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1	The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art more books like this by Linda Schele, Jay I Kislak Reference Collection This classic study of the ancient Maya reveals a culture as rich as the ancient civilizations of Europe, the Middle East, and the Orient. see all copies from $9.97! new only from $19.70! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Art and Architecture of Ancient America, Third Edition: The Mexican, Maya and Andean Peoples more books like this by Professor George Kubler This book examines the development of the principal styles of ancient American architecture, sculpture, and painting until the end of the Aztec and Inca empires in the 16th century. The book tries to explain works of art as such, rather than dwelling upon those ideas about civilization which art is often made to illustrate in books of a more ... see all copies from $11.40! new only from $23.49! \| SVS
3	A Study of Maya Art more books like this by Herbert J Spinden Landmark classic interprets Maya symbolism, estimates styles, covers ceramics, architecture, murals, stone carvings as art forms. Over 750 illustrations. see all copies from $4.01! new only from $42.54! \| first editions
4	The Horizontal Man: Finnegan Zwake #1 more books like this by Michael Dahl A 13-year-old boy and his mystery-writer uncle are featured in this first of three suspense novels that revolve around adventures in exotic locales. Finnegan is staying with his uncle, hoping his parents will return from Ireland, where they disappeared several years ago during an archaeological expedition. When the boy discovers a body in his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.48!
5	Art of the Maya more books like this by Ferdinand Anton see all copies from $4.30! first editions
6	Images from the Underworld: Naj Tunich and the Tradition of Maya Cave Painting more books like this by Andrea Joyce Stone "The present volume is not only an extraordinarily detailed and insightful analysis of the painted representations and texts found in Naj Tunich but also a complete survey of all known Maya painted caves. . . . Stone has given us a major monograph on a major Maya site. For completeness of presentation, for clarity of writing, and for depth and ... see all copies from $45.00! new only from $53.84! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Maya : life, myth and art more books like this by Timothy Laughton see all copies from $2.35! new only from $9.97! \| first editions
8	Lords of Creation: The Origins of Sacred Maya Kingship more books like this by Virginia M Fields, Dorie Reents-Budet Divinely sanctioned kingship is found among the ancient civilizations throughout the world. It has been a largely unexplored process in ancient Mesoamerica. Sacred kings, who played key roles in the emergence of complex urban society, first appeared among the Olmec on the Gulf Coast of Mexico around 900 BC, but the full growth of this phenomenon ... see all copies from $29.31! new only from $32.00! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Art of the Maya Scribe more books like this by Michael D Coe, Justin Kerr The art of the Maya has been the subject of research, the results of which has shed much new light on the Maya scribes and their world. Their artistic achievements in stone, wood, stucco, shell, ceramics, murals and screenfold books are unsurpassed in pre-Columbian America. They are examined in detail in this book with the aid of many and varied ... see all copies from $40.00! new only from $99.99! \| first editions
10	Spirit of Chiapas: The Expressive Art of the Roof Cross Tradition Featuring the Frans Blom Collection at Na Bolom more books like this by Virginia Ann Guess, Robert Guess (Photographer) With elements of catalogue, guidebook, and historical summary, this richly illustrated book offers a comprehensive source of information for art historians, folk art enthusiasts, museum curators, and the casual traveller to Chiapas. The Mexican state of Chiapas and its historical connections to Guatemala during the colonial period, offers ... see all copies from $6.19! new only from $6.19! \| SVS
11	Yaxchilan: The Design of a Maya Ceremonial City more books like this by Carolyn E Tate "Art historian Carolyn Tate presents, in a well-organized and amply illustrated two-part format, a holistic treatment of a single archaeological site--the great ancient Maya city of Yaxchilan.... This is the most successful attempt to relate art and architecture within a Maya site that I have seen."--Ethnohistory As archaeologists peel away the ... see all copies from $40.95!
12	Maya: Treasures of an Ancient Civilization more books like this by Flora S Clancy see all copies from $4.95! first editions
13	Maya: Treasures of an Ancient Civilization more books like this by Charles Gallenkamp see all copies from $1.99! new only from $35.56!
14 view cover	Art Writing Maya Cities Ad 600-800 more books like this by Adam Herring Art and Writing in the Maya Cities, AD 600-800 examines an important aspect of the visual cultures of the ancient Maya in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras. During a critical period of cultural evolution, artistic production changed significantly, as calligraphy became an increasingly important formal element in Maya aesthetics and ... see all copies from $55.00! new only from $78.71! \| first editions
15	Maya Jades more books like this by Adrian Digby, Jay I Kislak Reference Collection see all copies from $7.50! first editions
16 view cover	The Memory of Bones: Body, Being, and Experience Among the Classic Maya more books like this by Stephen Houston, David Stuart, Karl Taube All of human experience flows from bodies that feel, express emotion, and think about what such experiences mean. But, is it possible for us, embodied as we are in a particular time and place, to know how people of long ago thought about the body and its experiences? In this groundbreaking book, three leading experts on the Classic Maya (ca. AD ... see all copies from $42.55! new only from $42.55! \| SVS
17 view cover	Three Maya relief panels at Dumbarton Oaks more books like this by Michael D. Coe, Elizabeth P. Benson see all copies from $3.75! signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Ritual & Power in Stone: The Performance of Rulership in Mesoamerican Izapan Style Art more books like this by Julia Guernsey The ancient Mesoamerican city of Izapa in Chiapas, Mexico, is renowned for its extensive collection of elaborate stone stelae and altars, which were carved during the Late Preclassic period (300 BC-AD 250). Many of these monuments depict kings garbed in the costume and persona of a bird, a well-known avian deity who had great significance for the ... see all copies from $35.00! new only from $52.08! \| signed copies \| SVS
19	An early stone pectoral from southeastern Mexico more books like this by Michael D Coe see all copies from $3.75! new only from $3.75! \| first editions
20	The Kimbell Cookbook more books like this by Shelby S Volk, Linda Schele see all copies from $4.02! first editions
21	Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico & Central America more books like this by Professor George Kubler see all copies from $34.00! new only from $279.77!
22 view cover	Los Mayas: Historia, Arte y Cultura more books like this by Nelly Gutierrez Solana see all copies from $11.89! new only from $17.41!
23	The Mayan Revival Style: Art Deco Mayan Fantasy more books like this by Marjorie Ingle see all copies from $2.13! first editions
24	The Mayan Revival Style more books like this by Marjorie I. Ingle see all copies from $15.84! first editions
25	Maya Iconography more books like this by Elizabeth P Benson, Gillett G Griffin (Editor) see all copies from $137.50! first editions

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