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The Lords of Tikal: Rulers of an Ancient Maya City(New Aspects of Antiquity)

The Lords of Tikal: Rulers of an Ancient Maya City(New Aspects of Antiquity)


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The Maya metropolis of Tikal was once one of the greatest cities in the world, its skyline dominated by huge temple-pyramids. In AD 750 over 100,000 people lived there, in the heart of the Guatemalan rainforest. But why did the city flourish? What does its history reveal about Maya civilization? And why did Tikal collapse? Drawing upon over 30 years of excavation and research, some of it his own, Peter D. Harrison provides this account of the turbulent story of Tikal over 1700 years, from 800 BC to the late-9th century AD. Strategically located, the city was a trade centre, a pioneer of architecture, and a focal point of warfare, struggling with other cities for dominance of the region. The apogee of power and wealth was achieved during the reign of the great Jaguar Claw clan, whose ruling lords built the Great Temples, some with tombs of treasures that hint at the richness of life as a lord of Tikal. The text also makes use of the breakthroughs in translating Mayan hieroglyphs.

Table of Contents:
The Maya and their civilization; Tikal discovered; villages around the ridge - the Middle Preclassic; the move into greatness - the Late Preclassic; the birth of the dynasties - the Early Classic emerges; change and challenge - the end of the Early Classic; architecture at Tikal; the hiatus - war and outside dominance; return of the clan Jaguar Claw - the genius of Hasaw Chan K'Awil; a family affair - Hasaw's descendants; the last three lords; late Classic architecture, city planning and the growth of Tikal; decline and fall - the last days.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780500050941
  • Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd
  • Height: 248 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Rulers of an Ancient Maya City
  • Width: 187 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0500050945
  • Publisher Date: 12 Jul 1999
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: New Aspects of Antiquity
  • Weight: 1800 gr


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