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Lost Cities and Vanished Civilizations

Book by Robert Silverberg; Chilton, 1962

Subjects:

Archaeology--History, Extinct Cities

Collections: History, Entire Library

...fog of antiquity. The first cities sprang up in the East around...FIG. 13. Top The ancient Mayan city of Uxmal, glimpsed over...Mexico, another remnant of Mayan greatness. FIG. 15. A present-day Mayan village elder, seated on the...
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Urban Structure: The Social and Spatial Character of Cities

Book by Ralph Thomlinson; Random House, 1969

Subjects:

Cities And Towns, Human Ecology, Social Structure, Sociology, Urban

Collections: Entire Library

...now Peru; both cultures are insufficiently documented to establish dates with any certitude. Like the Sumerian cities, the Mayan and Incan urban centers were small, generally with populations of about 10,000. Turning from the great cultural...
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Latin American Urbanization: Historical Profiles of Major Cities

Book by Gerald Michael Greenfield; Greenwood Press, 1994

Subjects:

Cities And Towns--Latin America--History, Urbanization--Latin America--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

This volume provides extensive information on the urban experience in Latin America. Following a general overview, the work includes chapters devoted to urbanization in specific countries. Each chapter begins with an introduction providing geographic information and a survey of the nation's urban ...
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This volume provides extensive information on the urban experience in Latin America. Following a general overview, the work includes chapters devoted to urbanization in specific countries. Each chapter begins with an introduction providing geographic information and a survey of the nation's urban development, and then includes historical profiles of ninety selected cities, as well as maps. Thus, the work provides both national and city-specific perspectives. Chapters also provide a list of bibliographic resources, and the work is fully indexed.
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Mayan Visions: The Quest for Autonomy in an Age of Globalization

Book by June C. Nash; Routledge, 2001

Subjects:

Chiapas (Mexico)--Economic Conditions, Chiapas (Mexico)--History--Peasant Uprising, 1994-, Chiapas (Mexico)--Social Conditions, Mayas--Mexico--Chiapas--Government Relations, Mayas--Mexico--Chiapas--Politics And Government, Mayas--Wars--Mexico--Chiapas

Collections: History, Entire Library

A significant work by one of anthropology's most important scholars, this book provides an introduction to the Chiapas Mayan community of Mexico, better known for their role in the Zapatista Rebellion.
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Fear as a Way of Life: Mayan Widows in Rural Guatemala

Book by Linda Green; Columbia University Press, 1999

Subjects:

Cakchikel Women--Crimes Against, Cakchikel Women--Social Conditions, Cakchikel Women--Wars, Guatemala--Politics And Government, War Widows--Guatemala--Economic Conditions, War Widows--Guatemala--Social Conditions

Collections: History, Entire Library

Between the late 1970s and the mid-1980s, the people of Guatemala were subjected to a state-sponsored campaign of political violence and repression designed to not only defeat a left-wing, revolutionary insurgency but also destroy Mayan communities and culture. The Mayan Indians in the western ...
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Between the late 1970s and the mid-1980s, the people of Guatemala were subjected to a state-sponsored campaign of political violence and repression designed to not only defeat a left-wing, revolutionary insurgency but also destroy Mayan communities and culture. The Mayan Indians in the western highlands were labeled by the government as revolutionary sympathizers, and many Mayan women lost husbands, sons, and other family members who were brutally murdered or who simply "disappeared." Based on years of field research conducted in the rural highlands, Fear as a Way of Life traces the intricate links between the recent political violence and repression and the long-term systemic violence connected with class inequalities and gender and ethnic oppression----the violence of everyday life.
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Journal Articles on: mayan cities

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Longshan-Era Urbanism: The Role of Cities in Predynastic China

Journal article by Paola Dematte; Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, Vol. 38, 1999

Subjects:

Anthropological research--China, Archaeology--Research, China--History, Cities and towns--China

Collections: History, Entire Library

...terminology argue that not every ancient civilization was characterized by urbanism, and that both the Mayan and Egyptian states, for example, lacked cities. While urbanism may have been absent from Mayan and Egyptian states, they did possess large ritual...
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Claiming Collective Memory: Maya Languages and Civil Rights

Journal article by Gilberto Arriaza, Arturo Arias; Social Justice, Vol. 25, 1998

Subjects:

