{"product_id":"alfred-maudslay-and-the-maya-ian-graham-9780806134505","title":"Alfred Maudslay and the Maya: A Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this fascinating biography, the first ever published about Alfred Maudslay (1850-1931), Ian Graham describes this extraordinary Englishman and his pioneering investigations of the ancient Maya ruins.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaudslay, the grandson of a famous English inventor and engineer, spent his formative adult years in the South Seas as a junior official in Great Britain's Colonial Office. Despite his exotic experiences, he did not find his true vocation until the age of thirty-one, when he arrived in Guatemala.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaudslay played a crucial role in exploring and documenting the monuments and architecture of the ancient Maya ruins at Palengue Cop n, Chich n Itz , and other sites previously unknown. His photographs and plaster casts have proven to be invaluable in the deciphering of Maya hieroglyphics. Personal resources allowed him to undertake fieldwork at a time when no institution provided such support. He made plaster casts of large stone monuments, accurate maps of sites, and painstaking recordings of inscriptions. His \u003cem\u003eBiologia Centrali-Americana\u003c\/em\u003e, a multivolume compendium of photographs, drawings, plans, and text published almost a century ago, remains an essential foundation for Maya studies. Perhaps Maudslay's greatest legacy is magnificent collection of glass-negative photographs, many of which are reproduced in this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ian Graham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 080613450X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806134505\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.34h x 6.18w x 1.08d","brand":"Ian Graham","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43947232395519,"sku":"9780806134505","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c8c35a4d-2108-46d4-b0dd-733a667e6c83.jpg?v=1681517507","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/alfred-maudslay-and-the-maya-ian-graham-9780806134505","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}