The Maya Sites Hidden Treasures Of The Rain Forest
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The Maya Sites Hidden Treasures Of The Rain Forest
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Author : Christian Schoen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-09-15
The Maya Sites Hidden Treasures Of The Rain Forest written by Christian Schoen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-15 with Travel categories.
Planning a trip to the Yucatán peninsula? This is the perfect guide to visit the 15 most important Maya sites in Mexico and Guatemala. The book describes these sites in detail and contains background information about culture, history, language and writing system and how the Maya calendar works. (2nd edition, 155 illustrations, 91 in color)
The Maya Sites Hidden Treasures Of The Rain Forest
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Author : Christian Schoen
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-05-03
The Maya Sites Hidden Treasures Of The Rain Forest written by Christian Schoen and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-03 with categories.
Are you looking for the perfect travel guide to the Maya sites in Mexico and Guatemala? You found it! The Maya Sites Hidden Treasures of the Rain Forest This book will teach about: which are the most important Maya sites where are they located how to get there what you should know about it It is a short travel guide about the sites of: Tulum, Chichen Itza, Coba, Ek Balam, Uxmal, San Gervasio, Edzna, Palenque, Tonina, Bonampak, Yaxchilan, Tikal, Yaxha and El Mirador. This is the perfect book for all kind of travelers and explorers."
Ancient Maya
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Author : Arthur Demarest
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2004-12-09
Ancient Maya written by Arthur Demarest and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-12-09 with History categories.
In this new archaeological study, Arthur Demarest brings the lost pre-Columbian civilization of the Maya to life. In applying a holistic perspective to the most recent evidence from archaeology, paleoecology, and epigraphy, this theoretical interpretation emphasises both the brilliant rain forest adaptations of the ancient Maya and the Native American spirituality that permeated all aspects of their daily life. Demarest draws on his own discoveries and the findings of colleagues to reconstruct the complex lifeways and volatile political history of the Classic Maya states of the first to eighth centuries. He provides a new explanation of the long-standing mystery of the ninth-century abandonment of most of the great rain forest cities. Finally, he draws lessons from the history of the Classic Maya cities for contemporary society and for the ongoing struggles and resurgence of the modern Maya peoples, who are now re-emerging from six centuries of oppression.
Ancient Maya
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Author : Arthur Demarest
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2004-12-09
Ancient Maya written by Arthur Demarest and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-12-09 with History categories.
Ancient Maya comes to life in this new holistic and theoretical study.
Time History And Philosophy In The Works Of Wilson Harris
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Author : Gianluca Delfino
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2012-11-01
Time History And Philosophy In The Works Of Wilson Harris written by Gianluca Delfino and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-01 with Literary Collections categories.
Gianluca Delfino's study is based on the assumption that Wilson Harris' works as a whole show a remarkable unity of thought rooted in their author's complex imagination. As a valuable contribution to Caribbean Literature and Philosophy, Harris' imaginative approach to reality is discussed in relation to the categories of history and time with reference to several novels, from "Palace of The Peacock" to "The Mask of the Beggar", with a special focus on "The Infinite Rehearsal", "Jonestown" and "The Dark Jester", spanning more than forty years of his vast literary production, encompassing critical perspectives ranging from African philosophy to Jungian readings through historiography and anthropology. As a result, the cross-cultural quality of Harris' thought emerges as a healing outcome of the traumatic colonial encounter, bringing together elements of Amerindian, African and European origin in an ongoing dialogue with time, nature, and the psyche. The outcome of an extensive research into Harris' world, Delfino's study stands in the tradition of the late Hena Maes-Jelinek's critical enterprise by expanding philosophical and psychological readings, with the addition of anthropological perspectives that appeal to those who were captured by Harris' intricacy and rescued by Maes-Jelinek's illuminating interpretations. The attempt to reconstruct a unifying frame around Harris' body of work suggests a new way of looking at one of the Caribbean's most controversial authors.
The Maya
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Author : Henri Stierlin
language : en
Publisher: Taschen America Llc
Release Date : 1997
The Maya written by Henri Stierlin and has been published by Taschen America Llc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Architecture categories.
This volume retraces the development and magnificent flowering of Mayan architecture in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Belize over the period 300 B.C.-A.D. 1500. Tikal, the earliest Mayan religious center, Palenque, famous for its ceremonial center, and Copan, with its hieroglyphic staircase featuring 2500 glyphs, are among the cites featured.
