Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens; Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya

MARTIN, Simon and GRUBE, Nikolai

ISBN 10: 0500051038 / ISBN 13: 9780500051030

Published by Thames & Hudson, New York, 2000

About this Item

368 illustrations, 86 in color. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. (New York): Thames & Hudson, (2000). Fine in fine dust wrapper.

Seller Inventory # 323315

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens; Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson, New York
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0500051038
• ISBN 13: 9780500051030
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • AMERICANA
  • ROYALTY
  • MAYA
  • MEXICO

About this title

Synopsis

A superb guide to eleven of the `most influential and best-known kingdoms' that helped to shape Mayan history, including 152 biographical accounts of 152 kings and 4 ruling queens. Written by two of the foremost experts on Mayan hieroglyphic decipherment, this book includes a concise text accompanied by a timeline, illustrations, maps, photographs, useful summaries and guides to decipherment and spellings. It outlines the major periods of history and aspects of Mayan culture before focusing on issues of divinity, power and authority, the royal court, war, death and burial and politics for each of the kingdoms studied: Tikal, Dos Pilas, Naranjo, Caracol, Calakmul, Yaxchilan, Piedras Negras, Palenque, Tonina, Copan and Quirigua.

About the Author

Simon Martin is currently an Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Nikolai Grube is Professor of Anthropology and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Bonn.