Maya
Maya The Maya has long been established as the best, most readable introduction to the New World's greatest ancient civilization. Among the finest new discoveries are spectacular stucco sculptures at…
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Maya
The Maya has long been established as the best, most readable introduction to the New World's greatest ancient civilization. Among the finest new discoveries are spectacular stucco sculptures at El Zotz and Holmul, which reveal surprising aspects of Maya royalty and the founding of dynasties. Coe and Houston update this classic by distilling the latest scholarship for the general reader and student.This new edition incorporates the most recent archaeological and epigraphic research, which continues to proceed at a fast pace.
Other finds include the discovery of the earliest known occupant of the region, the Hoyo Negro girl, recovered from an underwater cavern in the Yucatan Dramatic refinements in our understanding of the pace of developments of the Maya civilization have led scholars to perceive a pattern of rapid bursts of building and political formation.