Bodies of maize, eaters of grain : comparing material worlds, metaphor and the agency of art in the Preclassic Maya and Mycenaean early civilisations /

Bodies of maize, eaters of grain : comparing material worlds, metaphor and the agency of art in the Preclassic Maya and Mycenaean early civilisations /

'Bodies of Maize, Eaters of Grain' provides a comparative study of the earliest urban civilisations of the Maya lowlands and the Greek mainland. It builds upon earlier comparative studies by Gordon Childe, Robert Adams and Bruce Trigger, extending their work into new directions. Specifical...

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Main Author: Bajema, Marcus Jan, 1979- (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Summertown, Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, 2017.

Subjects:

Civilization, Mycenaean.
Mayas > Antiquities.
Comparative civilization.

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Call Number: DF220.5

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