1st Edition
The First Maya Civilization Ritual and Power Before the Classic Period
By Francisco Estrada-Belli
Copyright 2011
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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When the Maya kings of Tikal dedicated their first carved monuments in the third century A.D., inaugurating the Classic period of Maya history that lasted for six centuries and saw the rise of such famous cities as Palenque, Copan and Yaxchilan, Maya civilization was already nearly a millennium old. Its first cities, such as Nakbe and El Mirador, had some of the largest temples ever raised in... Read more
1. Maya Civilization in perspective 2. Trajectories of Evolution: Maya Archaeology and the Preclassic Maya 3. Maya States before the Classic Period 4. Planting the seed of civilization: the making of sacred ground 5. Earth-Mountain-Caves and Sky-Serpent-Birds: Metanarratives of Preclassic Maya art 6. The Preclassic - to - Classic Maya transition: a new beginning? 7. Conclusion: A new beginning for Maya studies?
Biography
Francisco Estrada-Belli
"Francisco Estrada-Belli's new book on the early Maya stems from a decade of excavations and survey by the Holmul Project at Holmul, Cival, La, Sufricaya, and other sites in the northeast Peten of Guatemala...the writing is clear and lively...Estrada-Belli's book contains many valuable and instructive insights and convincing arguments and is well worth reading." – E. Wyllys Andrews, Tulane university, New Orleans, USA.
