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Woodard: The Ancient Languages of Asia and the Americas. Paperback

Ancient Languages of Asia and the Americas. Paperback Edited by Roger D. Woodard 2008. 296 pages, 1 map 16 tables. Each chapter of the work focuses on an individual language or, in some instances, a set of closely related varieties of a language. Providing a full descriptive presentation, each of these chapters examines the writing system(s), phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon of that language, and places the language within its proper linguistic and historical context. 9780521684941 22

Freidel, Schele, Parker: Maya Cosmos: 3000 Years on the Shaman's Path. Paperback

Maya Cosmos: 3000 Years on the Shaman's Path. Paperback by David Freidel, Linda Schele and Joy Parker 543 pages, notes, references, index. 1995, reissue. Explores archaeological discoveries, revealing how the Maya have survived centuries of religious oppression. 9780688140694

Grubbe, Martin: Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens. Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya. 2nd edition. Paperback

Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens. Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya. Paperback by Simon Martin and Nikolai Grube 240 pages, 86 colour and 366 black-white illustrations. 2nd edition 2008. This text examines 11 of the most important Maya kingdoms, and provides biographical accounts of the 152 kings and 4 ruling queens 9780500287262 0500287260

MacLaury: Color and Cognition in Mesoamerica. Constructing Categories as Vantages. Cloth

Color and Cognition in Mesoamerica. Constructing Categories as Vantages. Cloth Robert E. MacLaury 616 pages, many tables and graphics, name index, language index, glossary, bibliography, notes. 1997 More than 100 indigenous languages are spoken in Mexico and Central America. Each language partitions the color spectrum according to a pattern that is unique in some way. But every local system of color categories also shares characteristics with the systems of other Mesoamerican languages and of languages elsewhere in the world 9780292751934 85

Markman: Masks of the Spirit. Image and Metaphor in Mesoamerica. Ca. 23x31 cm. Cloth

Masks of the Spirit. Image and Metaphor in Mesoamerica. Ca. 23x31 cm. Cloth by Peter T. Markman & Roberta H. Markman, with an introduction by Joseph Campbell xxi, 254 pages, 4 figures, maps and 78 black-white and 16 colour plates. 1990 978052006418875

Markman: Masks of the Spirit. Image and Metaphor in Mesoamerica. Paperback

Masks of the Spirit. Image and Metaphor in Mesoamerica. Ca. 23x31 cm. Paperback by Peter T. Markman & Roberta H. Markman, with an introduction by Joseph Campbell 254 pages, 4 figures, maps, 78 black-white and 16 colour plates 978052008654832a

Marks: Cortés: The Great Adventurer and the Fate of Aztec Mexico. Cloth

Cortés: The Great Adventurer and the Fate of Aztec Mexico. Cloth Richard Lee Marks xii, 347 pages, 16 illustrations. Map Caribbean Islands and New Spain. 1993 978067940609927a

Maya People of Southern Belize: Maya Atlas. The Struggle to Preserve Maya Land in Southern Belize. Paperback

Maya Atlas. The Struggle to Preserve Maya Land in Southern Belize. Paperback. ca.28x28 cm compiled by The Maya People of Southern Belize, in conjunction with The Toledo Maya Cultural Council, and The Toledo Alealdes Association 154 pages, with numerous black-white and color illustrations. 1997 978155643256925

McClusky: "Here, Our Culture Is Hard" Stories of Domestic Violence from a Mayan Cummunity in Belize. Paperback

Here, Our Culture Is Hard. Stories of Domestic Violence from a Mayan Cummunity in Belize. Paperback Laura J. McClusky x, 310 pages. 2001 978029275249822

McEwan: Precolumbian Gold: Technology, Style and Iconography. Paperback

Pre-Columbian Gold: Technology, Style and Iconography. Paperback, ca. 22x28cm edited by Colin McEwan 248 pages, with map, index and numerous black-white and colour illustrations. 2000 The results of an international conference, this text includes essays on gold funerary offerings from excavations at Batan Grande, Peru; the description of recently discovered Malagana goldwork from Columbia; and an account of gold found in archaeological contexts from Panama 978071412534325