National Geographic Investigates Ancient Maya
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Author : Nathaniel Harris
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2008
National Geographic Investigates Ancient Maya written by Nathaniel Harris and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
As Europe endured its Dark Ages, the Maya mapped the heavens and mastered mathematics. They constructed vast cities in jungle landscapes, leaving legacies in stone at places like Palenque and Uxmal. In overgrown sites, archaeologists now piece together this civilization with the aid of satellite technology. Modern-day experts provide windows into the Mayan world by interpreting ancient messages, inscribed for future generations. National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.
Rain Harvesting In The Rainforest
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Author : Helga Geovannini Acuña
language : en
Publisher: BAR International Series
Release Date : 2008
Rain Harvesting In The Rainforest written by Helga Geovannini Acuña and has been published by BAR International Series this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Business & Economics categories.
The main subject discussed in this study is the way in which the ancient Maya of Calakmul (modern Mexico), who thrived between 900 B.C. to A.D. 1000, managed their landscape in order to survive in the tropical rainforest. Their lithic technology, the hot, humid climate with a prolonged dry season, the lack of permanent surface sources of fresh water, and thin soils, considered insufficient for sustained agricultural production, are factors that were addressed successfully by the Maya in developing their complex civilization. The author's research begins with landscape, archaeological, and edaphological analyses, after which she explores the areas most advantageous to permanent habitation, suitable agricultural zones, land potential of the region and the capability of the area for supporting population. In addition, a complex agricultural channel irrigation system is explored as a critical factor for managing productive terrain for agriculture in karstic depressions (bajos). Similarly, an impressive rain harvesting system is exposed as an option to optimize hydrological resources for canalizing excessive rain during the wet season and storing water during the dry period. Finally, a reconstruction of the agricultural landscape is proposed.
Routledge Handbook Of Global Land And Resource Grabbing
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Author : Andreas Neef
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-06-12
Routledge Handbook Of Global Land And Resource Grabbing written by Andreas Neef and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-12 with Business & Economics categories.
This handbook provides a cutting-edge, comprehensive overview of global land and resource grabbing. Global land and resource grabbing has become an increasingly prominent topic in academic circles, among development practitioners, human rights advocates, and in policy arenas. The Routledge Handbook of Global Land and Resource Grabbing sustains this intellectual momentum by advancing methodological, theoretical and empirical insights. It presents and discusses resource grabbing research in a holistic manner by addressing how the rush for land and other natural resources, including water, forests and minerals, is intertwined with agriculture, mining, tourism, energy, biodiversity conservation, climate change, carbon markets, and conflict. The handbook is truly global and interdisciplinary, with case studies from the Global South and Global North, and chapter contributions from practitioners, activists and academics, with emerging and Indigenous authors featuring strongly across the chapters. The handbook will be essential reading for students and scholars interested in land and resource grabbing, agrarian studies, development studies, critical human geography, global studies and natural resource governance. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
Jungle Of The Maya
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Author : Douglas Goodell
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2006-11-01
Jungle Of The Maya written by Douglas Goodell and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11-01 with Nature categories.
The Selva Maya (Jungle of the Maya) is one of the world's most magical yet least appreciated places—an enormous tropical forest that encompasses much of Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. At 9,000,000 acres, it is the largest contiguous tropical forest north of the Amazon in the Western Hemisphere. Within its borders, the Selva Maya provides habitat for an astonishing diversity of plants and animals—more than 500 species of birds alone. The forest also contains the fascinating ruins of ancient Maya cities, which attract visitors and researchers from all over the globe. Jungle of the Maya presents a stunning photographic portrait of this irreplaceable natural treasure. Nature photographers Douglas Goodell and Jerry Barrack capture the living wonders of the jungle—jaguars and other cats; spider and howler monkeys; hummingbirds and butterflies; and snakes, amphibians, and insects—as well as the region's hallmark Maya sites, including Tikal, Chichen Itza, Uxmal, and Tulum. Environmental writer Jim Wright invitingly describes the Selva Maya's natural and human history, helping visitors and residents appreciate the riches to be found in the forest and the need to protect and preserve them for generations to come. Because human activities are encroaching more and more on the Mayan forest, Jungle of the Maya is a beautiful book with a timely message. As renowned naturalist Archie Carr III sums it up in his foreword, "Today, the Selva Maya is at risk again. As modern beings, can we manage the forest better than we believe the ancient Maya did? We should. We have the archaeological record to draw from. We have modern science. And we still have inspiration whispered to us by spirits in the great plazas of Tikal and beyond. Turn the pages, and witness."