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Mayan enigma : the search for a lost civilization
- Title
- Mayan enigma : the search for a lost civilization / Pierre Ivanoff, translated from the French by Elaine P. Halperin.
- Author
- Ivanoff, Pierre, 1924-1974.
- Publication
- New York, Delacorte Press [1971]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | 1311.492.02 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Halperin, Elaine P., 1909-1991
- Description
- 202 pages illustrations, maps; 22 cm
- Uniform Title
- Découvertes chez les Mayas. English
- Alternative Title
- Découvertes chez les Mayas.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Translations into English.
- Note
- Translation of Découvertes chez les Mayas.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 201-202.
- Contents
- PART ONE: Introduction to the Mayan World -- On the track of Cortez' Horse -- The first clues -- Exploration techniques -- The discovery of a city -- Iconography -- Pyramids and cities -- An indecipherable writing -- Mayan calendars and time -- An unfinished staircase.
- PART TWO: The world of the Lacandons -- Incense clears up an Enigma -- The number thirteen and the sacred round calendar -- The sacred drink -- Baltse -- Bonampak speaks -- The division of the universe into four parts -- Venus, key to all the mysteries.
- LCCN
- 74137398
- OCLC
- ocm00150172
- 150172
- SCSB-114578
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library