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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Photographs and descriptive text provide information on the people, cities, culture, food and drink, trade, gods and goddesses, clothes, sports and games, and other aspects of the Aztec, Inca, and Maya civilizations.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two American couples, just out of college, enjoy a pleasant, lazy beach holiday together in Mexico. On an impulse, they go off with newfound friends in search of one of their group--the young German, who, in pursuit of a girl, has headed for the remote Mayan ruins, site of a fabled archeological dig. Then the searchers--moving into the wild interior--begin to suspect that there is an insidious, horrific "other" among them.
Author
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The ancient Maya were a remarkable Central American people who developed a rich civilization with particular focuses on art, astronomy, and architecture. Through thoughtful narrative supported by fully documented quotes this title begins with A Brief History of the Ancient Maya and then examines these questions: How Did Geography Help Shape Maya Civilization? How Did Religion Affect Maya Art and Science? How Did Trade Unify Maya Culture? and How Did...
6) The Maya
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This information book provides a simple introduction to the world of the ancient Maya. It describes their bustling cities and tall temples, their religious beliefs, the customs of their kings and nobles, and their passion for cacao. Perfectly suited to beginner readers, it is full of facts, illustrations, and photographs of historical artefacts.
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
"Ancient Maya civilization thrived in the tropics of Central America for more than a thousand years and produced some of the world's finest architecture and art. Then it mysteriously vanished, leaving a landscape of ruins smothered by forests. The Classic Maya collapse is one of the great puzzles of history, ranking alongside the Fall of Rome as an enigma that has intrigued scholars for generations." "Drawing upon recent archaeological research and...
10) Mayan Tikal
Author
Publisher
Raintree Steck-Vaughn
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
This book describes the crops, pyramids, rural settlements, ceremonies, and military actions of the Mayan people.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2016].
Language
English
Description
Encyclopedia of the Ancient Maya offers an A-Z overview of the ancient Maya culture from its inception around 3000 BC to the Spanish Conquest after AD 1600 and contains over two hundred entries written by more than sixty researchers exploring subjects ranging from food, clothing and shelter to the now-deciphered Maya writing system.
12) The ancient Maya
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Examines the civilization of the ancient Maya, from their pyramids and eloborate writing systems, to their developments in mathematics and science, and includes information on their large cities--Tikal, Copan, Palenque--and their social structure. Includes time line and glossary.
Series
Ancient civilizations volume 6
Publisher
International Masters Publishers
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Author
Publisher
White Star Publishers
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
This illustrated volume chronologically traces the cultural development of Mesoamerica. From the imposing monumental sculptures of the Olmecs in 1500 BC to the extraordinary development of the Mayan city states of the classical period to the militaristic fervor of the kingdom of Chichen Itza to the conquest of the Mayans by the Spanish armies in the 1500s, The Mayas examines the social and cultural influences of each major period in ancient Mayan...
Author
Series
Infinity ring volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Sera has seen the future, and it is terrifying. Unfortunately, she can't do anything to prevent the Cataclysm while stranded with Dak and Riq thousands of years in the past. Their only hope lies with the ancient Maya, a mysterious people who claim to know a great deal about the future. Is there more to these ancients than meets the eye?
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