Civil rights--Analysis, Guatemala--Social aspects, Mayan languages--Social aspects, Mayas--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...Yucatec, the language of the Maya proper, is spoken by people in the Yucatan, Guatemala, and Belize. The other languages of the Mayan peoples include the language of the Huastec (northern Veracruz) and several groups of closely affiliated languages, including...
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Chiras, Dan and Dave Wann: Superbia! 31 Ways to Create Sustainable Neighborhoods

Journal article by William T. Perks; Canadian Journal of Urban Research, Vol. 13, 2004

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Superbia! 31 Ways to Create Sustainable Neighborhoods (Book)--Book reviews, The Key to Sustainable Cities (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...design. The Key to Sustainable Cities is a kettle of different fish...history of early civilizations (Mayan, Mesopotamian, Arab Emirates...1962). The Key to Sustainable Cities might best be categorized as...recommends The Key to Sustainable Cities as "essential reading for those...
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The Columbian Exchange and the Reversal of Fortune

Journal article by Thomas Grennes; The Cato Journal, Vol. 27, 2007

Subjects:

Columbian Exchange--Economic aspects, International trade--Forecasts and trends, International trade--History, Introduced species--Analysis, Introduced species--Economic aspects, Invasive species--Analysis, Invasive species--Economic aspects

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...Other large cities (Teotihucan, Monte Alban, and various Mayan cities) had been constructed centuries earlier and left impressive...in Tenochtitlan engaged in long distance trade with Mayan cities, but trade was limited by the capacity of the Aztecs...
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Scarcity, Crises and Choice

Journal article by Jack A. Goldstone; Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 59, 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...erecting fabulous statues instead began to pull them down. Mayan cities engaged in intense warfare, and Chaco Indian habitations...finding in December 2005 of royal tombs and elaborate art in Mayan ruins dated 100-150 B.C. seem to have added yet another...

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Magazine Articles on: mayan cities

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The Land of Eternal Spring - Contrasting Landscape, Varied Ecology, and the Confluence of Three Cultures-Mayan, Spanish, and Modern-Day- Entice Visitors to Guatemala

Magazine article by Eva Harnik; World and I, Vol. 16, August 2001

Subjects:

Church buildings--Guatemala, Churches--Guatemala, Guatemala--Description and travel, History--Guatemala, Mayan culture, Mayas--Architecture, Native American architecture, Popular culture--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Religion--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Travel industry--Guatemala, Volcanoes--Guatemala

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...there for years. Most major cities are located at elevations of...ability to appreciate classical Mayan civilization is somewhat limited...natural disasters. It was never a Mayan site, unlike many other Guatemalan cities built over older ruins. Close-by...
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The Mayan Ruins

Magazine article by Habeeb Salloum; Contemporary Review, Vol. 268, May 1996

Subjects:

Central American native peoples--Antiquities, Mayas--History, Mexican native peoples--History, Mexico--Historic sites

Collections: Entire Library

...with about 1,000 sites of ancient Mayan cities - the richest archaeological region...and fascinating of the ancient Mayan cities found in the Yucatan Peninsula...Tulum is the most visited of the Mayan cities - and Mexicans were everywhere...
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A Mathematics Lesson from the Mayan Civilization

Magazine article by Rafael Lara-Alecio, Beverly J. Irby, Leonel Morales-Aldana; Teaching Children Mathematics, November 1998

Subjects:

Elementary school teachers--Methods, Elementary school teaching--Methods, Mathematics--Study and teaching, Mayas--History

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...architecture, and art of the great Mayan cities. Among the Mayas multiple accomplishments...skills were - * building ancient cities, such as Copan, Chichen Itza, Tikal...Such major attainments by the Mayan civilization rest in the development...
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Not Aztec, Not Mayan, Zapotec Sculpture from Oaxaca

Magazine article by Pamela Hellwege; School Arts, Vol. 93, April 1994

Subjects:

Mexican native peoples--Art, Sculpture, Primitive--Study and teaching, Zapotecs--Art

