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  | | Maya Archaeology 3(1st Edition) Featuring the Grolier Codex by Stephen Houston, Michael Coe, Mary Miller, Karl Taube, Simon Martin, Takeshi Inomata, Daniela Triadan, Christophe Helmke, Jaime Awe, Shawn Morton, Gyles Iannone, Kenichiro Tsukamoto, Octavio Esparza, Arnoldo Gonzalez, Joshua Balcells, Mary Jane Acuña, Joel Skidmore, Charles Golden, Chip Breitwieser, Charles W. Golden Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2015 by Precolumbia Mesoweb Press ISBN-13: 978-0-9859317-0-4, ISBN: 0-9859317-0-1 "Continuing in the tradition of the Maya Archaeology series from Precolumbia Mesoweb Press, this volume offers chapters by leading authorities on discoveries and research in the field of Maya archaeology. Topics include a royal tomb at Palenque, an early Maya ceremonial center at Ceibal, a hieroglyphic stairway at El Palmar recording a pilgrimage to distant Copan, and breakthrough insights into Maya divinity. The volume is accompanied by ..." |
 | | 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 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 ..." |
 | | Writing Without Words Alternative Literacies in Mesoamerica and the Andes by Dr Elizabeth Hill Boone, Walter D. Mignolo, Prof Stephen Houston, Margaret J. Goldstein, Mark B. King, John Pohl, Tom Cummins Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 1994 by Duke Univ Pr (Tx) ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-1377-9, ISBN: 0-8223-1377-4 "The history of writing, or so the standard story goes, is an ascending process, evolving toward the alphabet and finally culminating in the "full writing" of recorded speech. "Writing without Words" challenges this orthodoxy, and with it widespread notions of literacy and dominant views of art and literature, history and geography. Asking how knowledge was encoded and preserved in Pre-Columbian and early colonial Mesoamerican cultures, ..." |
 | | The Hidden Language of Graphic Signs Cryptic Writing and Meaningful Marks by John P. Bodel, Stephen Houston Hardcover, 333 Pages, Published 2021 by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge ISBN-13: 978-1-108-84061-3, ISBN: 1-108-84061-2 "CONTRIBUTORS John Bodel is W. Duncan MacMillan II Professor of Classics and Professor of History at Brown University. A graduate of Princeton University ( BA) and the University of Michigan (MA, PhD), he writes about the social, religious, ..." |
 | | The Adorned Body Mapping Ancient Maya Dress (Hardback) by Nicholas Carter, Stephen Houston, Franco Rossi Hardcover, 248 Pages, Published 2020 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4773-2070-9, ISBN: 1-4773-2070-9 "Inomata , Takeshi , Erick Ponciano , Richard E. Terry , Estela Pinto , Daniela Triadan , and Harriet F. Beaubien . 2001. “ In the Palace of ... Journal of Field Archaeology 28 ( 3–4 ) : 287–306 . Inomata ... Jackson , Sarah E. 2013. Politics of the ... In Phoneticism in Mayan Hieroglyphic Writing , edited by John S. Justeson and Lyle Campbell , 315–362 . Institute for ... In Imaging Dance : Visual Representations of Dancers and Dan ..." |
 | | Mayan Hieroglyphics by Stephen Houston Hardcover, Published by Crc Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8493-8876-7, ISBN: 0-8493-8876-7 |
 | | Temple of the Night Sun(1st Edition) A Royal Maya Tomb at El Diablo, Guatemala by Stephen Houston, Sarah Newman, Edwin Roman, Thomas Garrison, Nicholas Carter, Alyce De Carteret, Andrew Scherer, Karl Taube Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2015 by Precolumbia Mesoweb Press ISBN-13: 978-0-9821333-9-2, ISBN: 0-9821333-9-1 "Maya kings led opulent lives and, in death, lay in spectacular tombs. This book, illustrated with over 350 photographs and graphics in full color, publishes a royal crypt found in 2010 at El Zotz, Guatemala. Covered by a temple with celestial symbols, the tomb proved unusually rich. The main body belonged to the likely founder of a dynasty in the fourth century AD. The treasure with him included effigy ceramics, jade masks, regalia, tex ..." |
 | | An Inconstant Landscape(1st Edition) The Maya Kingdom of El Zotz, Guatemala by Thomas G. Garrison, Stephen Houston Hardcover, 492 Pages, Published 2018 by University Press Of Colorado ISBN-13: 978-1-60732-763-9, ISBN: 1-60732-763-5 "Presenting the results of six years of archaeological survey and excavation in and around the Maya kingdom of El Zotz, An Inconstant Landscape paints a complex picture of a dynamic landscape over the course of almost 2,000 years of occupation. El Zotz was a dynastic seat of the Classic period in Guatemala. Located between the renowned sites of Tikal and El Perú-Waka’, it existed as a small kingdom with powerful neighbors and serves toda ..." |
 | | Maya Archaeology 2(1st Edition) Featuring the Ancient Maya Murals of Calakmul, Mexico by Simon Martin, David Stuart, Guillermo Bernal Romero, Greg Borgstede, Ramón Carrasco Vargas, María Cordeiro, Arnoldo González Cruz, Charles Golden, Stephen Houston, Joel Skidmore, Marãa Cordeiro Hardcover, 158 Pages, Published 2012 by Precolumbia Mesoweb Press ISBN-13: 978-0-9821333-8-5, ISBN: 0-9821333-8-3 "The ruins of Calakmul, Mexico, have produced a series of significant archaeological finds over the years. Among the most recent and important is a buried platform whose exterior is covered in figural murals. Mural paintings are among the greatest artistic achievements of the Maya, and yet very few have survived ancient destruction or the subsequent ravages of the tropical climate. Thanks to these well-preserved images we are offered an ..." |
 | | The Gifted Passage Young Men in Classic Maya Art and Text by Stephen D. Houston Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2018 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-22896-0, ISBN: 0-300-22896-1 "In this thought-provoking book, preeminent scholar Stephen Houston turns his attention to the crucial role of young males in Classic Maya society, drawing on evidence from art, writing, and material culture. The Gifted Passage establishes that adolescent men in Maya art were the subjects and makers of hieroglyphics, painted ceramics, and murals, in works that helped to shape and reflect masculinity in Maya civilization. The political vo ..." |
 | | 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 ..." |
 | | Die Welt der Maya(4th Edition) Archäologische Schätze aus drei Jahrtausenden (German Edition) by Herbert Wilhelmy, Juan A. Valdés, Nicolas P. Dunning, Robert Sharer, W. W. Wurster, Oscar Quintana, Stephen Houston, David Steuart, David Freidel, Arne Eggebrecht, Nikolai K. Grube, Eva : Eggebrecht, Elke Wagner, P. Von Zabern Hardcover, 672 Pages, Published 1994 by P. Von Zabern ISBN-13: 978-3-8053-1293-6, ISBN: 3-8053-1293-8 "Quer-Gr.-8° (ca. 23,5 : 21,5 cm). XII, 636 S. mit vielen, meist farbigen Abbildungen. (Archäologische Schätze aus drei Jahrtausenden). llustrierter OPpbd (gering bestoßen)., U.a. über die Klassischen Maya, ihre Umwelt, Siedlungsweise, Ernährung und Lebensunterhalt, die Architektur und Kunst der Maya, der Hofstaat, die Kriege, das Ballspiel, Religion und Weltsicht, Schrift und Sprachen der Maya, der Untergang der Maya-Kultur und die Maya ..." |