The Ruins of Time - David Adamson

The Ruins of Time

Four and a Half Centuries of Conquest and Discovery Among the Maya

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Buch | Softcover
276 Seiten
2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-43674-6 (ISBN)
34,90 inkl. MwSt
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.

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 Cité Lorillard 14. The Epigraphers 15. Lords of the Jaguar Mat 16. A Foot-Soldier of Anthropology

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.12.2024
Reihe/Serie Routledge Library Editions: Colonialism and Imperialism
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10 1-032-43674-3 / 1032436743
ISBN-13 978-1-032-43674-6 / 9781032436746
Zustand Neuware
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