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divine kings of the rain forest

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Vor mehr als tausend Jahren erlebte die Hochkultur der Maya im Regenwald Mittelamerikas ihre Blütezeit. Doch warum verliessen die Maya ihre grossartigen Königsstädte so plötzlich? Die faszinierende Kultur der Maya mit Architektur, Kunst, Ballspiel, Kalender, Schrift, religiösen Gepflogenheiten und dem Rätsel ihres Niedergangs wird im Kontext aktueller Forschung neu beleuchtet. 0Die vergangenen Jahre der Maya-Forschung haben dank archäologischer Feldforschung und neuen Untersuchungsmethoden in hohem Umfang neue Erkenntnisse gebracht. Um den international führenden Maya-Forscher Nicolai Grube versammeln sich anlässlich der Grossausstellung in Speyer und Assen die international renommierten Maya-Experten, um in anschaulichen Texten die spannende Geschichte der Maya brandaktuell zu erzählen: Von der Urbanisierung des Lebensraumes Regenwald, technischen Errungenschaften, Gesellschaftsstrukturen mit Gottkönigen zum Kollaps der einstigen Hochkultur. In rund 240 begeisternden Stücke entfaltet sich die visuelle Kraft der Maya-Kunst. Exhibition: Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer, Germany (02.10.2016-23.04.207).

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H.F. Ullmann
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English
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480

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Maya: das rätsel der königsstädte
2016, Hirmer
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Maya: divine kings of the rain forest
2006, H.F. Ullmann
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2001, Kónemann
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Table of Contents

Vocanoes and jungle, a richly varied habitat / Nikolai Grube
Cacao, the beverage of the gods / Nikolai Grube
The origins of Maya civilization : the beginning of village life / Norman Hammond
Obsidian, the metal of the Maya / Nikolai Grube
The first cities : the beginnings of urbanization and state formation in the Maya lowlands / Richard D. Hansen
Jade, the green gold of the Maya / Elisabeth Wagner
Maya agriculture / Peter D. Harrison
Tortillas and tamales, the food of the Maize people and their gods / Marta Grube
From chiefdoms to statehood in the highlands of Guatemala / Federico Fahsen
The insignia of power / Nikolai Grube
Power in the west : the Maya and Teotihuacan / Simon Martin
Hieroglyphs, the gateway to history / Nikolai Grube
Bark paper books / Nikolai Grube
Astronomy and mathematics / Alexander W. Voss
Solar eclipses : fearing the end of the world / Nikolai Grube
The dynastic history of the Maya / Nikolai Grube and Simon Martin
Marriage diplomacy : women at the royal court / Stefanie Teufel
Under a deadly star : warfare among the classic Maya / Simon Martin
A game of life and death : the Maya ball game / Pierre R. Colas and Alexander Voss
Unity in space and time : the maya architecture / Annegrete Hohmann-Vogrin
The history of a Maya settlement : research results from the excavations at Xkipche / Michael Vallo
Maya architecture at Tikal / Peter D. Harrison
Processions, pilgrims and load-carriers : the ceremonial roads / Markus Eberl
Understanding the murals of Bonampak / Mary Miller
Grave robbers in the jungle / Nikolai Grube
The art of classic vase painting / Dorie Reents-Budet
The classic Maya gods / Karl Taube
Court dwarfs : the companions of rulers and envoys of the underworld / Christian Prager
Maya creation myths and cosmography / Elisabeth Wagner
Intoxication and ecstasy / Nikolai Grube
Uncovering the dark secrets of the Maya : the archeology of the Maya caves / James E. Brady
Jaina, the island necropolis / Christian Prager
Death and conceptions of the soul / Markus Eberl
Long twilight or new dawn? Transformations of Maya civilization in the Puuc Region / Nicholas P. Dunning
... and then it was sculpted, the precious stone : the Maya stonemasons and sculptors / Elisabeth Wagner
The dynamics of maturing statehood in postclassic Maya civilization / Marilyn Mason
The art of weaving / Stefanie Teufel
The martial dynasties : the postclassic in the Maya highlands / Frauke Sachse
The Spanish conquest of Yucatan and Guatemala in the 16th and 17th centuries / Christian Prager
Kanek', the last king of the Itzaj Maya / Temis Vayhinger-Scheer
Between conformity and rebellion : the Maya society in the Colonial Period (1546-1811) / Antje Gunsenheimer
The search for evidence : the scientific discovery of the Maya / Eva Eggebrecht
Maya cities : lost, excavated and conserved / Markus Eberl
Maya today : from Indios deprived of rights to the Indian awakening / Nikolai Grube.

Edition Notes

Original title: Maya: gottkönige im regenwald.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 468-473) and index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
972.6
Library of Congress
F1435 .M393 2007

The Physical Object

Pagination
480 pages
Number of pages
480

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL37817521M
Internet Archive
mayadivinekingso0000unse_e3g7
ISBN 10
3833143398, 0841600953
ISBN 13
9783833143397, 9780841600959
OCLC/WorldCat
212894648

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