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Film, Video Deciphering the Art of the Ancient Maya & the Year 2012

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Title

  • Deciphering the Art of the Ancient Maya & the Year 2012

Summary

  • Art historian and archaeologist David Stuart, the foremost expert on Mayan hieroglyphs, delivered the fifth Jay I. Kislak Lecture titled "Deciphering the Art of the Ancient Maya and the Year 2012," in which he explored the Mayan prediction of "the end of the world in 2012" and discussed his most recent book on that subject: "The Order of Days: The Maya World and the Truth about 2012."

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Hispanic Division, sponsoring body
  • John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2011-09-16.

Headings

  • -  Culture, Folklife
  • -  Native American History
  • -  Government, World Affairs

Notes

  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  David Stuart.
  • -  Recorded on 2011-09-16.
  • -  Researchers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688734

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Hispanic Division, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. Deciphering the Art of the Ancient Maya & the Year. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-16, 2011. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688734/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress, Library Of Congress. Hispanic Division, S. B. & John W. Kluge Center, S. B. (2011) Deciphering the Art of the Ancient Maya & the Year. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-16. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688734/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Hispanic Division, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. Deciphering the Art of the Ancient Maya & the Year. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-16, 2011. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021688734/>.