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`One of the success stories of popular archaeology publishing...the virtues of The Maya have remained constant; so has its value for money'
--The Times Literary Supplement
'The most readable intro to the Mayan civilization, bang up to date.'
--Wanderlust
About the Author
Michael D. Coe is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Yale University. His many other books include Mexico (with Rex Koontz), The True History of Chocolate (with Sophie D. Coe), Breaking the Maya Code, Reading the Maya Glyphs (with Mark van Stone) and Angkor and the Khmer Civilization, all published by Thames & Hudson.
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Reprint. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled, nicked and rubbed as with age. Creased cover. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 236 pages, 32 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps, plans ; 19 cm. Notes; Originally published in 1966 by Thames and Hudson as v.52 in the series Ancient peoples and places. Contents; 1. Introduction -- The setting -- Areas -- Periods -- People and languages -- 2. The earliest Maya -- Early hunters -- Archaic collectors and cultivators -- Early formative villages -- The middle formative expansion -- 3. The rise of Maya civilization -- The birth of the calendar -- Izapa and the Pacific Coast -- Kaminaljuyú and the Maya highlands -- The Petén and the Maya Lowlands -- 4. Classic splendour : the early period -- The Esperanza culture -- Tzakol culture in the central area -- The northern era -- The Cotzumalhuapa problem -- 5. Classic splendour : the late period -- Classic sites in the central area -- Classic sites in the northern areas : Rio Bec, Chenes, and Cobá -- Classic sites in the northern area : the Puuc -- Art of the late classic -- The end of the classic Maya civilization -- 6. The post-classic -- The Toltec invasion and Toltec Chichen Itzá -- The Itzá and the city of Mayapán -- The independent states of Yucatán -- Maya-Mexican dynasties in the southern area -- The Spanish Conquest -- 7. Maya life -- The farm and the chase -- Industry and commerce -- The life cycle -- Society and politics -- 8. Maya thought -- The universe and the gods -- Priests and rites -- Numbers and the calendar -- The sun and the moon -- The celestial wanderers and the stars -- The nature of Maya writing -- The content of Maya writing. Subjects; Mayas Antiquities. Indians of Mexico Antiquities. Indians of Central America Antiquities. Mayas. Civilization, Mayan. Mexico Antiquities. Central America Antiquities. Precolumbian Central America Maya Social life. 3 Kg. Seller Inventory # 415238