A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya by Freidel & Schele 1990

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Condition
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A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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“Very good, pre-owned condition; light wear to the edges of the dust jacket, and back cover.”
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No
Custom Bundle
No
Ex Libris
No
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Inscribed
No
Modified Item
No
Subject
History
Vintage
Yes
Personalize
No
Type
Illustrated Book
Special Attributes
1st Edition
Personalized
No
Region
Latin America
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Subjects
Art & Culture
ISBN
9780688074562
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0688074561
ISBN-13
9780688074562
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1350932

Product Key Features

Book Title
Forest of Kings : the Untold Story of the Ancient Maya
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Latin America / Pre-Columbian Era
Publication Year
1990
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Author
David Freidel, Linda Schele
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight
48.2 Oz
Item Length
10.2 in
Item Width
7.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
90-005809
TitleLeading
A
Dewey Edition
20
Dewey Decimal
972.81/016
Synopsis
The recent interpretation of Maya hieroglyphs has given us the first written history of the New World as it existed before the European invasion. Now, two central figures in the massive effort to decode the glyphs, Linda Schele and David Freidel, make this history available for the first time in all its detail. A Forest of Kings is the story of Maya kingship, from the beginning of its institution and the first great pyramid builders two thousand years ago to the decline of Maya civilization and its destruction by the Spanish. Here the great historic rulers of Precolumbian civilization come to life again with the decipherment of the writing. At its height, Maya civilization flourished under great kings like Shield-Jaguar, who ruled for over sixty years, expanding his kingdom and building some of the most impressive works of architecture in the ancient world. Long placed on a mist-shrouded pedestal as austere, peaceful stargazers, the Maya elites are now known to have been the rulers or populous, aggressive city-states. Hailed as "a Rosetta Stone of Maya civilization" (Brian M. Fagan, author of People of the Earth), A Forest of Kings is "a must for interested readers," says Evon Vogt, professor of anthropology at Harvard University.
LC Classification Number
F1435.3.K55.S34 1990

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