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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Köln ; New York :
Taschen,
c1997.
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| Series: | Taschen's world architecture.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : The Maya enter history
- The architectural language of the Maya: laws and techniques of the builders
- The great classic cities: Tikal: a jungle metropolis
- The golden age of Palenque: flourishing of the arts in Chiapas
- A neglected chapter of Maya art: the Río Bec and Chenes styles
- The Puuc style in Yucatán: the splendour of the Uxmal's palaces
- The diversity of the Yucatec cities: palaces, arches and observatories
- The contribution of Mexico to Yucatán: Chichén Itzá: capital of the Toltec-Maya
- Conclusion : Decline and fall of Maya civilization
- Chronological table
- Glossary.