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The History of Ancient America
George Jones
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The reader will excuse the preceding introduction—its graphic style will find its own apology; and though not descriptive of the Ruins, yet the approach to them seems to form a part of this historical Romance of the Wilderness.
"As at Copan, it was my business to prepare the different objects for Mr. Catherwood to draw. Many of the stones had to be scrubbed and cleansed; and as it was our object to have the utmost possible accuracy in the drawings, in many places scaffolds were to be erected, on which to set up the camera-lucida. That the reader may know the character of the objects we had to interest us, I proceed to give a description of the building in which we lived, called the Palace. It stands on an artificial elevation of an oblong form forty feet high, three hundred and ten in front and rear, and two hundred and sixty feet on each side."
Here, then, is distinctly stated—a pyramidal elevation ha. . . Read More
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I have recently become enamored and fascinated by Mesoamerican culture as I have taken more trips to Mexico. This book scratched that itch to learn more about and very well.
It covered the Spanish invasion and Hernan Cortes. It very descriptively covered the architecture, calendar , astronomy advance
I have been excited by my new acquisition and have searched it extensively already. I have found an admirable extent of material within the covers. Initially I looked askance at the title promising “The Complete Illustrated History”.
I have found a few surprises in my search: (1) the index seems to
A good intro text to a broad subject (Aztec, Maya, and a little bit of other Mesoamerican cultures), but not a scholarly work in any meaningful sense.
The book includes a wide spread of topics. Oddly (to me), for a notoriously "war-like" culture like the Aztecs, the discussions of warfare seemed per
Great resource for a general idea of the history of what we refer to as Mesoamerica and the civilizations that inhabited it before being conquered by Spaniards in the 1500’s.
If you are looking for a timeline, information about building of civilizations and development from hunter-gathered to settle
What’s a chocmool? (A large reclining figure of stone with a bowl on its chest, where the priest could place the ripped out heart of sacrificial victims.) How about a sacbe? (A sacred road.) Okay, I learned a great deal about the Aztec and Mayan communities by reading this book. Having finished it,
I read this book prior to my upcoming trip to see many of the top Mayan and Aztec ruins. I was looking for a book that detailed their history. Unfortunately, this book spent far more time talking about weavers and craftsmen (which I suppose is history) than actual historical events. The vast majorit
This was an excellent and very in-depth overview of Aztec and Maya culture, history, architecture, art, religion, writing, you name it... Since my mom is Honduran, I have some connection to Maya culture and wanted to know more. I’ve even visited some of the ancient ruins in the book, climbed the pyr
Everything you want to know about the Aztecs and Mayans.
Absolutely wonderful and thorough book on the complete aspects of not only the Aztec and Mayans, but also the Olmecs, Toltecs and many other civilizations. All aspects of society is covered-family, trade, war, art, architecture, science and more. Excellent photos that should make each reader want to
The book has many photographs to illustrate, and a concise narrative to describe, the impressive history of ancient Mexico. While the focus is on the Aztec and Maya, the book also covers the other major groups that preceded or were otherwise associated with them - the cultures of the Olmec, Mixtec,