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Exploring Maya Ritual Caves
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Pages: 241
Authors: Stanislav Chládek
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011 - Publisher: Rowman Altamira

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Exploring Maya Ritual Caves offers a rare survey and explication of most of the known ancient Maya ritual caves in Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize. The caves were
Stone Houses and Earth Lords
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Pages: 413
Authors: Keith M. Prufer
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-05-03 - Publisher: University Press of Colorado

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Stone Houses and Earth Lords is the first volume dedicated exclusively to the use of caves in the Maya Lowlands, covering primarily Classic Period archaeology f
Images from the Underworld
Language: en
Pages: 649
Authors: Andrea J. Stone
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-07-05 - Publisher: University of Texas Press

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An in-depth look at Maya cave painting from Preconquest times to the Colonial period, plus a complete visual catalog of the cave art of Naj Tunich. In 1979, a K
New Perspectives on Human Sacrifice and Ritual Body Treatments in Ancient Maya Society
Language: en
Pages: 327
Authors: Vera Tiesler
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-02-15 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

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This book examines Maya sacrifice and related posthumous body manipulation. The editors bring together an international group of contributors from the area stud
Maya Pilgrimage to Ritual Landscapes
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Pages: 376
Authors: Joel W. Palka
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Pilgrimage to ritually significant places is a part of daily life in the Maya world. These journeys involve important social and practical concerns, such as the