Map of the Maya Region -- Prologue / Nikolai Grube -- Volcanoes and jungle - a richly varied habitat
... / Nikolai Grube -- Cacao - the beverage of the gods / Nikolai Grube -- The origins of Maya civilization - the beginnings of village life / Norman Hammond -- Obsidian - the metal of the Maya / Nikolai Grube -- The first cities - the beginnings of urbanization and state formation in the Maya lowlands / Richard D. Hansen -- Jade - the green gold of the Maya / Elisabeth Wagner -- Maya agriculture / Peter D. Harrison - Tortillas and tamales - the food of the maize people and their gods / Marta Grube -- From chiefdoms to statehood in the highlands of Guatemala / Federico Fahsen -- The insignia of power / Nikolai Grube -- Power of the west - the Maya and Teotihuacan / Simon Martin -- Hieroglyphs - the gateway to history / Nikolai Grube -- Bark paper books / Nikolai Grube -- Astronomy and mathematics / Alexander W. Voss -- Solar eclipses - fearing the end of the world / Nikolai Grube -- The dynastic history of the Maya / Nikolai Grube and Simon Martin -- Marriage diplomacy - women at the royal court / Stefanie Teufel -- Under a deadly star - warfare among the classic Maya / Simon Martin -- A game of life and death - the Maya ball game / Pierre R. Colas and Alexander Voss -- Unity in space and time - the Maya architecture / Annegrete Hohmann-Vogrin -- The history of a Maya settlement research results from the excavations at Xkipche / Michael Vallo -- Maya architecture at Tikal / Peter D. Harrison -- Processions, pilgrims, and load-carriers - the ceremonial roads / Markus Eberl -- Understanding the murals of Bonampak / Mary Miller -- Grave robbers in the jungle / Nikolai Grube -- The art of classic vase paintings / Dorie Reents-Budet -- The classic Maya gods / Karl Taube -- Court dwarfs - the companions of rulers and envoys of the underworld / Christian Prager -- Maya creation myths and cosmography / Elizabeth Wagner -- Intoxication and ecstacy / Nikolai Grube -- Uncovering the dark secrets of the Maya - the archeology of Maya caves / James E. Brady -- Jaina - the island necropolis / Christian Prager -- Death and conception of the soul / Markus Eberl -- Long twilight or new dawn? Transformations of Maya civilization in the Puuc region / Nicholas P. Dunning -- ...and then it was sculpted, the precious stone - the Maya stonemasons and sculptors / Elisabeth Wagner -- The dynamics of maturing statehood in postclassic Maya civilization / Marilyn Masson -- The art of weaving / Stefanie Teufel -- The martial dynasties - the postclassic in the Maya highlands / Frauke Sachse -- The Spanish conquest of Yucatan and Guatemala in the 16th and 17th centuries / Christian Prager -- Kanek' - the last king of the Itzaj Maya / Temis Vayhinger-Scheer -- Between conformity and rebellion - the Maya society in the colonial period (1546-1811) / Antje Gunsenheimer -- The search for evidence - the scientific discovery of the Maya / Eva Eggebrecht -- Maya cities - lost, excavated, and conserved / Markus Eberl -- Maya today - from Indios deprived of rights to the Maya movement / Nikolai Grube. Read More
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