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Paddock, John. Ancient Oaxaca: Discoveries in Mexican Archeology and History. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1966. Sabloff, Jeremy A. The Cities of Ancient Mexico: Reconstructing a Lost World. London: Thames and Hudson, 1990.
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Unmasking Mayan Mexico: Women's Issues and Ethnic Identities Play Self-Defining Roles in the Contemporary Indigenous Theatre of Chiapas

Magazine article by Tamara L. Underiner; American Theatre, Vol. 22, May-June 2005

Subjects:

Androcentrism--Political aspects, Chiapas, Mexico--Performances, Mayas--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Mayas--Performances, Women in the theater--Political aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...higher profile in Mexican society than is typically enjoyed by Mayan women or men outside of their own communities. But de la Cruz...confronting campesinos who are forced to make their way in the cities--all from the perspective of their effects on women and children...

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Newspaper Articles on: mayan cities

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Mayan Mysteries Shimmer in Merida; White City Reflects Duality in Culture

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 5, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...stops are three small, independent Mayan cities once ruled by majestic Uxmal, with...roads, connected it with other Mayan cities. Sayil means "the place of the...only edifice excavated. Like other Mayan cities, Sayil was surrounded by a population...
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The REAL Indiana Jones. and His Temples of Doom; Mel Gibson's Latest Risky Business Is a Blockbuster - in Mayan. but, as Rob Waugh Reveals, the Real Adventure Story Is the Man Who Gave Him the Idea

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), December 17, 2006

Subjects:

Aircraft industry, Archaeology, Cessna Aircraft Co.

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...excavating the ruins of ancient Mayan cities. Hes been going there for the past...Apocalypto. Filmed entirely in an ancient Mayan dialect, Gibsons follow up to his...reassessment of the rise and fall of Mayan civilisation, which flourished across...
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Mayan Attraction; Mel Gibson's Apocalypto Portrayed the Mayans as Bloodthirsty, but Their Scientific Knowledge Put Later Civilisations to Shame. TIM ALDEN Reports from the Heart of the Yucatan Jungle, Where Their Secrets Are Still Being Uncovered

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 14, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Lord of the West. 1000 AD: The Mayans begin to abandon their cities and towns for unknown reasons. Invaders from the north, the...city, Teotihuacan, destroying its great temples. Most of the Mayan people are either killed, move to remote villages or flee to...
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Mayan Romance

Newspaper article; Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales), July 29, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...boxes, we vowed to do more of both. In line with our modern Mayan encounter, we felt ruins were in order and headed for Coba, about an hour and a half from Cancun. One of the oldest cities in the area, it was built mainly between 500 and 9, and...
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HOLIDAY HOTSPOTS: Mayan. All Mine! SEE RUINS OF MEXICO'S AMAZING ANCIENT CIVILIZATION

Newspaper article; The People (London, England), August 29, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...beasts of burden or even the wheel they managed to construct vast cities across a huge jungle landscape. To see more I headed inland...ruined city of Chichen Itza. This is the most famous of Mexicos Mayan ruins - and with good reason. Theres a full six square miles...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: mayan cities

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Chiapas

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...sparsely inhabited region contains valuable but dwindling forests of dyewoods and hardwoods and is also the site of ruined Mayan cities (notably Palenque ). The area is also the retreat of the Lacandones, a gradually disappearing indigenous people often...
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Guatemala , Country, Central America

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...addition to the capital, important cities include Puerto Barrios...of the population is of mixed Mayan and Spanish descent (Ladinos) and about 40% are of purely Mayan origin. The latter have historically...also Protestant and traditional Mayan minorities. Spanish is the language...
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Maya , Indigenous People of Mexico and Central America

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...primarily dynastic and political. (Mayan writing, however, dates to the...decline, and many of the major cities were abandoned. In the heartland...time of Spanish conquest, most Mayan populations were centered around...strength from the support of Mayan peasants. Bibliography...
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Belize

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Mayan descent. English is the official language; Spanish and Mayan are also spoken. About half the population is Roman Catholic...the area some 200 to 300 years later, and a few ancient Maya cities still survive. The region was probably traversed by Cortes...
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YucatÁn , Peninsula, North America

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Cancun , Mexico and Belize City , Belize are the chief cities of Yucatan. The inhabitants are predominantly the modern...Montejo the younger, crushed the revolt of a coalition of Mayan groups. Mayan resistance to Spanish (and later Mexican) rule perpetuated...

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