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The Maya

Berthold Riese

History, Culture, Religion

It is only in recent decades that researchers have been able to decode the political history of the Maya and their religion with its often bloody rituals.

Nothing of the supposedly peaceful and contemplative history of this Mesoamerican native people persists. The focus of Berthold Riese’s study is the political and cultural development of the Maya civilization and how the dynasties of the major city-states of Tikal, Yaxchilán, Copán and Palenque are represented through pictorial and hieroglyphic sources.

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Published by C.H.Beck , ISBN: 9783406727245

Main content page count: 128 Pages

ISBN: 9783406727245