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Los Cuatro Cielos: Una Nueva Historia de Los Mayas / The Four Heavens: A New History of the Ancient Maya
Paperback
ArchaeologyCentral American HistoryGeneral Latin American History
Publisher Price: $24.95
ISBN13: 9786076392706
Publisher: Planeta Publishing
Published: Sep 8 2026
Pages: 568
Weight: 1.30
Height: 1.40 Width: 5.90 Depth: 9.00
Language: Spanish
Una historia monumental de la civilización maya a lo largo de tres milenios.
Durante siglos, la civilización maya permaneció oculta tras las ciudades en ruinas devoradas por la selva tropical. Gracias a los descubrimientos arqueológicos más recientes, al fin podemos contar la historia desde su propia perspectiva.
En Los cuatro cielos, el reconocido historiador y arqueólogo David Stuart revela que no hubo un único auge y caÃda de los mayas, sino una serie de nacimientos y colapsos a lo largo de casi tres milenios. A partir del desciframiento de sus jeroglÃficos, narra la aparición de los primeros asentamientos permanentes, caracterizados por su arquitectura monumental y un urbanismo floreciente, que marcaron el inicio del periodo Clásico a mediados del siglo II d. C. Descubre un mundo de majestuosas cortes reales estrechamente ligadas por matrimonios, alianzas cambiantes y guerras. Asimismo, analiza en detalle las grandes dinastÃas Kanul y Mutul, cuya rivalidad marcó el destino de los reinos circundantes y dio lugar a la Gran Ruptura del siglo IX, cuando las ciudades fueron abandonadas en medio de conflictos internos, tensiones sociales y cambios ambientales.
Con una prosa accesible y numerosas ilustraciones, Los cuatro cielos ofrece un retrato de la civilización maya como una constelación de reinos interconectados, siempre en movimiento, que nacen, se enfrentan, caen y se reinventan a lo largo de los siglos.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
A monumental history of the Maya civilization across three millennia.
For centuries, the Maya civilization remained hidden behind ruined cities swallowed by the tropical jungle. Thanks to the most recent archaeological discoveries, we can finally tell the story from the Maya's own perspective.
In The Four Heavens, renowned historian and archaeologist David Stuart reveals that there was not a single rise and fall of the Maya, but rather a series of cycles of emergence and collapse spanning nearly three thousand years. Drawing on the decipherment of Maya hieroglyphs, he recounts the appearance of the first permanent settlements, marked by monumental architecture and a flourishing urban culture, which signaled the beginning of the Classic period in the mid-second century CE. He unveils a world of majestic royal courts closely bound by marriages, shifting alliances, and warfare. Stuart also offers a detailed analysis of the powerful Kanul and Mutul dynasties, whose rivalry shaped the fate of surrounding kingdoms and led to the Great Rupture of the ninth century, when cities were abandoned amid internal conflict, social tensions, and environmental change.
Written in clear, accessible prose and accompanied by numerous illustrations, The Four Heavens portrays the Maya civilization as a constellation of interconnected kingdoms, constantly in motion--emerging, clashing, collapsing, and reinventing themselves over the centuries.
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