The Ancient Maya
5th Edition
Published on 1. November 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
696 pages
978-0-8047-2310-7 (ISBN)
Description
The rich findings of recent exploration and research are incorporated in this completely revised and greatly expanded edition of the standard work on the New World's most brilliant native civilization - that of the Maya people of northern Central America and southern Mexico. New field discoveries, new technical advances, new successes in the decipherment of Maya writing, and new theoretical perspectives on the Maya past have made necessary this present edition. It contains some 500 photographs, line drawings, maps, and site maps - about one fourth of which are new.
Reviews / Votes
'One of the great classic books in its field ... the most comprehensive and most lavishly illustrated book on its subject.'Journal of Latin American StudiesMore details
Edition
5th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Palo Alto
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
500 half-tones
Dimensions
Height: 224 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 44 mm
Weight
1461 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8047-2310-7 (9780804723107)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
S. Griswold Morley | George W. Brainerd
The Ancient Maya
Book
09/1985
4th Edition
Stanford University Press
€24.00
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Content
Introduction; 1. The setting; 2. The origins of Maya civilization; 3. The preclassic Maya; 4. The early classic and the rise of Tikal; 5. The late classic and the expansion of the lowland states; 6. The terminal classic; 7. The postclassic; 8. Subsistence systems; 9. Trade and external contact; 10. The organization of Maya society; 11. Ideology and cosmology; 12. Arithmetic, calendrics, and astronomy; 13. Language and writing; 14. Architecture, sculpture, and painting; 15. Artifacts; Epilogue: the Spanish conquest; Appendix: conversion between Maya and Gregorian chronologies; Reference material.