books by Karl Taube (illustrated archaeology dictionary)

books by Karl Taube

books:

The Major Gods of Ancient Yucatan (Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Art and Archaeology Studies Series)

2 reviews
Karl A. Taube

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1992

Must have book for any serious student of Mayan Archaeology and/or Ancient Mesoamerica.
Book is excellent and hard to get. i was glad to see it on Amazon. My only gripe is the format--i would have preferred a HARDCOPY Edition for my collection. Hardcopy or not , this was a must for me.

The Memory of Bones: Body, Being, and Experience among the Classic Maya

1 review
Stephen Houston, David Stuart, ...

University of Texas Press, 2006

great
When three of the most renowned mayanists join to write a book it must turn out great. Well, it did, despite the rather cheap paper it was printed upon. Lavishly illustrated which helps to get their point and written in a very readable style, the topic is one of the most fascinating in maya studies. Basically, the book resumes what was elaborated by the authors over several years in a series of ...

Christo and Jeanne-Claude Gasometer, Oberhausen 1999
David Bourdon, Karl Ganser, ...

Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 1999

An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya

8 reviews
Mary Miller, Karl Taube

Thames & Hudson, 1997

Great book for the amature Mayanist!
This is a great refereance book for the amature Mayanist. "Gods and Symbols" is filled with specialized facts, covering subjects from Olmec to Aztec times in good detail. It is readable for both beginners and experts. The amount of information can be overwhelming at times; it therefore is useful to have some background knowledge beforehand to be able to place facts in a larger contextual ...

Aztec and Maya Myths (Legendary Past Series)

6 reviews
Karl Taube

University of Texas Press, 1993

Are we not men? Are we not maize?
This is an excellent volume for introductory, background, and inspired reading to do further research on the Aztec and Mayan mythologies. Don't let the number of pages fool you (80) -- there is a wealth of solid information and well as excellent photographs and drawing reproductions to inform, entrance, and entertain in this book. The chapter titles are: Introduction; Major sources and the ...

Das neue Zuwanderungsrecht
Karl Taube

Boorberg, R. Verlag, 2005

Mythes aztèques et mayas
Karl Taube

Seuil, 1998

Mythen alter Kulturen.
George Hart, Karl Taube, ...

Reclam, Ditzingen, 2002

A Pre-Columbian World (Dumbarton Oaks Other Titles in Pre-Columbian Studies)
Anna Blume, Elizabeth Hill Boone, ...

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2006

The articles in this book conceptualize the ancient New World through new and varied approaches, from iconography to the history of anthropology. The many essays in this volume explore the vast vista of the Pre-Columbian world, including representations of history, memory, and knowledge in Andean visual imagery and Pre-Columbian narrative, the ideology of rain making, and Maya beliefs about animal transformations.

Olmec Art at Dumbarton Oaks (Dumbarton Oaks Other Titles in Pre-Columbian Studies)
Karl A. Taube

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2004

Olmec Art at Dumbarton Oaks presents the Olmec portion of the Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. It illustrates all thirty-nine Olmec art objects in color plates and includes many complementary and comparative black-and-white illustrations and drawings. The body of Pre-Columbian art that Robert Bliss carefully assembled over a half-century between 1912 and 1963, amplified only slightly since his death, is a remarkably ...