Maya architecture : temples in the sky

Publication Data

• Title Maya architecture : temples in the sky
• Author Kenneth Treister
• Contributor George E. Stuart
• Publisher University Press of Florida
• Publication date 2013
• Publication location Gainesville, FL
• Language English

Contents

Introduction: Through the eyes of an architect
1. Simple principles of Maya architecture
2. Essence of Maya architecture: What remains? What it might have been? What it must have been
3. Manifestations of Maya architecture
4. Building materials
5. Building types
6. The Maya city
7. The Maya collapse
8. Oh, the wonder of it all
9 The legacy
10. The cities: Olmec
Palenque
Sayil
Labná
Uxmal
Copán
Chichen Itzá
Tikal, Kabáh, and Dzibilchaltún
The contemporary Maya world.

Topics

• Maya architecture
• Mayas :: Antiquities
• Mexico :: Antiquities
• Mexico

Maya architecture : temples in the sky by Kenneth Treister. ISBN 9780813042466. Published by University Press of Florida in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.