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The Carnegie Maya: the Carnegie Institution of Washington Maya Research Program, 1913-1957
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index.The Carnegie Maya I -- The Carnegie Maya II -- The Carnegie Maya III -- The Carnegie Maya IV
Lowland Maya lime plaster technology: a diachronic approach
No full textLime plasters are mixtures of burnt lime, aggregates and other materials that are employed
in masonry architecture. Lime plasters were widely used by the ancient Maya in public
monumental buildings and constitute important elements of ancient Maya material culture.
This research analyses archaeological samples of lime plasters from three different
lowland Maya sites: Palenque, Calakmul and Lamanai. The thesis examines how these
building materials changed through time, and includes samples from ca. 400 BC to the 16
th
century AD.
In addition to the analysis of archaeological samples, the research also reviews
various sources of information, including ethnographic and ethnohistorical descriptions, for
the understanding of ancient Maya lime plaster production.
The results demonstrate that plasters from the three sites have different
characteristics that are due to different access to raw materials and different building
traditions at each of the sites. Some of the changes seem to be related to changing economic
and political conditions, which is very clear in the use of clays instead of lime for the
manufacture of architectural plasters during the Terminal Classic periods at Calakmul and
Palenque. Other observations include the use of local meteoritic deposits in the lime
mixtures of Palenque, the use of non-local volcanic materials in the late plasters from
Lamanai, and the likely use of volcanic ash at Calakmul for the production of hydraulic
plasters.
In addition to the technological analyses of ancient plasters, the research also
provides suggestions for future research and recommends those analytical methods that are
most suitable for the examination of Maya lime plasters
Time Among the Maya: Travels in Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico / Time Among the Maya: Travels in Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico
No full textThe Maya created one of the world\u27s most brilliant civilizations, famous for its art, astronomy, and deep fascination with the mystery of time. Despite collapse in the ninth century, Spanish invasion in the sixteenth, and civil war in the twentieth, eight million people in Guatemala, Belize, and southern Mexico speak Mayan languages and maintain their resilient culture to this day. Traveling through Central America\u27s jungles and mountains, Ronald Wright explores the ancient roots of the Maya, their recent troubles, and prospects for survival. Embracing history, anthropology, politics, and literature, Time Among the Maya is a riveting journey through past magnificence and the study of an enduring civilization with much to teach the present. Wright\u27s unpretentious narrative blends anthropology, archaeology, history, and politics with his own entertaining excursions and encounter
Museo maya de Cancún
No full textProyecto arquitectónico de vanguardia, muy respetuoso del ambiente natural, este museo inaugurado recientemente alberga una de las colecciones de la Cultura maya de mayor consideración en el país, propia del estado y proveniente de otros, que se incorpora a la zona arqueológica de San Miguelito.</p
Climate-culture-environment interactions and the collapse of Classic Maya civilization.
No full textIn this paper, we evaluate the archaeological evidence for the social and political transformations at the end of the Late Classic and Terminal Classic periods (ca. AD 700-1000) and the paleoclimatic data for that same period
Maya Gods of War
No full textNumerous archaeological projects have found substantial evidence of the military nature of Maya society, and warfare is a frequent theme of Maya art. Maya Gods of War investigates the Classic period Maya gods who were associated with weapons of war and the flint and obsidian from which those weapons were made. Author Karen Bassie-Sweet traces the semantic markers used to distinguish flint from other types of stone, surveys various types of Chahk thunderbolt deities and their relationship to flint weapons, and explores the connection between lightning and the ruling elite. Additional chapters review these fire and solar deities and their roles in Maya warfare and examine the nature and manifestations of the Central Mexican thunderbolt god Tlaloc, his incorporation into the Maya pantheon, and his identification with meteors and obsidian weapons. Finally, Bassie-Sweet addresses the characteristics of the deity God L, his role as an obsidian merchant god, and his close association with the ancient land route between the highland Guatemalan obsidian sources and the lowlands. Through analysis of the nature of the Teotihuacán deities and exploration of the ways in which these gods were introduced into the Maya region and incorporated into the Maya worldview, Maya Gods of War offers new insights into the relationship between warfare and religious beliefs in Mesoamerica. This significant work will be of interest to scholars of Maya religion and iconography
A Poem For My Wife
No full textSigned by the author and numbered 43/50.Noted as being Maya Broadside Two in green tex
An Afternoon with Maya Angelou
No full textMaya Angelou, a nationally renowned poet, educator, historian and author, is one of the great voices of contemporary literature. In addition, she is an accomplished actress, playwright, producer, and director. Dr. Angelou received an emmy nomination for best supporting actress in the television series Roots and received the coveted Golden Eagle Award for the PBS documentary Afro-American in the Arts. However, she is perhaps best known for the public for her autobiographies and books of poetry.
Maya Angelou has authored more than 10 best selling books and numerous articles in publications such as Life, Cosmopolitan, Harper\u27s Bazaar and The New York Times. She has received a wide variety of honors an awards including a Pulitizer Prize nomination for poetry, the Horatio Alger Award and 30 honorary Doctorate degrees from schools such as Smith College and Lawrence University. Today, she continues to lecture throughout the country and abroad, sharing the black experience and educating her audience on the human condition.
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Bolinga Center - Maya Angelou Reception
No full textA reception for Maya Angelou held at the Bolinga Black Cultural Resources Center at Wright State University.https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/wsu_historical_photos/1693/thumbnail.jp
Rollins Presidents with Maya Angelou
No full textPresident Duncan and former Presidents Bornstein and Symour with poet and author Maya Angelou at the 2007 Colloquy
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