The Road to Ruins
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (829 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0826347541 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 528 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In addition to the many volumes of his Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions, he is the author of a biography of the early Mayanist Sir Alfred Maudslay. . Ian Graham currently lives in England
Graham is best known as the founding director of the Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions Program at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. For anyone who ever wanted to be an archaeologist, Ian Graham could be a hero. His career in Mesoamerican archaeology can be said to have begun in 1959 when turned south in his Rolls and began traveling through the Maya lowlands photographing ruins. He was awarded a MacArthur Foundation 'genius grant' in 1981, and dedicatedly remained the Maya Corpus program director until his retirement in 2004. But it is t
Five Stars Wonderful tale.. The Last Maya Explorer Eduardo Gonzalez Arce I just finished reading this amazing book an hour ago, and this will be my first review after more than 30 books about the Maya I have bought through Amazon.com.When I found out more than a year ago that Ian Graham was writing his biography, The Road to Ruins, I went into Amazon.com every week to see if I could find it, when it finally appeared, I immediately pre ordered it.I really enjoyed the way Ian Graham narrates hi. An Intriguing Life Story from a Mayan Archeologist There must be few geniuses who haven't found out what they really wanted to do until they were thirty-six years old, and then found it out, and did it brilliantly for the next four decades. Ian Graham is one of these. His is not a household name, but it is well known in archeological circles, especially those devoted to Maya monuments and their inscriptions. During his career, he has produced many volumes of the decisive
. From the Inside Flap Graham eloquently describes his well-lived life as a traveler, photographer, and Mayanist