The Maya has long been established as the best, most readable introduction to the ancient
Maya on the market today. This classic book has been updated by distilling the latest …

Western Mexico is vast and geographically diverse and has received far less attention
compared to other areas of Mesoamerica. Research over the past decade allows the …

The Aztecs brings to life one of the best-known indigenous civilizations of the Americas in a
vivid, comprehensive account of the ancient Aztecs. A thorough examination of Aztec origins …

There is no Classical Yucatecan Maya word for" myth." But around the close of the
seventeenth century, an anonymous Maya scribe penned what he called u kahlay cab tu …

The episodic formation, consolidation and breakdown of preindustrial states occurred in
multiple contexts worldwide during the last 5000 years and are contingent upon interacting …

Anchored in archaeological, bioarchaeological, and chemical research conducted at the
coastal enclave of Xcambo, this paper examines Classic period Maya coastal saline …

Time and the Ancestors: Aztec and Mixtec Ritual Art combines iconographical analysis with
archaeological, historical and ethnographic studies and offers new interpretations of …

Founded in the first century BCE near a set of natural springs in an otherwise dry
northeastern corner of the Valley of Mexico, the ancient metropolis of Teotihuacan was on a …

Abstract The site of Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico, is well known for its distinctive architecture and
sculpture that came to light in excavations initiated some 70 years ago. Less well known is …

The Terminal Classic period (ca. AD 800–1000) in the Southern Maya Lowlands witnessed
a precipitous decline in the erection of carved stone monuments, a decline that corresponds …