Blood of Kings: Dynasty And Ritual In Maya ArtWW Norton, 1986 - 335 pages "[A] work as remarkable for its text as for the photographs and drawings that illustrate it."—Octavio Paz, The New York Review of Books A comprehensive guide to the Maya which reveals kingship rites, ritual warfare, with a vast array of color plates and drawings. |
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Page 34
... Lowland Maya had experimented with the stela , adding it to their expressive repertoire as a major narrative format by the second century A.D. The Hauberg Stela ( Pl . 66 ) , the earliest known dated Lowland Maya monument , is inscribed ...
... Lowland Maya had experimented with the stela , adding it to their expressive repertoire as a major narrative format by the second century A.D. The Hauberg Stela ( Pl . 66 ) , the earliest known dated Lowland Maya monument , is inscribed ...
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... Lowland areas of the Peten and Belize . At this time , the Lowland Maya groups seem to have gained access to long distance trade while simultaneously developing intensive agricultural techniques . As a result , a de facto elite was ...
... Lowland areas of the Peten and Belize . At this time , the Lowland Maya groups seem to have gained access to long distance trade while simultaneously developing intensive agricultural techniques . As a result , a de facto elite was ...
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... Lowland cultural development was available , dates associated with the Highland sites were consistently earlier than Lowland dates , and this sharing of traits was taken as evidence that Maya civilization was developed first in the ...
... Lowland cultural development was available , dates associated with the Highland sites were consistently earlier than Lowland dates , and this sharing of traits was taken as evidence that Maya civilization was developed first in the ...
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 Aucun aperçu disponible - 1986 |
Blood of Kings: Dynasty And Ritual In Maya Art Linda Schele,Mary Ellen Miller Aucun aperçu disponible - 2000 |
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 inscriptions jade Jester Kan-Xul katun Kimbell Kimbell Art Museum king Late Classic period Late Preclassic period Leiden Plaque Lintel Long Count lord Lowland 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 warrior water-lily wears World Tree worn Xibalba Yax-Pac Yaxchilan zoomorphic