Scribes, Warriors and Kings; The City of Copan and the Ancient Maya
by William L. Fash
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 050028282X
- ISBN 13
- 9780500282823
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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NZ$16.92NZ$11.84
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About This Item
London, UK: Thames & Hudson , 2001 Thames & Hudson, London, UK. 2001. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Revised Edition (2nd Printing). Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light crease on front wrap; light edge bumps; light rubbing to panels. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 192 pp 8vo. Copan in modern Honduras was one of the great cities of the Classic Maya which was rediscovered in the early 1800s. The author has been a key contributor to deciphering the Mayan inscriptions and unlocking their history. In this book he shows the recent discoveries in the Acropolis, urban wards, and rural redoubts. New excavations in the royal residential palace give a blueprint as to how these palaces functioned. The site's spectacular architecture, sculpture, and jade artifacts are fully illustrated. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011613
- Title
- Scribes, Warriors and Kings; The City of Copan and the Ancient Maya
- Author
- William L. Fash
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 050028282X
- ISBN 13
- 9780500282823
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Mayan culture, mMyan Ruins, Copan, Honduras, William Fish, Copan Kingdom, Tikal, archaeology, anthropology, Teotihuacan, Copan royal line, hieroglyphics,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Latin America;
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WINFIELD, Kansas
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