Gods, Graves, and Scholars: The Story of ArchaeologyKnopf, 1952 - 426 oldal An account of major archaeologists' explorations and their discoveries. |
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... Mayan construction was part of a great calendar in stone . There was no such thing as random arrangement ; the Mayan æsthetic had a mathematical basis . Apparently meaningless repi- titions and abrupt breaks in the conformation of the ...
... Mayan construction was part of a great calendar in stone . There was no such thing as random arrangement ; the Mayan æsthetic had a mathematical basis . Apparently meaningless repi- titions and abrupt breaks in the conformation of the ...
365. oldal
... Mayan priests , when they used Latin letters to express Mayan sounds , had paid no attention to Latin punctuation and word division . Some of the Mayan words were broken up , others were fused together , minus the proper affixes or ...
... Mayan priests , when they used Latin letters to express Mayan sounds , had paid no attention to Latin punctuation and word division . Some of the Mayan words were broken up , others were fused together , minus the proper affixes or ...
371. oldal
... Mayan complex was an imperialism growing toward its own center , a process of growth beginning with the limbs and ending at the heart . For actual growth and expansion were in- volved . The Empire was not compressed by foreign powers ...
... Mayan complex was an imperialism growing toward its own center , a process of growth beginning with the limbs and ending at the heart . For actual growth and expansion were in- volved . The Empire was not compressed by foreign powers ...
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From Her Garden to Pompeii | 3 |
The Birth of a Science | 11 |
Why Search for the Past? | 18 |
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