The Maya: A Very Short Introduction

by Amara Solari and Matthew Restall

Book Overview

The Maya forged one of the greatest societies in the history of the ancient Americas -- and in all of human history. Long before contact with Europeans, Maya communities built spectacular cities with large, well-fed large populations. They mastered the visual arts, and developed a sophisticated writing system that recorded extraordinary knowledge in calendrics, mathematics, and astronomy. The Maya achieved all this without area-wide centralized control...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190645024
• ISBN13: 9780190645021
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.3" x 6.8"