Palenque by David Stuart

Palenque by David Stuart

Palenque, known as the 'queen of Maya cities', fell into ruin when Mayan civilization suffered a mysterious collapse over a millennium ago. Here, father-and-son team George and David Stuart lead the reader on a journey with pioneer artists and archaeologists from the 18th century on as they rediscovered Palenque and attempted to document the city's graceful and ornate palaces, temples, bas-reliefs and hieroglyphic inscriptions. The Stuarts portray a lost world of palace intrigue, of war and peace, of brilliant architects and sculptors, of patron gods and revered ancestors, of a city teeming with craftsmen, traders and farmers. Today Palenque, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a place of new reverence and relevance for millions of modern Maya, archaeologists and all those fascinated by the history of the Maya.

George Stuart is president of the Boundary End Archaeology Research Center in western North Carolina. He has devoted more than 50 years to the study of the Maya people, both ancient and living.

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ISBN 13	9780500051566
ISBN 10	0500051569
Title	Palenque
Author	David Stuart
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Thames & Hudson Ltd
Year published	2008-10-20
Number of pages	272
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