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  | | The Maya by Michael D. Coe, Stephen Houston Paperback, Published 2022 by Thames & Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-500-29514-4, ISBN: 0-500-29514-X "This revised edition also expands information on the roles of women, courtiers, and outsiders; covers novel research about Maya cities, including research into water quality, marketplaces, fortifications, and integrated road systems; and ..." |
 | | 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 ..." |
 | | An Inconstant Landscape The Maya Kingdom of El Zotz, Guatemala (Paperback) by Thomas G. Garrison, Stephen Houston Paperback, 492 Pages, Published 2020 by University Press Of Colorado, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-64642-077-3, ISBN: 1-64642-077-2 "In this volume, contributors address the challenges faced by smaller polities on the peripheries of powerful kingdoms and ask how subordination was experienced and independent policy asserted." |
 | | The Memory of Bones Body, Being, and Experience among the Classic Maya (Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latin) by Stephen Houston, David Stuart, Karl Taube Paperback, 334 Pages, Published 2011 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-71319-2, ISBN: 0-292-71319-3 "All of human experience flows from bodies that feel, express emotion, and think about what such experiences mean. But is it possible for us, embodied as we are in a particular time and place, to know how people of long ago thought about the body and its experiences? In this groundbreaking book, three leading experts on the Classic Maya (ca. AD 250 to 850) marshal a vast array of evidence from Maya iconography and hieroglyphic writing, a ..." |
 | | Re-Presenting the Past Archaeology through Text and Image (Joukowsky Institute Publication) by Sheila Bonde, Stephen Houston, Oxbow Books Paperback, 215 Pages, Published 2013 by Oxbow Books ISBN-13: 978-1-78297-231-0, ISBN: 1-78297-231-5 "The archaeological past exists for us through intermediaries. Some are written works, descriptions, narratives and field notes, while others are visual: the drawings, paintings, photographs, powerpoints or computer visualizations that allow us to re-present past forms of human existence. This volume brings together nine papers, six of which were presented at a symposium hosted at Brown University. Two papers explore the classical past a ..." |
 | | Maya Archaeology 2 Featuring the Ancient Maya Murals of Calakmul, Mexico by Simon Martin, David Stuart, Ramón Carrasco Vargas, María Cordeiro Baqueiro, Arnoldo González Cruz, Guillermo Bernal Romero, Greg Borgstede, Charles Golden, Stephen Houston, Joel Skidmore Paperback, 158 Pages, Published 2012 by Precolumbia Mesoweb Press ISBN-13: 978-0-9859317-8-0, ISBN: 0-9859317-8-7 "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 Disappearance of Writing Systems Perspectives on Literacy and Communication by John Baines, John Bennet, Stephen Houston, Professor John Bennet Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2008 by Equinox Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-84553-907-8, ISBN: 1-84553-907-9 "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 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 ..." |