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Read More The Ancient Cities of the New World being Voyages and Explorations in Mexico and Central America from 1857-1882 by Charnay, Claude-Joseph D�sir� (1828�1915) - 1887
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The Ancient Cities of the New World being Voyages and Explorations in Mexico and Central America from 1857-1882
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Claude-Joseph Désiré Charnay was a French traveler and archaeologist notable both for his explorations of Mexico and Central America, and for the pioneering use of photography to document his discoveries. He was born in Fleurie, and studied at the Lycée Charlemagne. In 1850, he became a teacher in New Orleans, Louisiana, and there became acquainted with John Lloyd Stephens's books of travel in Yucatan. He travelled in Mexico, under a commission from the French ministry of education, in 1857-1861; in Madagascar in 1863; in South America, particularly Chile and Argentina, in 1875; and in Java and Australia in 1878. In 1880-1883, he again visited the ruined cities of Mexico. Pierre Lorillard IV of New York City contributed to defray the expense of this expedition, and Charnay named a great ruined city near the Guatemalan boundary line "Ville Lorillard" in his honor; the name did not stick and the site is more commonly known as Yaxchilan. Charnay went to Yucatan in 1886. The more important of his publications are Le Mexique, souvenirs et impressions de voyage (1863), being his personal report on the expedition of 1857-1861, of which the official report is to be found in Viollet-le-Duc's Cités et ruines américaines: Mitla, Palenque, Izamal, Chichen-Itza, Uxmal (1863), vol. 19 of Recueil des voyages et des documents; Les Anciennes villes du Nouveau Monde (1885) English translation The Ancient Cities of the New World (1887).
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Claude-Joseph Désiré Charnay was a French traveler and archaeologist notable both for his explorations of Mexico and Central America, and for the pioneering use of photography to document his discoveries. He was born in Fleurie, and studied at the Lycée Charlemagne. In 1850, he became a teacher in New Orleans, Louisiana, and there became acquainted with John Lloyd Stephens's books of travel in Yucatan. He travelled in Mexico, under a commission from the French ministry of education, in 1857-1861; in Madagascar in 1863; in South America, particularly Chile and Argentina, in 1875; and in Java and Australia in 1878. In 1880-1883, he again visited the ruined cities of Mexico. Pierre Lorillard IV of New York City contributed to defray the expense of this expedition, and Charnay named a great ruined city near the Guatemalan boundary line "Ville Lorillard" in his honor; the name did not stick and the site is more commonly known as Yaxchilan. Charnay went to Yucatan in 1886. The more important of his publications are Le Mexique, souvenirs et impressions de voyage (1863), being his personal report on the expedition of 1857-1861, of which the official report is to be found in Viollet-le-Duc's Cités et ruines américaines: Mitla, Palenque, Izamal, Chichen-Itza, Uxmal (1863), vol. 19 of Recueil des voyages et des documents; Les Anciennes villes du Nouveau Monde (1885) English translation The Ancient Cities of the New World (1887).
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Archaeology Geology And Paleobiology Of Stanton's Cave, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
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Cours d' epigraphie latine.
