Category: Pre-Colombian

A companion book for young readers based on 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, the groundbreaking bestseller by Charles C. Mann.
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Popol Vuh: The Sacred Book of the Maya : The Great Classic of Central American Spirituality, Translated fromthe Original Maya Text

By: Christenson, Allen J.

Price: $11.95

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press: March 2007

Seller ID: 343535

ISBN: 0806138394

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Acceptable

The Popol Vuh is the most important example of Maya literature to have survived the Spanish conquest. It is also one of the world's great creation accounts, comparable to the beauty and power of Genesis.Most previous translations have relied on Spanish versions rather than the original K'iche'-Maya text. Based on ten years of research by a leading scholar of Maya literature, this translation with extensive notes is uniquely faithful to the original language. Retaining the poetic style of the original text, the translation is also remarkably accessible to English readers.Illustrated wi...
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Destruction of the Jaguar: From the Books of Chilam Balam

By: Christopher Sawyer-LauÃ§anno

Price: $5.95

Publisher: City Lights Publishers: January 2001

Seller ID: 216646

ISBN: 0872862100

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Christopher Sawyer-Laucanno writes in his introduction to Destruction of the Jaguar that ""The Books of Chilam Balam are the only principal surviving texts of the ancient Maya. Written in the Mayan language but in European script, they are generally considered to be transcriptions and recompilations from memory of material originally contained in the hieroglyphic books, all of which were apparently destroyed by the Spaniards . . . As they stand now, they are a curious and fascinating combination of prophecy, history, chronology, ritual and mythology."Here is an English translation that c...
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History of the Inca Empire (The Texas Pan American series)

By: Cobo, Bernabe

Price: $9.95

Publisher: University of Texas Press: March 1980

Seller ID: 345482

ISBN: 029273008x

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Like New

Inca religion and customs

By: Cobo, Bernabe

Price: $7.95

Publisher: University of Texas Press: January 1990

Seller ID: 345502

ISBN: 0292738544

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

In the Land of the Olmec (The Dan Danciger Publication Series)

By: Coe, Michael D.,Diehl, Richard A.

Price: $59.95

Publisher: University of Texas Press: October 1980

Seller ID: 345526

ISBN: 0292775490

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Imperfect Balance: Landscape Transformations in the Precolumbian Americas

By: David L. Lentz

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Columbia University Press: September 2000

Seller ID: 161174

ISBN: 0231111576

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

We often envision the New World before the arrival of the Europeans as a land of pristine natural beauty and undisturbed environments. However, David Lentz offers an alternative view by detailing the impact of native cultures on these ecosystems prior to their contact with Europeans. Drawing on a wide range of experts from the fields of paleoclimatology, historical ecology, paleontology, botany, geology, conservation science, and resource management, this book unlocks the secret of how the Western Hemisphere's indigenous inhabitants influenced and transformed their natural environment.A ...
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