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The Lost Secrets of Maya Technology

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by James A. O'Kon


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  Index

  Admixture, 121, 142-143

  Agriculture, 22-23, 132, 193-198, 282-284, 294

  Almendáriz, Ricardo, 40, 42

  Alvarez, Louis, 179

  Alvarez, Walter, 179

  Animals, 271-274, 282-284

  Aqueduct, 59, 177, 182, 190-193

  Aquifer, 24, 175-183, 298

  Archaeology, 79-88, 122

  Archaic Period, 27-28

  Arches, 145-159

  Architecture, 89-93

  Art, 89-93

  Asplin, Joseph, 113

  Asplin, William, 113

  Astronomy, 17, 65, 66-68, 75-76, 77, 284

  Aztec culture, 20, 22, 37, 302

  Blast furnace, 116-117, 126-129

  Bernasconi, Antonio, 40

  Berthoud, Henry, 42, 43

  Bessemer, Henry, 116, 117

  Bollen, David, 214

  Brasseur, Charles, 55

  Bridges, 74, 159, 231-269

  Bronze Age, 82, 87

  Building materials, 138-143

  Building, 131-173

  Calderón, José Antonio, 40

  Calendars, 84

  Canoe, 100, 197, 244, 285-292

  Carnegie Institution, 211-212, 216-219, 226

  Carter, Howard, 81

  Cast-in-place concrete, 111-113, 121-124, 139-142, 148, 163-168, 172, 206

  Castañeda, Jose Luciano, 41

  Catherwood, Frederick, 46-47, 49, 52, 55, 81, 83, 92, 131-132, 203

  Cement kiln, 116-129

  Cement, 72, 139, 111-129

  Cenotes, 179-183

  Champollion, Jean Francois, 49, 56, 81

  Charnay, Claude-Joseph Désiré, 52-53, 213

  Chase, Arlen, 214

  Childe, Vere Gordon, 86-87

  Chultunes, 182, 183-187, 294

  Circular structures, 164-167

  City-states, growth of, 134-137

  Civilization, definition of a, 86-88

  Classic Period, 17, 18, 22, 27, 29-31, 35, 64-65, 74, 89, 97, 134-135, 141, 162, 181, 187, 193, 231-246, 271, 284-285, 287, 291, 293, 296, 301

