Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Maya ruins in Central America in color (Record no. 15236)

020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0826306888
022 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SERIAL NUMBER
International Standard Serial Number 9780826306883
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 972.801 Fer
Item number 15
092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC)
Classification number 972.801 Fer
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Ferguson, William M.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Maya ruins in Central America in color
Remainder of title Tikal, Copán, and Quiriguá
Statement of responsibility, etc William M. Ferguson and John Q. Royce; Foreword by Linda Schele
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Name of publisher, distributor, etc University of New Mexico Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc 1983
Place of publication, distribution, etc Albuquerque, NM
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 387 p
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note An introduction to the classic Maya --
Maya antecedents --
The Olmec connection --
Maya history --
Classic period --
Classic Maya collapse --
Postclassic period --
Physical appearance --
Agriculture --
Commoner food, housing, and clothing --
Tools --
New evidence relating to the life-style of the classic Maya lords --
Sources of information concerning the classic Maya --
Classic Maya sacrifice and bloodletting --
Ball game --
Commerce and trade --
Government and society --
Feudalism --
Warfare --
Deities and myths --
Origins of Maya symbolism --
Cosmology --
The hero twins, myth of the underworld --
Numeration, and the computation of time --
Astronomy --
Hieroglyphic writing --
Recent discoveries at the cave of Naj Tunich (Stone House) --
Tikal area --
Copan area --
Quirigua area --
Architecture --
Ceramics, stratigraphy, and carbon-14 testing as archaeological tools.
546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE
Information code or alphabet 54378
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Source of heading or term Mayas
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Antiquities
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Source of heading or term Indians of Central America
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Antiquities
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Source of heading or term Antiquities
Geographic subdivision Central America
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Relator code Joint Author
Personal name Royce, John Q.
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Relator code Foreword
Personal name Schele, Linda
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Source of classification or shelving scheme
Koha item type 900 - 999
Holdings
Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Permanent Location Current Location Cost, normal purchase price Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Date checked out Public note
    Arthur Johnson Memorial Library Arthur Johnson Memorial Library 23.33 2 972.801 Fer 54378 2008-12-23 2008-12-13 In Memory of : Carlos Palomino