a mode of communication, one that is socially learned and ..." |
 | | Veiled Brightness(1st Edition) A History of Ancient Maya Color (The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere) by Stephen D. Houston, Cassandra Mesick, Claudia Brittenham, Christina Warinner, Alexandre Tokovinine Hardcover, 162 Pages, Published 2009 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-71900-2, ISBN: 0-292-71900-0 "Color is an integral part of human experience, so common as to be overlooked or treated as unimportant. Yet color is both unavoidable and varied. Each culture classifies, understands, and uses it in different and often surprising ways, posing particular challenges to those who study color from long-ago times and places far distant. Veiled Brightness reconstructs what color meant to the ancient Maya, a set of linked peoples and societies ..." |
 | | The Maya(9th Edition) by Michael Douglas Coe, Stephen D. Houston Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2015 by Thames & Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-500-29188-7, ISBN: 0-500-29188-8 ""The gold standard of introductory books on the ancient Maya." ―ExpeditionThe Maya has long been established as the best, most readable introduction to the New World’s greatest ancient civilization. Coe and Houston update this classic by distilling the latest scholarship for the general reader and student. This new edition incorporates the most recent archaeological and epigraphic research, which continues to proceed at a fast pace. Amo ..." |
 | | Hieroglyphs and History at DOS Pilas(1st Edition) Dynastic Politics of the Classic Maya by Stephen D. Houston Hardcover, 181 Pages, Published 1993 by Univ Of Texas Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-292-73855-3, ISBN: 0-292-73855-2 "Since their discovery by early explorers, Maya hieroglyphs have prompted much speculation. What did this complex writing system record? How was the information organized, and what themes did it emphasize? What did the script reveal about the society that produced it? After over a century of research, epigraphers have finally deciphered much of the hieroglyphs' structure, content, and chronology, thereby opening a way to understand Maya ..." |
 | | The Wise Leader Doing the Right Things for the Right Reasons by Paul D. Houston, Stephen L. Sokolow Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2013 by Iuniverse ISBN-13: 978-1-4917-1028-9, ISBN: 1-4917-1028-4 "Core values and principles can sustain and inspire you during challenging times, and the more you practice and embody them, the more likely you are to become a wiser leader. Paul D. Houston, executive director emeritus of the American Association of School Administrators, and Stephen L. Sokolow, a founding partner and executive director of the Center for Empowered Leadership, offer eighteen core leadership values and principles to help ..." |
 | | Royal Courts Of The Ancient Maya(1st Edition) Volume 2: Data And Case Studies by Takeshi Inomata, Stephen D. Houston Hardcover, 432 Pages, Published 2019 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-367-31780-5, ISBN: 0-367-31780-X "This book discusses courts at specific centers and areas, presenting data from major research projects. It examines the beginning of the Copan dynasty and the possibility of its foreign origin. The book addresses the functions and meanings of thrones, referring to archaeological data from Uaxactun." |
 | | A Thematic Bibliography of Ancient Maya Writing by Stephen D. Houston, Zachary Nelson Paperback, 250 Pages, Published 2001 by Study And Preservation Of Ancient Religious T ISBN-13: 978-0-934893-62-6, ISBN: 0-934893-62-4 |
 | | The Disappearance of Writing Systems(Updated) Perspectives on Literacy and Communication by John Baines, John Bennet, Stephen Houston, Stephen D. Houston Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2008 by Equinox Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-84553-013-6, ISBN: 1-84553-013-6 "This volume gathers papers from the first conference ever to be held on the disappearance of writing systems, in Oxford in March 2004. While the invention and decipherment of writing systems have long been focuses of research, their eclipse or replacement have been little studied. Because writing is so important in many cultures and civilizations, its disappearance - followed by a period without it or by replacement by a different writi ..." |
