Schele, Linda        <br/><br/>
A Forest Of Kings   the untold story of the ancient Maya 
Linda Schele and David Freidel; Photos by Justin Kerr 
 - New York  William Morrow  Quill  1992 
 - 542 p 
<br/><br/> Originally published: 1st ed. New York : Morrow, ©1990. 
<br/><br/>Prologue: Personal notes --<br/>Foreword --<br/>Time travel in the jungle --<br/>Sacred space, holy time, and the Maya world --<br/>Cerros: the coming of kings --<br/>A war of conquest: Tikal against Uaxactún --<br/>Stars wars in the seventh century --<br/>The children of the First Mother: family and dynasty at Palenque --<br/>Bird-Jaguar and the Cahalob --<br/>Copán: the death of first dawn on Macaw Mountain --<br/>Kingdom and empire at Chichén Itzá --<br/>The end of a literate world and its legacy to the future --<br/>Epilogue: Back to the beginning --<br/>Glossary of gods and icons. 
<br/><br/> Tells the story of Mayan kingship from the beginning of its institution and the first great pyramid builders two thousand years ago to the decline of Maya civilization and its destruction by the Spanish. 
<br/><br/> 67128 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0688112048 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>9780688112042 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mayas<br/>Mayas
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>972.81016 Sch   15