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A carregar... Stone of Kings: In Search of the Lost Jade of the Mayapor Gerard Helferich
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. This is a book about the search for the source of jade for the Maya and Toltec peoples, not about any specific treasure. It gives a solid effort at explaining the value of jade to the Maya and some basic history of their stonework. Unfortunately the color photos that would cause people to admire it most are not included, instead you get just a few black and white photos (mostly of the people involved). The book quickly gets to the more recent history of exploration and occasionally almost seems like a promotional pamphlet for the entrepreneurs who decided to revitalize the working of jade in Guatemala. This is not to say it isn't interesting but not exactly what I was hoping for. ( )
A book perfectly timed for the re-setting of the Maya calendar in 2012.... Part history, popular science, armchair travel, and real-life treasure hunt, this is the story of pre-Columbian jade--the precious stone revered by ancient Aztecs, Incans, and Maya--and the scientists, collectors, explorers and entrepreneurs who have been searching for the mythical jade mines for more than a century. "A compelling tale.... This well-focused and well-told account brings America's most mythologized gemstone into sharp relief." --Wall Street Journal " T]he story of the search for the long-vanished mines of the Mayas . . . with] engaging digressions into plate tectonics, the technology of jade carving and the brutal history of the regimes of a succession of Guatemalan generals. . . . Prospectors] Ridinger and Johnson endured earthquakes, coups, kidnapping, even civil war. But eventually they stumbled upon huge blocks of the alluring, elusive stone." --New York Times Book Review Selected as an Indie Next List "Great Read" "The search for the sources of this mysterious rock reads like detective fiction, and involves geologists, archaeologists, entrepreneurs, poachers, and a host of other characters, but it's all true. A wonderful read " --Michael D. Coe, author of Breaking the Maya Code Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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