McGee: Life, Ritual, and Religion Among the Lacandon Maya. Paperback

Life, Ritual, and Religion Among the Lacandon Maya. Paperback R. John McGee xiii, 158 pages, index, glossary, bibliography, illustrated. 1990 978053412186029

McManus: Land of the Five Suns: Looking at Aztec Myths and Legends. Hardback

Land of the Five Suns: Looking at Aztec Myths and Legends. Hardback by Kay McManus 48 pages, with colour illustrations. For young readers 0714121061

Melville: A Plague of Sheep. Environmental Consequences of the Conquest of Mexico. Paperback

Plague of Sheep. Environmental Consequences of the Conquest of Mexico. Paperback by Elinor G.K. Melville xiii, 219 pages. 1999 This is a book about the biological conquest of the New World. Taking as a case study the sixteenth-century history of a region of highland central Mexico, it shows how the environmental and social changes brought about by the introduction of Old World species aided European expansion. 978052157448830

Merrifield: South American Kinship: Eight Kinship Systems from Brazil and Colombia. Paperback

South American Kinship: Eight Kinship Systems from Brazil and Colombia. Paperback edited William Merrifield v, 122 pages. 1985 978088312173312

Mitchell: Peasants on the Edge. Crop, Cult, and Crisis in the Andes. Cloth

Peasants on the Edge. Crop, Cult, and Crisis in the Andes. Cloth William P. Mitchell x, 264 pages, with 10 photographs, 4 figures, 35 tables, bibliography, index. 1991 978029277637135

Moctezuma: Life and Death in the Templo Mayor. Paperback

Life and Death in the Templo Mayor. Paperback by Eduardo Matos Moctezuma ix, 138 pages, with photographs, poems, index and bibliography. 1995 978087081400617a

Monaghan: The Covenants With Earth and Rain: Exchange, Sacrifice, and Revelation in Mixtec Sociality. Paperback

Covenants With Earth and Rain: Exchange, Sacrifice, and Revelation in Mixtec Sociality. Paperback by John Monaghan 416 pages. 25 figures, 5 maps, 7 tables. 1999. John Monaghan explores the culture of the Mixtecs in Mexico. Focusing on the community of Santiago Nuyoo, located in the mountainous Mixteca Alta region, he describes Nuyooteco marriage practices, gift exchange, kinship systems, land tenure, cosmology, ritual, and feasting. 9780806131924

Montgomery: Dictionary of Maya Hieroglyphs. Paperback

Dictionary of Maya Hieroglyphs. Paperback by John Montgomery 424 pages. 2002 This work is a visual dictionary of Maya glyphs, offering a comprehensive catalogue of 1100 secured glyphs. Each entry includes the illustrated glyph, its phonetic transcription, Mayan equivalent, part of speech and meaning. 978078180862020

Montgomery: How to Read Maya Hieroglyphs. Paperback

How to Read Maya Hieroglyphs. Paperback by John Montgomery xvi, 360 pages. many illustrations, map. 2004 978078181020320

Montgomery: Tikal: An Illustrated History of the Ancient Maya Capital. Paperback

Tikal: An Illustrated History of the Ancient Maya Capital. Paperback John Montgomery 272 pages, 74 illustrations. 2001 978078180853815

Moseley: The Incas and their Ancestors: The Archaeology of Peru. Revised edition

Incas and their Ancestors: The Archaeology of Peru. Revised edition by Michael E. Moseley 288 pages, with sources, bibliography, index and 234 illustrations. 2001 An introduction to the culture of ancient Peru, providing information on the indigenous farming communities, their religious rituals and the adaptations they had to make in order to survive extraordinary environmental extremes. This revised edition examines the latest archaeological discoveries 97805002827791932

Munck: Contemporary Latin America. Paperback

Contemporary Latin America. Paperback by Ronaldo Munck xvi, 198 pages, with 6 figures, 7 tables, 2 maps. 2003 Lands and Peoples - Historical Context - Political Economy - Political Governance - Social Pattexxxrns - Social Movements - Cultural Politics - Latin America in a Changing World - Futures Imperfect? 978033398091018

Mundy: The Mapping of New Spain. Indigenous Cartography and the Maps of the Relaciones Geograficas. Paperback