  Climate, 24, 175, 293-299, 301

  Codices, the, 33-61

  Coe, Michael, 56, 58, 60-61

  Coe, Sophie, 60

  Cogulludo, Diego Lopez, 212, 228

  Cohen, J.M., 285

  Columbus, Christopher, 285, 286, 291

  Concrete, 111-129, 139, 140, 142

  Construction, 112-114, 131-173

  Cortés, Hernán, 32, 33-34, 43-44, 55

  Cosmic philosophy. 63-67, 75-78, 85

  De la Vega, Garcilaso, 233

  De Landa, Diego, 35-37, 55, 61, 176, 212

  De Lizana, Bernardo, 212

  De Montejo, Francisco, 34, 302

  De Sahagun, Bernardino, 42

  De Zorita, Alonso, 35

  Del Castillo, Bernan Diaz, 33-34

  Del Rio, Don Antonio, 40, 41, 42

  Diamond, Jared, 282

  Diaz, Heribito, 122, 124

  Dion, Jim, 249

  Dray animals, 273, 282

  Dresden Codex, 43-45, 67

  Drought, 177-178, 163, 187, 293-299, 301

  Dupaix, Guïllermo, 41, 42

  Eisen, Gustavus, 56

  Encomienda system, 303

  Environment, 24-26, 64

  Estachería, Joseph, 40, 41

  Failure of technology, 297-299, 301

  FAMSI, 213, 214, 228

  Fischer, Heinrich, 98

  FitzSimons, Neal, 269

  Folan, William, 213-214

  Foshaq, Robert, 98

  Geology, 24, 93-99

  Gill, Richardson, 296, 298

  Goodman, Joseph T., 56

  Goodyear, Charles, 143

  Grube, Nicholi, 61

  Harris, Vernon, 247

  Hellmuth, Nicholas, 219, 255, 262

  Henequen, 142, 233, 235-237, 256, 303

  Hernandez, Juan Martinez, 56

  Highway system, 205-230

  History Channel, 104-105, 126-129, 267-268, 318

  Houston, Steven, 61

  Hunter, Annie, 53-54

  Inca, bridges and, 233

  Infrastructure, 20, 29-30, 70, 72, 111, 114, 133, 135-136, 237, 294

  Iron Age, 82, 87

  Ixchel, 227

  Jadeite, 20, 26, 28, 34, 72, 88, 93, 95-110

  Kiln, cement, 116-129

  Klinefelter, Philippe, 100-110, 126-129, 253, 286-287

  Knorosov, Yuri Velantinovich, 59-61

  Labboch, John, 82

  Latex, 142

  Latour-Allard, Francois, 42

  Le Plongeon, Augustus, 54, 203, 204

  Leslie, Robert, 98

  Limestone, 24-26, 72, 86, 93, 107, 109-121, 126-129, 139-140, 150, 152, 172, 176, 178-179, 185, 195, 200-204,

  Long Count calendar, 56, 78

  Loundsbury, Floyd, 61

  Maler, Teobert, 54-55

  Mas, Theodoro, 262

  Mathematics, 18, 69-70, 71, 76-77, 284

  Mathews, Jennifer, 213, 228

  Maudslay, Alfred, 53-54, 55, 56, 57, 84, 203, 251

  Maya arch, 145-159

  Maya cement, 111-129

  Maya tools, 95-110

  Megafauna, 271-272

  Morley, Sylvanus Griswold, 84-85, 213

  Multistory structures, 163-164

  Muybridge, Eadweard, 236

  Nautical transportation, 284-292

  New Spain, 33-38, 39-43

  Olmec culture, 20, 28

  Palaces, 173

  Paleo-Indian Period, 27
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  Perez, Ramiro, 122

  Petennude, Paul, 286

  Pinto, Victor, 213

  Pleistocene Era, 271

  Popol Vuh, 55

  Portland cement, 112-114, 121-125

  Pre-Classic Period, 28, 76, 132-133, 134, 295

  Proskouriakoff, Tatiana, 57-58

  Pyramids, 169-171

  Rafinesque, Constantine, 52, 56

  Ramirez, Horatio, 122, 124

  Reinescke, Paul, 82

  Religion, 34-37

  Reservoirs, 74, 139, 177, 182-190, 199-202

  Ridinger, Jay, 99

  Ridinger, Mary Lou, 99, 107

  Ridnour, Tammy, 247, 248

  Roman Empire, 79, 112-113, 140-150, 209-211, 280

  Roof combs, 167-169

  Roy, Lawrence, 122, 158, 213, 228

  Sacbe, 205-230

  Schele, Linda, 61

  Schliemann, Heinrich, 81

  Sculpture, 89, 91-93, 106-107

  Sever, Tom, 181-182

  Shook, Edward, 213, 228

  Skywatching, 64-65, 66-67

  Spanish conquest, 32, 33-38, 98, 131, 211, 271, 292, 302

  Spenden, Herbert J., 84

  Stephens, John Lloyd, 46-47, 49, 52, 55, 81, 83, 92, 131-132, 203, 212-213, 234-235

  Stimmel, Carl, 219

  Stone Age, 79, 82-85, 92-93, 101, 247

  Structures, circular, 164-167

  Structures, multistory, 163-164

  Stuart, David, 61

  Stuart, George, 213

  Stucco, 140-141

  Suspension bridges, 142, 174, 231-236, 253-268

  Tate, Caroline, 258-260

  Technology, failure of, 297-299, 301

  Thompson, Eric, 56-58, 60-61, 85

  Thomsen, Christian Jorgensen, 81-82

  Three-age system, 81-83, 85

  Thrust beam, 149-158

  Timber, 141-142

  Time, 65-66, 69

  Toltec culture, 20, 22, 31-32, 301

  Towers, 131-173

  Transportation, 17, 74, 75, 205-230, 271-292

  Tumpline, 274-279

  Urban centers, 13-17, 22, 30, 78, 87, 133, 136-138, 181

  Van Stone, Mark, 61, 73

  Vaults, 159-163

  Villa, Alfonso, 211, 215-219, 225-226

  Von Humboldt, Alexander, 45

  Waldeck, Jean Frederick, 42, 43

  Water filter, 200-204

  Water management, 17, 20-26, 76, 135, 175-204

  Weidie, A.E., 213, 228

  Wheels, 273-274

  Writing system, 18, 37, 49, 52, 59, 70, 85

  Xenophobia, 39-43

  Zapatista rebels, 262

 

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