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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... Guatemala and Chichen Itza in the Yucatan to test theories about the Maya , and he embarked on a campaign of explora- tion to document all Maya ruins and inscriptions , a project that eventually led to the discovery of many new sites ...
... Guatemala and Chichen Itza in the Yucatan to test theories about the Maya , and he embarked on a campaign of explora- tion to document all Maya ruins and inscriptions , a project that eventually led to the discovery of many new sites ...
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... Guatemala , " American Antiquity 42 ( 1977 ) , pp . 28-60 . " " 8. In 1864 , J. A. Von Braem , a Dutch engineer , found the Leiden Plaque in a cache while cutting a canal northeast of Puerto Barrios , Guatemala . Morley tried , but ...
... Guatemala , " American Antiquity 42 ( 1977 ) , pp . 28-60 . " " 8. In 1864 , J. A. Von Braem , a Dutch engineer , found the Leiden Plaque in a cache while cutting a canal northeast of Puerto Barrios , Guatemala . Morley tried , but ...
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... Guatemala , " American Antiquity 25 ( 1960 ) , p . 470 . 7. Christopher Jones , " Inauguration Dates of Three Late Classic Rulers at Tikal , Guatemala , " American Antiquity 42 ( 1977 ) , pp . 28-60 , and Linda Schele , Peter Mathews ...
... Guatemala , " American Antiquity 25 ( 1960 ) , p . 470 . 7. Christopher Jones , " Inauguration Dates of Three Late Classic Rulers at Tikal , Guatemala , " American Antiquity 42 ( 1977 ) , pp . 28-60 , and Linda Schele , Peter Mathews ...
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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 bloodletting body Bonampak cahal captives carved Cauac Celestial Monster celt ceramic Chac-Xib-Chac Chan-Bahlum Classic Maya cloth Copan costume Cylindrical vessel death depicted dressed earflare Early Classic period event FIGURE figurine front glyph gods Guatemala head headband headdress Hero Twins Hieroglyphic Honduras human Hunahpu imagery incised 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 sculpture Seibal shell Shield Jaguar Stela stone Structure supernatural symbols Tikal Tlaloc Uaxactun Underworld Venus Vision Serpent warriors water-lily wears World Tree worn Xibalba Yax-Pac Yaxchilan zoomorphic