Meso America

ISBN: 9780292705715
Published by : University of Texas Press
Much of what we currently know about the ancient Maya concerns the activities of the elites who ruled the societies and left records of their deeds carved on the monumental buildings and sculptures that remain as silent testimony to their power... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781841716336
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
The Tlatilco culture is centred on the site of Tlatilco located in the eastern Sierra de la Cruces in the central Mexican Basin. This detailed study investigates the origins and nature of this culture, asks how and why it developed and what extern... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781841716329
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Until recently it was thought that West Mexico was isolated from the cultural region defined as æMesoamericaÆ, especially during the apogee of the city of Teotihuacan, Central Mexico. Studies on the exchange network of Teotihuacan have not cons... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781841713854
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Nineteenth- and early twentieth-century explorers and travellers to South America brought back various ideas on the Maya ruins they had visited and/or discovered. This study traces the history of these theories and the controversy that ensued ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781841713939
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
The term otoot or `dwelling' appears in many Mayan inscriptions placed on various buildings and built structures. Taking this as a starting point, Shannon Plank embarks on a quest to discern in what ways the Mayans used and conceive of lived spa... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781841716701
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
The decline of ancient Maya civilization has resonated in both the popular and archaeological imagination. Over the years archaeologists have questioned this ôcollapseö with increasing detail in some parts of the Maya area, but in the Belize Va... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783822812419
Published by : Benedikt Taschen Verlag
The author and editor Henri Stierlin has based his presentation of these most remarkable examples of Mayan architecture on the latest findings from excavations in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Belize. Cities have been rediscovered in the dept... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780971958791
Published by : Percheron Press/Eliot Werner Publications
Series: Foundations of Archaeology
This book traces the history of past human settlement, over a period of two thousand years, in one of Mesoamerica's most important early cities. In his new prologue, Richard Blanton discusses the genesis and background of the project, its impac... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780292705876
Published by : University of Texas Press
Debate has been fierce about the date and extent of influence of the central Mexican culture of Teotihuaca on the Maya. This volume, which aims to bring the debate up-to-date, comprises thirteen essays that draw on recent archaeological evidence, ... .... Learn More