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Location	Call #	Volume	Status
Sherman Library	F1435.3.A6 T74 2013		AVAILABLE

Author	Treister, Kenneth, author, photographer.
Title	Maya architecture : temples in the sky / Kenneth Treister, FAIA ; foreword by George Stuart.
OCLC	806013167
ISBN	9780813042466 (alk. paper)
	0813042461 (alk. paper)
Publisher	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2013]
Description	x, 225 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
LC Subject heading/s	Maya architecture.
	Maya architecture -- Pictorial works.
	Mayas -- Antiquities.
	Mayas -- Antiquities -- Pictorial works.
	Mexico -- Antiquities.
	Mexico -- Antiquities -- Pictorial works.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-219) and index.
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 -- Labn� -- Uxmal -- Cop�n -- Chichen Itz� -- Tikal, Kab�h, and Dzibilchalt�n -- The contemporary Maya world.
Summary	A discussion of Maya buildings through the eyes of an architect.

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