Mapping of New Spain. Indigenous Cartography and the Maps of the Relaciones Geograficas. Paperback. By Barbara E. Mundy xxii, 281 pages, with 100 illustrations in black white, 8 colour plates, appendices, notes, bibliography and index. 2000 9780226550978

Najera-Ramirez: La Fiesta de los Tastoanes. Critical Encounters in Mexican Festival Performance. Paperback

Fiesta de los Tastoanes. Critical Encounters in Mexican Festival Performance. Paperback Olga Najera-Ramirez 187 pages, with many illustrations, plans. 1998 978082631998220

Nelson: A Finger in the Wound. Body Politics in Quincentennial Guatamala. Paperback

Finger in the Wound. Body Politics in Quincentennial Guatamala. Paperback Diane M. Nelson xix, 427 pages. 1999 Many Guatemalans speak of Mayan indigenous organizing as "a finger in the wound". This text explores the implications of this painfully graphic metaphor in a study of the civil war and its aftermath. 978052021285527a

Nugent: Modernity at the Edge of Empire. State, Individual and Nation in the Northern Peruvian Andes, 1885-1935. Paperback

Modernity at the Edge of Empire. State, Individual and Nation in the Northern Peruvian Andes, 1885-1935. Paperback David Nugent x, 404 pages, illustrated. 1997 978080472958128

Orellano: The Tzutujil Mayas: Continuity and Change: 1250 - 1630. Cloth

Tzutujil Mayas: Continuity and Change: 1250 - 1630. Cloth by Sandra Orellano xvii, 288 pages, with 15 illustrations and maps, 12 tables, with glossary, notes, bibliography and index. 1984 978080611739345

Pagden. European Encounters with the New World: From Renaissance to Romanticism. Paperback

European Encounters with the New World: From Renaissance to Romanticism. Paperback by Anthony Pagden 224 pages. 1994. After Columbus discovered America Europeans wondered how the discovery of the New World would affect them. In this book the author examines some of the varied ways in which Europeans interpreted their encounters with America 9780300059502, 0300059507 20

Pang, Hildegard Delgado: Pre-Columbian Art: Investigations and Insights. Cloth

Pre-Columbian Art: Investigations and Insights. Cloth. Ca. 4o Hildegard Delgado Pang, foreword by Coe 330 pages, with many illustrations, index, bibliography and glossary. 1992 978080612379070

Patch: Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan, 1648-1812. Hardcover

Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan, 1648-1812. Hardcover Robert W. Patch 329 pages, with maps, tables, illustrations. 1993 978080472062563

Paxton: The Cosmos of the Yucatec Maya: Cycles and Steps from the Madrid Codex. Cloth

Cosmos of the Yucatec Maya: Cycles and Steps from the Madrid Codex. Cloth Meridith Paxton xiii, 242 pages, with 9 maps, 7 tables, over 50 illustrations Meridith Paxton examines parts of two of the Maya books, or codices, emphasizing a previously unrecognized image of the solar year that appears in the manuscript known as the Madrid Codex., eliciting intriguing links between components of pre-Conquest Maya civilization 978082632292055

Peden: Song of the Heart. Selected Poems by Ramon López Velarde. Paperback

Song of the Heart. Selected Poems by Ramon López Velarde. Paperback translated by Sayers Peden 106 pages, with illustrations by Juan Soriano, 4 in colour. In the original Spanish, and in English translation 978029274686210

Perrone: Masters of Contemporary Brazilian Song MPB 1965-1985. Cloth

Masters of Contemporary Brazilian Song MPB 1965-1985. Cloth Charles A. Perrone 253 pages, with bibliography, discography, index, notes, glossary. 1989 0292751028 Reduced price

Peterson: The Paradise Garden Murals of Malinalco. Utopia and Empire in Sixteenth-Century Mexico. Cloth

Paradise Garden Murals of Malinalco. Utopia and Empire in Sixteenth-Century Mexico. Cloth. Ca. 4o Jeanette Favrot Peterson 264 pages, with 12 colour and 136 black-white illustrations. 1993 978029272750240

Pettersen: Maya of Guatemala / Maya de Guatemala: Their Life and Dress. Cloth