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Livres anciens et modernes

Ivanoff, Pierre

Mayan Enigma; The Search for a Lost Civilization

1971

21,62 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1971
Lieu d'édition
New York. Delacorte Press
Auteur
Ivanoff, Pierre
Edition
First American edition.
Thème
Travel - Central America & West Indies Native Peoples Archeology
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

8vo [21.5 x 14.5 cm]; [vi], 202, [i] pp, illustrations from photos, bibliog. original pictorial cloth, spine title lettering, dj (light wear at upper edge, not price clipped), fine and clean in very good dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author describes his adventures in the rain forests of Peten, Guatemala, where he discovered a new classic Mayan city, as well as his life among the Lacandone in Chiapis, with good descriptions of nature, peoples, customs, beliefs, etc. He proposes a theory of why the Mayan civilization collapsed.