Synopsis
Magnificent guide presents 36 sites from Central America and southern Mexico as they appeared more than a thousand years ago: Temple of the Cross, Palenque; Acropolis and Maya sweat bath, Piedras Negras; Red House and north terrace at Chichén Itzá; more. Each illustration features text of archeological finds and line drawing of remains. 95 illustrations.
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Tatiana Proskouriakoff, staff member in archaeology at the Carnegie Institution and research fellow of the Peabody Museum, received her degree in architecture from Pennsylvania State College. She is the author of A Study of Classic Maya Sculpture and junior author of Bonampak, Chiapas, Mexico.
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An Album of Maya Architecture
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Maya Foundation, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, 1958
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