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Author Morley, Sylvanus Griswold, 1883-1948.

Title The ancient Maya / Sylvanus Griswold Morley
Edition Third edition / revised by George W. Brainerd
Published Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1956

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 W'PONDS  972.01 Mor/Ama 1956  AVAILABLE
Description x, 494 pages : illustrations, maps, diagrams, tables ; 24 cm
Contents The country -- The people -- The origin of the Maya civilization -- The classic stage -- The postclassic stage -- The Spanish conquest of Yucatan -- The Spanish conquest of Peten -- Agriculture -- Government and social organization -- Life of the common people -- Religion and deities -- Hieroglyphic writing, arithmetic, and astronomy -- Architecture -- Sculpture and modeling -- Ceramics -- Miscellaneous arts and crafts -- An appraisal of the Maya civilization / Betty Bell -- Correlation of Maya and Christian chronologies
Notes Bibliography: p. 467-481
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 467-481
Subject Indians of Central America -- Antiquities.
Indians of Mexico -- Antiquities.
Mayas -- Antiquities.
Mayas -- Bibliography.
Mayas.
Indians, Central American.
Indians, North American.
SUBJECT Central America -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114607
Mexico -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084538
Author Brainerd, George W. (George Walton), 1909-1956.
LC no. 56005580