In this Book
- The Road to Ruins
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of New Mexico Press
summary
For anyone who ever wanted to be an archaeologist, Ian Graham could be a hero. This lively memoir chronicles Graham's career as the "last explorer" and a fierce advocate for the protection and preservation of Maya sites and monuments across Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize. It is also full of adventure and high society, for the self-deprecating Graham traveled to remote lands such as Afghanistan in wonderful company. He tells entertaining stories about his encounters with a host of notables beginning with Rudyard Kipling, a family friend from Graham's childhood.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page
- p. iii
- 1: The Road to Ruins
- pp. 3-20
- 2: Winchester
- pp. 21-38
- 3: Cambridge
- pp. 39-45
- 4: The Navy
- pp. 47-60
- 6: A Widening World
- pp. 75-80
- 7: London in the 1950s
- pp. 81-97
- 8: New York City
- pp. 99-111
- 9: Mexico and L. A.
- pp. 113-124
- PART II: Early Classic
- p. 125
- 10: 1959: Introduction to the Maya World
- pp. 127-144
- 11: Chiapas and the Pasi
- pp. 145-175
- 12: Natasha
- pp. 177-191
- 13: Travel in Pet
- pp. 193-211
- 14: Kinal, R
- pp. 213-222
- 15: El Mirador
- pp. 223-234
- 16: Afghanistan
- pp. 235-247
- 17: Machaquil
- pp. 249-266
- 18: Seibal, Caves, and Codices
- pp. 267-282
- 19: A Glimpse at Glyphs
- pp. 283-292
- 21: Operaci
- pp. 315-322
- 22: Back to Machaquil
- pp. 323-333
- PART III: Late Classic
- p. 335
- 23: The Corpus Program
- pp. 337-348
- 24: La Naya
- pp. 349-358
- 25: The Peabody Museum and Early Associates
- pp. 358-366
- 26: Yaxchilan, 1971
- pp. 367-380
- 27: A Sidetrack into Biography
- pp. 381-386
- 28: Lee Moore
- pp. 387-395
- 29: The MacArthur
- pp. 397-403
- 31: The Colonel-Bishop
- pp. 419-428
- 32: Trade in Antiquities
- pp. 429-452
- 33: La Pasadita
- pp. 453-467
- 35: Harvard University
- pp. 477-489
- 36: Recent Discoveries
- pp. 491-502
- Bibliography
- pp. 517-519
Additional Information
ISBN
9780826347565
Related ISBN(s)
9780826347541
MARC Record
OCLC
759158346
Pages
546
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No