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The pre-Colombian civilizations:

the world of the Maya, Aztecs, and Incas
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Sunflower Books, 1979 - History - 95 pages

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Contents

The preConquest Civilizations
6
From the Totonacs
56
The Collectivist Inca Empire
86
Copyright

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adobe Albdn ancient andenes archaeologists architecture art style astronomical Aztec ball court building built calendar capital carved central century B.C. Chavi'n Chichen Itza Chimu Ciudadela Classic period coastal columns complex Conquest coursed masonry covers an area culture decorated edifice erected facade Facing feathered serpent Fondation Abegg frieze glyphs highlands human sacrifice Inca empire Itzd jaguar layout low-reliefs lowland Maya Machu Picchu mask Maya ceremonial centres Maya civilization Mesoamerican metres Mexico City Mitla Mixtec Moche monolithic Monte Alban motifs mountain Museo Nacional Museum Nacional de Antropologi'a Nazca Nunnery Quadrangle Oaxaca Olmec ornaments overlooking palace Palenque Paracas Peru plaza polychrome Postclassic pre-Columbian priests Puuc pyramid Quetzalcoatl Quetzalpapalotl rain-god raised platform reach a height region religious roof sculptured square stairways lead stelae stone mosaic structure Taji'n Temple of Quetzalcoatl Teotihuacan terrace Tiahuanaco tier Tikal tion Toltec tombs Totonacs town Tula Uxmal Valley vaulted walls Xochicalco Yagul Yucatan Zapotec

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TitleThe pre-Colombian civilizations: the world of the Maya, Aztecs, and Incas
AuthorHenri Stierlin
Photographs byHenri Stierlin
Editionillustrated
PublisherSunflower Books, 1979
Original fromPennsylvania State University
Digitized13 Apr 2011
Length95 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Aztecs
History / Latin America / Central America
History / Native American
Incas
Indians
Latin America
Mayas
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies
  
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