The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya ArtKimbell Art Museum, 1986 - 335 pages An illustrated study of the Maya civilization, drawing from interpretations of the texts embedded in pictorial scenes or carved on stone tablets to provide the meaning of the art and architecture of the ancient culture. |
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... Honduras , 1927 , " Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 57 ( 1927 ) , p . 305 . 11. Excavations by William Fash , Jr. , in Plaza A of Group 9N - 8 , Copan , have yielded the longest occupa- tion sequence in western Honduras ...
... Honduras , 1927 , " Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 57 ( 1927 ) , p . 305 . 11. Excavations by William Fash , Jr. , in Plaza A of Group 9N - 8 , Copan , have yielded the longest occupa- tion sequence in western Honduras ...
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... Honduras PLATE 29 Cylindrical vessel , meander design Burial VIII - 27 , Copan , Honduras Middle Preclassic period , 800-600 B.C. Incised ceramic ( white clay ) Diam . 10.3 x H. 8.1 cm Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia ...
... Honduras PLATE 29 Cylindrical vessel , meander design Burial VIII - 27 , Copan , Honduras Middle Preclassic period , 800-600 B.C. Incised ceramic ( white clay ) Diam . 10.3 x H. 8.1 cm Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia ...
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... Honduras Late Classic period , A.D. 780-800 FIGURE III . 10 Scribe Structure 9N - 82 , upper level , Copan , Honduras Late Classic period , A.D. 780-800 FIGURE III . 7 art and writing . Several extant works , notably carved jade ...
... Honduras Late Classic period , A.D. 780-800 FIGURE III . 10 Scribe Structure 9N - 82 , upper level , Copan , Honduras Late Classic period , A.D. 780-800 FIGURE III . 7 art and writing . Several extant works , notably carved jade ...
Table des matières
Introduction | 6 |
Chapters | 63 |
Kingship and the Rites of Accession | 103 |
Droits d'auteur | |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art Linda Schele,Mary Ellen Miller Affichage d'extraits - 1986 |
The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art Linda Schele,Mary Ellen Miller Affichage d'extraits - 1986 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
accession ahau appears architectural Art Museum ball ballcourt ballgame ballplayers belt Bird Jaguar blood bloodletting body Bonampak cahal captives carved Cauac Celestial Monster celt ceramic Chac-Xib-Chac Chan-Bahlum Classic Maya cloth Copan costume death depicted dressed earflare Early Classic period event FIGURE figurine Floyd Lounsbury glyph gods Guatemala head headband headdress Hero Twins Hieroglyphic Honduras human Hunahpu imagery inscriptions jade Jester Kan-Xul katun Kimbell Kimbell Art Museum king Late Classic period Late Preclassic period Leiden Plaque Lintel Long Count lord Lowlands maize mask Maya art Maya civilization Mesoamerica monuments moon Olmec Pacal painted Palenque panel Pauahtun pectoral personified Piedras Negras Pilas PLATE Popol Vuh portrait recorded rite ritual ruler sacrifice scene scribes scroll sculpture Seibal shell Shield Jaguar Stela stone Structure supernatural symbols Tikal Uaxactun Underworld Venus Vision Serpent warrior water-lily wears World Tree worn Xibalba Yax-Pac Yaxchilan zoomorphic