| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 304 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Opening Letter to Jessica 1 -- Prologue: The Messenger from Xibalba 5 -- Chapter 1 The House of Gloom (San Miguel de Allende Project) 11 -- Letter continued 26 -- Chapter 2 The House of Portals (FLAAR Project) 33 -- Letter continued 76 -- Chapter 3 The House of Jaguars (Yaxchilan Project) 77 -- Letter continued 137 -- Chapter 4 The House of Cold (Templo Mayor Project) 143 -- Chapter 5 The House of Bats (Monte Alban Project) 167 -- Letter continued 203 -- Chapter 6 The House of Snakes (Chichen Itza Project) 205 -- Letter continued 242 -- Chapter 7 The House of Dogs (Pilot Project) 243 -- Letter continued 253 -- Chapter 8 The House of Knives (Canada de la Virgen Project) 255 -- Epilogue: The Nine Lords of the Night 287 -- Final Letter to Jessica 297 |
| Summary |
"When Don Patterson's twenty-seven-year-old daughter turned to him for advice about her professional future, Patterson in turn reflected on his almost thirty-year experience working on major archaeological sites in Mexico and Central America. His autobiographical account examines his professional journey, the people and institutions that made it possible, and the decisions, both good and bad, that he made along the way." "Patterson draws from ancient Mayan mythology, weaving the tale of Hunahpu and Xbalanque, the Hero Twins, and their voyage to Xibalba, the underworld, into his own story in order to provide an analogy of the journey through life and the daily challenges and pitfalls one must overcome. Each of the book's eight chapters are named after the houses of testing in Xibalba and reflect the people, environments, financing, and politics of the different archaeological projects Patterson worked on throughout his career. The resulting story is part Indiana Jones and part analysis of the problems facing modern Mesoamerica between globalization and national patrimony."--Jacket |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Patterson, Don, 1942-
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| SUBJECT |
Patterson, Don, 1942- fast |
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Mayas -- Antiquities.
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Maya mythology.
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Central America
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Mexico.
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Archaeologists -- Mexico -- San Miguel de Allende -- Biography
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HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico.
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Antiquities
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Archaeologists
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Maya mythology
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Mayas -- Antiquities
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Central America -- Antiquities
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Mexico -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084538
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Central America
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Mexico
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Mexico -- San Miguel de Allende
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780826342942 |
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0826342949 |
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9780826342942 |
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1283635518 |
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9781283635516 |
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6613947962 |
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9786613947963 |
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