Mexican Archaeology
by Thomas Athol Joyce
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About this eBook
- Author
- Joyce, Thomas Athol, 1878-1942
- Title
- Mexican archæology : an introduction to the archæology of the Mexican and Mayan civilizations of pre-Spanish America
- Original Publication
- New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1914.
- Credits
- Karin Spence and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- F1201: North America local history: Mexico
- Subject
- Mexico -- Antiquities
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 74836
- Release Date
- December 4, 2024
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.MEXICAN ARCHÆOLOGY
- 3.Untitled
- 4.PREFACE
- 5.CONTENTS
- 6.ILLUSTRATIONS
- 7.INTRODUCTION
- 8.CHAPTER I—MEXICO: TRIBAL HISTORY
- 9.CHAPTER II—MEXICO: THE GODS
- 10.CHAPTER III—MEXICO: THE CALENDAR AND CALENDRICAL FEASTS
- 11.CHAPTER IV—MEXICO: WRITINGS, PRIESTHOOD, MEDICINE AND BURIAL
- 12.CHAPTER V—MEXICO: SOCIAL SYSTEM, WAR, TRADE AND JUSTICE
- 13.CHAPTER VI—MEXICO: CRAFTS, DRESS, AND DAILY LIFE
- 14.CHAPTER VII—MEXICO: ARCHITECTURAL REMAINS AND POTTERY
- 15.CHAPTER VIII—THE MAYA: TRIBAL HISTORY
- 16.CHAPTER IX—THE MAYA: RELIGION AND MYTH
- 17.CHAPTER X—THE MAYA: THE CALENDAR, CALENDRICAL FEASTS AND MINOR RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES
- 18.CHAPTER XI—THE MAYA: BURIAL, SOCIAL SYSTEM, TRADE AND WAR
- 19.CHAPTER XII—THE MAYA: DRESS, DAILY LIFE AND CRAFTS
- 20.CHAPTER XIII—THE MAYA: ARCHITECTURAL REMAINS
- 21.CHAPTER XIV—CONCLUSIONS
- 22.APPENDIX I
- 23.APPENDIX II
- 24.INDEX — FOOTNOTES:
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