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Title: The Major Gods of Ancient Yucatan by Karl Andreas Taube ISBN: 0-88402-204-8 Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 June, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: An extensive analysis of the Maya pantheon
Comment: Worth every cent of its price, this probably is the most comprehensive study of Classic and Post-Classic Maya deities currently available. It covers all gods of the revised Schellhas list with an overview of the important characteristics, symbolism, assorted associations and temporal occurence, and also includes a chapter on deities later imported from Mexico. But be warned: This book assumes quite a bit of prior knowledge, and therefore features passages in all probability undecipherable for the beginner. Books you should at least have read before taking on this volume are "The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya", "Aztec and Maya Myths" (both also by Taube), "An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs" by S.G. Morley and Dennis Tedlock's "Popol Vuh"- translation, with "The Ancient Maya" (Robert J. Sharer) and "Breaking the Maya Code" (Michael D. Coe) also recommended. Due to this un-populist approach, it's a rather scientific (read: slightly dry) read, but the amount of facts presented here reduces this to a minor quibble. So, if you already know your tzolkin from your haab, and your Cholan from your Yucatec, and now want to expand your knowledge of the Maya pantheon, this is the book to read. Highly recommended.
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Title: Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya by Simon Martin, Kathleen Berrin, Mary Miller ISBN: 0500051291 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: April, 2004 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: The Terminal Classic in the Maya Lowlands: Collapse, Transition, and Transformation by Arthur A. Demarest, Prudence M. Rice, Don S. Rice, Don Stephen Rice ISBN: 0870817396 Publisher: University Press of Colorado Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $59.95 |
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Title: Lightning Warrior: Maya Art and Kingship at Quirigua by Matthew G. Looper ISBN: 0292705565 Publisher: University of Texas Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Dictionary of Maya Hieroglyphs by John Montgomery ISBN: 0781808626 Publisher: Hippocrene Books Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Caste War of Yucatan by Nelson A. Reed, Nelson Reed ISBN: 0804740011 Publisher: Stanford University Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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