The Maya : palaces and pyramids of the rainforest /
"This volume retraces the development and magnificent flowering of Mayan architecture in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Belize over the period 300 B.C.-A.D. 1500. Tikal, the earliest Mayan religious center, Palenque, famous for its ceremonial center, and Copan, with its hieroglyphic staircase...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Köln ; New York :
Taschen,
c1997.
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| Series: | Taschen's world architecture.
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| Summary: | "This volume retraces the development and magnificent flowering of Mayan architecture in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Belize over the period 300 B.C.-A.D. 1500. Tikal, the earliest Mayan religious center, Palenque, famous for its ceremonial center, and Copan, with its hieroglyphic staircase featuring 2500 glyphs, are among the cites featured."--Alibris. |
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| Physical Description: | 237 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 31 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 234) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 3822882518 |