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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, [2013]

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Stuart, George E.
Description
x, 225 pages : color illustrations; 21 x 27 cm
Summary
A discussion of Maya buildings through the eyes of an architect.
Subject
  • Maya architecture
  • Mayas > Antiquities
  • Mexico > Antiquities
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-219) 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.
ISBN
  • 9780813042466 (alk. paper)
  • 0813042461 (alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2012039462
  • 99955239392
OCLC
  • ocn806013167
  • 806013167
  • SCSB-5708205
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Columbia University Libraries