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Popol Vuh : The Definitive Edition Of The Mayan Book Of The Dawn Of Life And The Glories Of Gods and Kings by Dennis Tedlock Publisher Comments Popol Vuh, the Quiché Mayan book of creation, is not only the most important text in the native languages of the Americas, it is also an extraordinary document of the human imagination. It begins with the deeds of Mayan gods in the darkness of a... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya by Linda Schele Publisher Comments This is an account of Maya history based on the deciphering of hieroglyphic inscriptions. Because the epigraphic record is too limited to allow a comprehensive reconstruction of Maya history, Schele and Freidel have arranged their story by sites... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs by Sylvanus Griswold Morley Publisher Comments Best introduction to the topic — easily accessible to beginners. Extremely full in interpretation; very thorough in exposition of variants and unusual features, with reproductions of many inscriptions unavailable elsewhere. Material from Old and... (read more) Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs by Linda Schele and Peter Mathews Publisher Comments This unique and extraordinary guide to seven major sites of Maya civilization highlights the pioneering work of two great scholars of ancient America. For readers at every level -- from the casual tourist to the serious student -- The Code of Kings... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Rise & Fall of the Maya Civilization by J. Eric and S. Thompson Publisher Comments Ever since the discovery of the magnificent ruins of the Maya cities in the Central American jungles, men have speculated about this stone-age people, who without metal tools, without beasts of burden, without even a knowledge of the wheel, developed... (read more) Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Maya and Teotihuacan: Reinterpreting Early Classic Interaction by Geoffrey E Braswell Publisher Comments I can say unequivocally that this volume will become a basic and heavily used reference and source of ideas. . . . Geoff Braswell is to be commended for bringing together so solid, comprehensive, pertinent, and balanced a compilation of research and... (read more) Your price: $75.00 Used - Hardcover
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Dover Books on Astronomy #6: A Study of Maya Art by Herbert Jos Spinden Publisher Comments Landmark classic interprets Maya symbolism, estimates styles, covers ceramics, architecture, murals, stone carvings as art forms. Over 750 illustrations.... (read more) Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Final Report: An Archaeologist Excavates His Past by Michael D. Coe Publisher Comments Coe's moving memoir recounts how he went from being a traditional American youth growing up in a privileged Long Island family to constructing a life's work dedicated to overturning many previously held assumptions about the past. For more than four... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Hardcover
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Discoveries: Lost Cities of the Maya (Discoveries) by Claude Baudez Synopsis Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries "RM" volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Maya Cosmos by David Freidel Publisher Comments A Masterful blend of archaeology, anthropology, astronomy, and lively personal reportage, Maya Comos tells a constellation of stories, from the historical to the mythological, and envokes the awesome power of one of the richest civilizations ever to... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Album of Maya Architecture by Tati Proskouriakoff Publisher Comments "An unique source of information for the interested general reader and the professional archaeologist.... Proskouriakoff has combined her architectural, archaeological, and scientific knowledge with a delineator's talent, to present graphically the... (read more) List Price $44.50 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Mayan Factor: Path Beyond Technology by Jose Arguelles Publisher Comments Visionary historian Arg?elles unravels the harmonic code of the ancient Maya providing valuable keys to understanding human evolution.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Handbook to Life in the Ancient Maya World by Lynn V Foster Publisher Comments This comprehensive and accessible reference explores the greatest and most mysterious of civilizations, hailed for its contributions to science, mathematics, and technology. Each chapter is supplemented by an extensive bibliography as well as photos... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Water and Ritual: The Rise and Fall of Classic Maya Rulers (Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies) by Lisa Joyce Lucero Publisher Comments In the southern Maya lowlands, rainfall provided the primary and, in some areas, the only source of water for people and crops. Classic Maya kings sponsored elaborate public rituals that affirmed their close ties to the supernatural world and their... (read more) List Price $53.50 Your price: $45.00 New - Hardcover
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White Roads of the Yucat?n: Changing Social Landscapes of the Yucatec Maya by Justine Shaw Publisher Comments Maya sacbeob, or raised "white roads," are often considered a single class of features, with a sole purpose. In this first systematic examination of their functions, meanings, arrangements, and construction styles, Justine Shaw reveals that these... (read more) List Price $53.50 Your price: $45.00 New - Hardcover
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Maya 7TH Edition by Michael D Coe Publisher Comments The Maya has long been established as the best, most readable introduction to the New World's greatest ancient civilization. In these pages Professor Coe distills a life-time's scholarship for the general reader and student. Since the publication of the... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Popol Vuh Volume 2 by Allen J Christenson Publisher Comments A literal translation that preserves the poem's original structure This second volume provides a literal, line-by-line English translation of the Popol Vuh, capturing the beauty, subtlety, and high poetic language characteristic of K'iche'-Maya sacred... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Trade Paper
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Ancient Maya by Robert J Sharer Publisher Comments The rich findings of recent exploration and research are incorporated in this completely revised and greatly expanded edition of the standard work on the New World's most brilliant native civilization - that of the Maya people of northern Central America... (read more) List Price $95.00 Your price: $65.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Madrid Codex: New Approaches to Understanding an Ancient Maya Manuscript (Mesoamerican Worlds: From the Olmecs to the Danzantes) by Anthony F Aveni Synopsis This volume offers new calendrical models and methodologies for reading, dating, and interpreting the general significance of the Madrid Codex. The longest of the surviving Maya codices, the Madrid Codex includes texts and images painted by scribes... (read more) Your price: $37.95 New - Trade Paper
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Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya (Chronical Series) by Simon Martin Publisher Comments This single volume brings together and examines the greatest Maya dynasties. Two of the world's leading experts in Maya hieroglyphic decipherment reveal the latest thinking on the nature of Maya divine kingship, statehood and political authority, and... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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