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The Maya Stela (custom made). The Maya commemorated important events by building stone stelae. These always had the date and described the occasion with Maya glyphs and numbers. The custom Maya Stela made by the Maya World Studies Center is a print that follows that tradition. The stela is printed in full color on letter size, gloss finish, quality stock. The stela shows with the corresponding Maya glyphs and numbers the date you wish to commemorate according to several Maya Calendars.
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The
Maya Calendar by The Maya World Studies
Center (Centro de Estudios del Mundo Maya)), in Yucatan, Mexico,
is an exclusive document whose graphically enriched text presents
valuable information about the calendars used by the Maya in a
way anyone can understand.
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The Maya-English-Spanish
Vocabulary
published by the Maya
World Studies Center,
is a trilingual vocabulary and not a dictionary. The book's objective
is to facilitate the knowledge of equivalent words in three languages
and is useful to tourists, merchants, students and scholars that
require this information. The book contains a selection of 5,300
most useful words in Maya with their most common meaning in English
and Spanish. To facilitate rapid consultation, the words are indexed
alphabetically in each of the languages.
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Common Birds of the Yucatan Peninsula. A guide to identify the most common birds of the Yucatan Peninsula. It is calculated that there are 546 species of birds in Yucatan, representing 75 families and divided into two general categories: resident and migratory birds, which reproduce and remain in the region throughout the year; and migratory birds, which only visit the region at certain times of the year. This guide includes 132 species chosen from amongst the most common, and 14 of which are endemic, that is, found only in the Yucatan Peninsula. For ease of identification, they are divided into three groups: water birds, land birds and passerines.
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Maya World
Archaeology.
This
excellent book takes the reader on a journey through the Maya
World with its descriptions of 75 archaeological sites in Southeast
Mexico and Central America which come alive with more than 340
photos and illustrations. Some of the themes covered by the book
are: Origins, History of Maya Civilization with a chronological
table; The Maya World, Landscapes and ecosystems plus flora and
fauna of the area; The Ancient Maya, Daily life, art and architecture;
Maps, A gatefold map of the Maya World plus 27 maps of the major
archaeological sites.
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Tales
and Legends of Ancient Yucatan.
Ermilo
Abreu Goméz (1894-1971) wrote excellent tales and novels about
the ancient and modern Yucatan, where he was born and lived. This
book complements two of his other books, "Canek" and his version
of the sacred Maya book "The Popol Vuh".
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The Ancient Maya.
Maya
culture evolved mainly in the Yucatan Peninsula. The remarkable
development of Maya culture (which included the creation of a
hieroglyphic language, extremely precise calendars and a unique
mathematical system), has given rise to many enigmas and to an
even greaten number of research programs from all over the globe
to unravel them.
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Maya Musician (English
/ Spanish). This coloring book published with titles in English and Spanish will be enjoyed by children and adults alike. The drawings of the Maya musicians in the book are reproductions of original inscriptions and carvings thus they have all the fullness of expression that this unique culture gave them.
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Maya Calculation Assistant
Poster published
by The Maya World Studies Center (Centro de Estudios del Mundo
Maya), is a calculator (matrix table) used by the Maya in their
mathematical operations which also teaches the use of the Maya
numerical system. As centuries ago, again today the Maya Calculation
Assistant's main purpose is to ease the execution of mathematical
calculations such as multiplication, squaring, division and finding
a square root, similar to the abacus of other cultures.
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The
Maya Land Map Poster, a full color Map-Poster encompassing
the Maya Land. The ancient Maya inhabited a territory extending over 400,000 km2 in the Mexican states of Yucatan, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco and Chiapas; and the republics of Guatemala, Belize, and parts of Honduras and El Salvador. The Maya Land map is a geographical representation of this area, showing highways, archaeological sties, natural beauty spots, historic cities and facilities, among other features, with appropriate illustrations of each place.
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