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Maya architecture : temples in the sky
- Title
- Maya architecture : temples in the sky / Kenneth Treister ; foreword by George Stuart.
- Author
- Treister, Kenneth.
- Publication
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2013.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Stuart, George E.
- Description
- x, 225 p. : ill. (some col.), map; 22 x 27 cm.
- Summary
- A discussion of Maya buildings through the eyes of an architect.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Through the eyes of an architect -- 1. 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.
- Call Number
- JFF 13-1076
- ISBN
- 9780813042466 (alk. paper)
- 0813042461 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2012039462
- OCLC
- YBP 2012039462
- Author
- Treister, Kenneth.
- Title
- Maya architecture : temples in the sky / Kenneth Treister ; foreword by George Stuart.
- Imprint
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2013.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Stuart, George E.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 13-1076