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Maya art and architecture

by Mary Ellen Miller

This study examines ancient Maya art and architecture, incorporating recent archaeological findings and script decipherments. It surveys regional sculpture, murals, and ceramics while analysing the use of materials and representations of the human form.

Accession 583 ISBN 050020327X Publisher Thames & Hudson
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Explains how and why the Maya made their greatest works. New archaeological discoveries at Copan, Tikal, and Palenque--to name but a few--are included, and the author draws on recent decipherments in Maya writing to provide fresh interpretations of Maya sculpture and ceramics. --blurb

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