The Ruins of Time
Four and a Half Centuries of Conquest and Discovery Among the Maya
1st Edition
Published on 1. December 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
276 pages
978-1-032-43674-6 (ISBN)
Description
The Ruins of Time (1975) examines the conquest of the Maya by the Spanish, the discoveries and adventures of the first travellers among them, the dramatic journeys of Victorian archaeologists and explorers and also contemporary attempts to unravel Maya hieroglyphs.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
433 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-43674-6 (9781032436746)
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Content
Part 1. Conquest 1. The Strength of Darkness 2. The Land of Maiam 3. The Conquest Begins 4. The Maya Crushed 5. 'Are They Not Men?' 6. Beneath the Vines, Beneath the Trees 7. The Fall of Tayasal Part 2. Exploration 8. A Lost City Rediscovered 9. The Race to Palenque 10. Incidents of Travel 11. The Cruzob, People of the Cross 12. The Greatest Discovery 13. La Cite Lorillard 14. The Epigraphers 15. Lords of the Jaguar Mat 16. A Foot-Soldier of Anthropology