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A Report of the Proceedings of the British Archaeological Association at the Fifth General Meeting holden in The Faithful City of Worcester in the month of August 1848,
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J Russell Smith for the British Archaeological Association, London, 1851. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 464 pages plus advertisements. Articles included are: On the Antiquities of Northfield; Antiquities of the site of Worcester Castle; On Early Monumental Effigies with plates, the Romantic Materials of History; Details of a visit to the Crypt of Worcester Cathedral; Worcester Cathedral, its History and Antiquities; the Interrnment of Prince Arthur; the Marriage and Death of Prince Arthur; the Refounding of Worcester Cathedral; The Bishops Palace; Queen Elizabeths Visit to Worcester in 1575; On the Worcestershire Custom of Catherning; the Sepulchral Character of Cromlechs in the Channel Isles; the Cromlech at LAncresse, Cromlech in Jersey; Cromlechs of Alderney; Cromlech in the Isle of Anglesea (Anglesey); the Kentish Cromlech, Kits Coty House; Cromlechs at Addington & Trottescliffe; On the Horn Shaped Head-Dresses of the 13th, 14th and 15th Centuries;…
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Urnas de Oaxaca
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141-311 pages + 38 plates with figures, appendixes and tables. Qurato (10 1/2" x 7 3/4") issued in wrappers. Anthropological Papers of The American Museum of Natural History volume 46, Part 2. From the library of Dr Thomas Hester. 1st edition.The second Afghan expedition of the American Museum of Natural History was organized by Walter A Fairservis, Jr who also led the First Afghan Expedition. The Second expedition was comprehensive in scale. Members of the expedition included: Walter Fairservis director; Rose Lilien, Archaeologist; John Zeigler, geologist; Howard Stoudt, archaeologist; Louis Dupree, archaeologist; George Maranjian, physical anthropologist; George McClellan, naturalist; A Franklin MacKenzie, orientalist; Jan Fairservis, artist; Ann Dupree, botanist and Lawrence Kelsey, radio operator. When the Afghan Government failed to grant permission to excavate in north Afhanistan, permission to examine several caves in Kandahar Province was granted. The cave called Shamshir Ghar, "Cave of the…
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Archaeology Geology And Paleobiology Of Stanton's Cave, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
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Cours d' epigraphie latine.
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A Report of the Proceedings of the British Archaeological Association at the Fifth General Meeting holden in The Faithful City of Worcester in the month of August 1848,
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Urnas de Oaxaca
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389 pages with plates (some in color) and bibliography. Quarto (12 1/2" x 8 1/4") issued in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover and blind stamped ruled edge to cover. With Thermolumineszenzdatierung und Neutronenaktivierungsanalyse von Urnengefassen aus Oaxaca by Christian Goedicke, Sabine Henschel and Ursel Wagner. Bassler-Archiv, Neue Folge, Band XL (1992) pages 65 thru 86 (Berlin). Memorias del Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia II. Limited to 1500 copies. First edition.The Zapotec, whose ancient culture flourished for over a millennium in southwest Mesoamerica, have been the topic of a diversity of studies primarily because their unique history provides clues about the origins of civilization and how urban societies evolve. As with other ancient societies, focus on their archaeological record has been key for inferring certain aspects of human behavior and cultural development, such as technology, subsistence, exchange, residential patterns, scribal traditions and…
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His Beloved Aunt Polly
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Über die Cistophoren und über die kaiserlichen Silbermedaillons der römischen Provinz Asia
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The Polynesian Triangle
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TERRA COTTA WARRIORS: GUARDIANS OF CHINA'S FIRST EMPEROR
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Ban and Arriere Ban: A Rally Of Fugitive Rhymes
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Andrew E. Lang , a rare book of his poetry. Ban and Arriere Ban USED. 1st Edition, 1894, Longman's Green and Co. Deckle edge, tanning. Beveled green boards with gold gilt ornamentation. The Author's name appears in gold at the front lower right.board. . 118 pages. Illustrated by Henry Justice Ford. illustrator of the Fairy Books. Per wiki "Arrière-ban, in French customs, is a general proclamation whereby the king summons to war all his vassals and their vassals. To the Provost of Paris belongs the convoking and commanding of the arrière-ban. In the Medieval usage, arrière-ban denoted a general levy, where all able-bodied males were summoned into arms. List of contents available upon request.: ."Many of the verses of this collection appeared in magazines prior to appearing here". INCLUDES ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION PUBLISHERS STATEMENT, 4 3/8 x 2 3/8: "Messrs Longmans intend this book to be sold to the Public at the advertised price and supply it to the Trade on terms which will not allow discount."…
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Decade. A Decade of Archaeology and History in the Lebanon (Une Decennie, 1995 - 2004)
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Beirut: The Lebanese British Friends of the National Museum, 2004. Very well illustrated, thick and very large quarto, pp 591, a very good copy in a very slightly worn dustwrapper. [Extensive essays on Tyre, Rachideh, Sidon, Eshmun, Chhim, Beirut, Byblos, Yanouh, Tripoli, Tell Arqa etc and with 84 pages on the Cedars of Lebanon.]. [Very heavy - extra popstage will be required]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good.
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