 | | The Spiritual Dimension of Leadership(1st Edition) 8 Key Principles to Leading More Effectively (NULL) by Paul D. Houston, Dr Stephen L. Sokolow Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2006 by Corwin ISBN-13: 978-1-4129-2578-5, ISBN: 1-4129-2578-9 "'In this book, Paul Houston and Steve Sokolow sow seeds of wisdom that offer hope and sound guiding principles for America's educational leaders' - Richard W. Riley, former U.S. Secretary of Education and former Governor of South Carolina 'This book fills a troubling void in the leadership literature by highlighting the vital spiritual side of a leader's role' - Terrence E. Deal, Author Leading With Soul and Reframing the Path to Schoo ..." |
 | | The Classic Maya(1st Edition) (Cambridge World Archaeology) by Stephen D. Houston, Takeshi Inomata Hardcover, 402 Pages, Published 2009 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-66006-8, ISBN: 0-521-66006-8 "In the first millennium AD, the Classic Maya created courtly societies in and around the Yucatan Peninsula that have left some of the most striking intellectual and aesthetic achievements of the ancient world, including large settlements like Tikal, Copan, and Palenque. This book is the first in-depth synthesis of the Classic Maya. It is richly informed by new decipherments of hieroglyphs and decades of intensive excavation and survey. ..." |
 | | Royal Courts of the Ancient Maya, Vol. 1 Theory, Comparison, and Synthesis by Takeshi Inomata, Stephen D. Houston Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2000 by Westview Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8133-3640-4, ISBN: 0-8133-3640-6 "The two volumes of Royal Courts of the Ancient Maya provide current archaeological perspectives on Maya courts conceived as vital, functioning social groups composed of lords, courtiers, scribes, priests, and entertainers, among many others. In addition to archaeological data on the architecture and other spatial attributes of courts, the studies in the two volumes bring to bear on the topic the most recent evidence from inscriptions, v ..." |
 | | Fiery Pool(1st Edition) The Maya and the Mythic Sea (Peabody Essex Museum) by Daniel Finamore, Stephen D. Houston, Marc Zender Hardcover, 328 Pages, Published 2010 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-16137-3, ISBN: 0-300-16137-9 "A revolutionary new interpretation of ancient Maya art and culture Maya art and hieroglyphs constitute one of the world’s most fascinating, visually striking, and complex systems of expression. Most scholarly interpretations of Maya art and culture have emphasized that this ancient civilization was oriented toward inland centers and preoccupied with the blood of royal lineage and ritual sacrifice. Drawing on recent archaeological discov ..." |
 | | Classic Maya Place Names(1st Edition) (Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Art and Archaeology Studies Series) by David Stuart, Stephen D. Houston, Dumbarton Oaks Paperback, 108 Pages, Published 1994 by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library And Collection ISBN-13: 978-0-88402-209-1, ISBN: 0-88402-209-9 "In Excavations at Altun Ha, Belize, 1964-1970 (David Pendergast, ed.): 79- 80. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. 1985 Maya ... In Classic Maya Political History : Hieroglyphic and Archaeological Evidence (T. Patrick Culbert, ed.): 19- 29. A School of American Research Book. ... Ancient Near East (Ann C. Gunter, ed.): 53 -69. Arthur M. Sack- ler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Miller, Jeffrey H. 1974 Notes on a Stelae ..." |
 | | The First Writing Script Invention as History and Process by Stephen D. Houston, Ryan Kastner Hardcover, 436 Pages, Published 2004 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-83861-0, ISBN: 0-521-83861-4 "cultural. evolution. BRUCE G. TRIGGER Today the concept of sociocultural evolution is widely condemned as erroneous and unethical. It is asserted that, among its many shortcomings, it minimizes the extent of variability in human behavior, encourages acceptance of a mechanistic, ecological determinism, denies human agency, and ignores the symbolically mediated nature of cultures. It is also objected that it privileges change at the ..." |
 | | Maya Glyphs(2nd Edition) (Reading the Past) by Stephen D. Houston Paperback, 64 Pages, Published 1989 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-06771-4, ISBN: 0-520-06771-1 "This book surveys the discovery and partial decipherment of glyphic writing and introduces the reader to the media on which glyphs are recorded. It explains the underlying principles of Maya writing, including the grammar, and discusses decipherments" |
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