The Classic Maya

by Stephen D. Houston and Takeshi Inomata

Book Overview

In the first millennium AD, the Classic Maya created courtly societies in and around the Yucatan Peninsula that have left some of the most striking intellectual and aesthetic achievements of the ancient world, including large settlements like Tikal, Copan, and Palenque. This book is the first in-depth synthesis of the Classic Maya. It is richly informed by new decipherment of hieroglyphs, decades of intensive excavation and survey. Structured by categories...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521660068
• ISBN13: 9780521660068
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 10.0"