The Maya / Michael D. Coe.
Coe, Michael D.
2005
F1435 .C72 2005 (Mapit)
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Title The Maya / Michael D. Coe.
Author Coe, Michael D.
Edition 7th ed., fully rev. and expanded.
ISBN 9780500285053 (pbk.)
0500285055 (pbk.)
Imprint New York : Thames and Hudson, c2005.
Language English
Description 272 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Call Number F1435 .C72 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification 972.81/016
Summary The Maya has long been established as the best, most readable introduction to the New World's greatest ancient civilization. In its pages Professor Coe distills a lifetime's scholarship for the general reader and student, presenting the latest findings, most exciting scholarship and freshest perspectives on Maya culture. Since the publication of the previous edition, new sites have been uncovered and further excavations in old sites have proceeded at an unprecedented pace. New epigraphic, archaeological and osteological research has thrown light on the identity of the "founding fathers'' of such great sites as Tikal and Copan, and their close affiliation with Teotihuacan. The previously little-known centre of Ek' Bahlam in northeastern Yucatan has emerged as a regional kingdom of major importance, with extraordinary stucco reliefs and a plethora of painted inscriptions. This seventh edition also presents new evidence for the use of wetlands by the Classic Maya, and fresh perspectives on the catastrophic demise of Classic civilization by the close of the ninth century. A new edition of an accessible introduction to the ancient New World civilization incorporates the latest archaeological findings, including the discoveries of San Bartolo murals, new information about the founders of the Tikal and Copan communities, and the regional significance of the Ek' Balam kingdom.
Note "With 186 illustrations, 20 in color."
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-267) and index.
Series Ancient peoples and places (Thames and Hudson)
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > Books
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Chronological table
1. Introduction
The setting
Natural resources
Areas
Periods
Peoples and languages
Climate change and its cultural impact
2. The earliest Maya
Early hunters
Archaic collectors and cultivators
Early preclassic villages
The middle preclassic expansion
Preclassic Kaminaljuyu
The May lowlands
3. The rise of Maya civilization
The birth of the calendar
The Hero Twins and the creation of the world
Izapa and the Pacific coast
Kaminaljuyu and the Maya highlands
The Peten and the Maya lowlands
The Mirador basin
San Bartolo
From preclassic to classic in the Maya lowlands
4. Classic splendor : the early period
Teotihuacan : military giant
The Esperanza culture
Tzak'ol culture in the central area
Copan in the early classic
The Northern area
5. Classic splendor : the late period
Classic sites in the central area
Copan and Quirigua Tikal
Calakmul
Yaxchilan, Piedras Negras, and Bonampak
The Petexbatun
Palenque
Comalcalco and Tonina
Classic sites in the northern area : Río Bec, Chenes, and Coba
Art of the late classic
6. The terminal classic
The great collapse
Seibal and the Putun Maya
Puuk sites in the northern area
The terminal classic at Chichen Itza
Ek' Bahlam
The Cotzumalhuapa problem
The end of an era
7. The post-classic
The Toltec invasion and Chichen Itza
The Itza and the city of Mayapan
The independent states of Yucatan
The central area in the post-classic
Maya-Mexican dynasties in the southern area
The Spanish conquest
8. Maya life on the eve of the conquest
The farm and the chase
Industry and commerce
The life cycle
Society and politics
9. Maya thought and culture
The universe and the gods
The earth and the gods
The classic Maya underworld
Rites and ritual practitioners
Numbers and the calendar
The sun and the moon
The celestial wanderers and the stars
The nature of Maya writing
History graven in stone
Maya superstates
History and the supernatural
Name-tagging
Spiritual alter-egos
10. The enduring Maya
The new Spanish order
The highland Maya, yesterday and today
The Tzotzil Maya of Zinacantan
The Yucatec Maya
The war of the Castes
The Maya of Chan K'om
The Lakandon
Uprising in Chiapas
The great terror
The Maya future
Visiting the Maya area
Dynastic rulers of classic Maya cities.

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