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019 a| 1574917997;

020 a| 9780691213842q| (hardback);

020 a| 0691213844q| (hardback);

020 z| 9780691280660q| (e-book);

035 a| 40033240206;

035 a| (OCoLC)1535696618z| (OCoLC)1574917997;

050 4 a| F1435b| .S878 2026;

082 04 a| 972.810162| 23;

100 1 a| Stuart, David,d| 1965-e| author.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJq74gXGgCBpJ8Chmg9dQq;

245 14 a| The four heavens :b| a new history of the ancient Maya /c| David Stuart.;

246 3 a| 4 heavens;

246 30 a| New history of the ancient Maya;

264 1 a| Princeton, New Jersey :b| Princeton University Press,c| [2026];

300 a| xxi, 449 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations (some color), maps, genealogical tables ;c| 25 cm.;

336 a| textb| txt2| rdacontent;

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340 g| monochrome2| rdacc;

340 p| illustration2| rdaill;

340 p| map2| rdaill;

340 p| genealogical table2| rdaill;

353 a| bibliographyb| bibliography;

353 a| indexb| index;

490 1 a| Unearthing the past;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-435) and index.;

505 0 a| Foreword / Eric H. Cline -- Paskab : the world revealed. Rupture ; Reading ; Dawning -- Kabch'en : the earth and caves. Dynasties ; Arrivals ; Expansions -- Chante'chan : the four heavens. East ; West ; South ; North -- Lok'oy : the leaving. Abandonments ; Revivals ; Rises and falls -- Appendix A: Family relations ; Appendix B: Selected timeline ; Appendix C: Maya timekeeping.;

520 a| "Maya history was seemingly lost forever when the first Europeans encountered the great ruins of ancient cities in what is today Mexico and Central America. Today, with the recent decipherment of their ancient writings, the story of the Maya can now be told from their perspective. Stuart traces the rapid emergence of permanent settlements in the rainforest, which gave rise to monumental architecture and a flourishing urbanism and ushered in the Classic period of Maya civilization beginning in the mid-second century CE. He reveals a world of majestic royal courts tightly bound together by marriages, shifting alliances, and warfare, much of it driven by the ambitions of two major dynasties, the Kanuls and Mutuls. Stuart describes how the long-standing rivalry between these two great houses shaped the fates of the surrounding kingdoms and may have set the stage for 'the Great Rupture' of the ninth century, when the royal courts buckled under the weight of internal strife, social unrest, and environmental crisis, transforming Maya civilization yet again. The Four Heavens brings to life the cultural and visual splendor of the ancient Maya, drawing on the oldest indigenous texts of the Americas and the latest archaeological discoveries to present an entirely new history of this spectacular civilization. Renowned historian and archaeologist David Stuart, who has made groundbreaking contributions to the decipherment of Maya hieroglyphics, shows how there was no single rise and fall of the Maya but a series of births and collapses over a breathtaking span of nearly three millennia."--c| Provided by publisher.;

650 0 a| Mayasx| History.;

650 0 a| Mayasx| Antiquities.;

650 6 a| Mayasx| Histoire.;

650 6 a| Mayasx| Antiquités.;

650 7 a| SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / Native American Studies.2| bisacsh;

655 0 a| Informational works.;

655 7 a| Informational works.2| lcgft;

655 7 a| Documents d'information.2| rvmgf;

700 1 a| Cline, Eric H.,e| writer of foreword.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJyMhFqHdQ6HfQcRjcvJXd;

830 0 a| Unearthing the past.;

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The four heavens : a new history of the ancient Maya / David Stuart.

Author/creator	Stuart, David, 1965- author.
Other author	Cline, Eric H., writer of foreword.
Format	Book
Publication	Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2026]
Copyright Date	©2026
Description	xxi, 449 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, genealogical tables ; 25 cm.
Subjects	Mayas--History. Mayas--Antiquities. Mayas--Histoire. Mayas--Antiquités.

Variant title	4 heavens
Portion of title	New history of the ancient Maya
Physical medium	polychrome
Physical medium	monochrome
Physical medium	illustration
Physical medium	map
Physical medium	genealogical table
Series	Unearthing the past Unearthing the past.
Contents	Foreword / Eric H. Cline -- Paskab : the world revealed. Rupture ; Reading ; Dawning -- Kabch'en : the earth and caves. Dynasties ; Arrivals ; Expansions -- Chante'chan : the four heavens. East ; West ; South ; North -- Lok'oy : the leaving. Abandonments ; Revivals ; Rises and falls -- Appendix A: Family relations ; Appendix B: Selected timeline ; Appendix C: Maya timekeeping.
Abstract	"Maya history was seemingly lost forever when the first Europeans encountered the great ruins of ancient cities in what is today Mexico and Central America. Today, with the recent decipherment of their ancient writings, the story of the Maya can now be told from their perspective. Stuart traces the rapid emergence of permanent settlements in the rainforest, which gave rise to monumental architecture and a flourishing urbanism and ushered in the Classic period of Maya civilization beginning in the mid-second century CE. He reveals a world of majestic royal courts tightly bound together by marriages, shifting alliances, and warfare, much of it driven by the ambitions of two major dynasties, the Kanuls and Mutuls. Stuart describes how the long-standing rivalry between these two great houses shaped the fates of the surrounding kingdoms and may have set the stage for 'the Great Rupture' of the ninth century, when the royal courts buckled under the weight of internal strife, social unrest, and environmental crisis, transforming Maya civilization yet again. The Four Heavens brings to life the cultural and visual splendor of the ancient Maya, drawing on the oldest indigenous texts of the Americas and the latest archaeological discoveries to present an entirely new history of this spectacular civilization. Renowned historian and archaeologist David Stuart, who has made groundbreaking contributions to the decipherment of Maya hieroglyphics, shows how there was no single rise and fall of the Maya but a series of births and collapses over a breathtaking span of nearly three millennia."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-435) and index.
Genre/form	Informational works.
Genre/form	Informational works.
Genre/form	Documents d'information.
ISBN	9780691213842 (hardback)
ISBN	0691213844 (hardback)
ISBN	(e-book)

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