The Ruins of Time

Four and a Half Centuries of Conquest and Discovery Among the Maya

David Adamson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

276 Seiten

2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-43674-6 (ISBN)

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The Ruins of Time (1975) examines the conquest of the Maya by the Spanish, the discoveries and adventures of the first travellers among them, the dramatic journeys of Victorian archaeologists and explorers and also contemporary attempts to unravel Maya hieroglyphs.

Part 1. Conquest 1. The Strength of Darkness 2. The Land of Maiam 3. The Conquest Begins 4. The Maya Crushed 5. ‘Are They Not Men?’ 6. Beneath the Vines, Beneath the Trees 7. The Fall of Tayasal Part 2. Exploration 8. A Lost City Rediscovered 9. The Race to Palenque 10. Incidents of Travel 11. The Cruzob, People of the Cross 12. The Greatest Discovery 13. La Cité Lorillard 14. The Epigraphers 15. Lords of the Jaguar Mat 16. A Foot-Soldier of Anthropology

Erscheinungsdatum	25.09.2024
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Library Editions: Colonialism and Imperialism
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	520 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-032-43674-3 / 1032436743
ISBN-13	978-1-032-43674-6 / 9781032436746
Zustand	Neuware