Royal cities of the ancient Maya / text by Michael D. Coe ; photographs by Barry Brukoff.

9780865652842 hardcover
0865652848 hardcover

New York : The Vendome Press, 2012.

English

223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 24 x 29 cm

F1435.3.A6 C64 2012

972.81/01

Traces the rise and fall of Maya civilization through its great royal cities, from El Mirador, the largest and oldest, to the rival city-states of the Classical period such as Tikal, Calakmul, Yaxchilán, Palenque, Toniná, and Copán. He then moves on to the great cities of the Terminal Classic period; at a time when the mighty centers of the southern lowlands were in a steep decline, cities to the north such as Uxmal and Kabah achieved a pinnacle of architectural beauty. After that he turns to the Postclassic period and Chichén Itzá in central Yucatán, a huge, cosmopolitan city that flourished during a military and cultural takeover by the Toltecs of central Mexico.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-221) and index.

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