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The Ancient Maya, 6th Edition / Robert J. Sharer, Loa P. Traxler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sharer, Robert J., Author.
- Traxler, Loa P., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (984 p.) : 26 tables, 112 figures, 238 illustrations (16 pp. in color), 55 maps, 7” x 9.25”
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This book traces the evolution of Maya civilization through the Pre-Columbian era, a span of some 2,500 years from the origins of complex society within Mesoamerica to the end of the Pre-Columbian world with the Spanish Conquest in the 16th century. The sixth edition presents new archaeological evidence and historical studies and offers the most extensive revisions of this classic work to date. The result is the most thorough and incisive study of the origins and development of ancient Maya civilization ever published.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- TABLES
- FIGURES
- BOXES
- COLOR PLATES
- PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION
- A NOTE ON NAMES, ORTHOGRAPHY, AND PRONUNCIATION
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1 The Setting of Maya Civilization
- CHAPTER 2 Archaeology and Maya Civilization
- CHAPTER 3 History and Maya Civilization
- CHAPTER 4 The Origins of Maya Civilization
- CHAPTER 5 The Emergence of Maya Civilization in the Middle Preclassic
- CHAPTER 6 The Origins of Maya States in the Late Preclassic
- CHAPTER 7 The Expansion of Maya States in the Early Classic
- CHAPTER 8 The Apogee of Maya States in the Late Classic
- CHAPTER 9 Transformations in the Terminal Classic
- CHAPTER 10 Reformulation and Revival in the Postclassic
- CHAPTER 11 The Ancient Maya Economy
- CHAPTER 12 The Organization of Maya Society
- CHAPTER 13 Maya Ideology and Religion
- Epilogue: The Conquest of the Maya
- APPENDIX: CORRELATION OF MAYA LONG COUNT DATES
- BIBLIOGRAPHIC SUMMARIES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022)
- ISBN:
- 1-5036-2422-6
- OCLC:
- 1294424074
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