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Author:
Treister, Kenneth, author.
Title:
Maya architecture : temples in the sky / Kenneth Treister ; foreword by George Stuart.
Publisher:
University Press of Florida,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
x, 225 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
Subject:
Maya architecture.
Mayas--Antiquities.
Mexico--Antiquities.
Other Authors:
Stuart, George E.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-219) and index.
Contents:
The contemporary Maya world. Through the eyes of an architect -- 10. Simple principles of Maya architecture -- 2. Essence of Maya architecture: What remains? What it might have been? What it must have been -- 3. Manifestations of Maya architecture -- 4. Building materials -- 5. Building types -- 6. The Maya city -- 7. The Maya collapse -- 8. Oh, the wonder of it all -- 9. The legacy -- 10. The cities: Olmec -- Palenque -- Sayil -- Labná -- Uxmal -- Copán -- Chichen Itzá -- Tikal, Kabáh, and Dzibilchaltún -- The contemporary Maya world.
Summary:
A discussion of Maya buildings through the eyes of an architect.
ISBN:
0813042461 (alk. paper)
9780813042466 (alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)806013167
LCCN:
2012039462
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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