Description:
The Maya World brings together over sixty authors, representing the fields of archaeology, art history, epigraphy, geography, and ethnography, who explore cutting edge research on every major facet of the ancient Maya and all sub-regions within the Maya world.
Review Quotes:
"A compendium that brings together the latest research built on deep foundations of archaeological, historical, paleo-ecological, and epigraphic study. A must for the bookshelf of every investigator of the ancient Maya!" - Dr. Mary Miller, Getty Research Institute, USA
"A volume of unprecedented riches, this book instructs, guides, and inspires with its far-ranging and lucid essays about ancient Maya civilization. My main regret is not having this compendium as a student! It will lead us all forward. Majestic and authoritative." - Dr. Stephen D. Houston, Brown University, USA
"It has been generations since Maya studies had a really great handbook for students, experts and everyone interested in the subject. This sharply current book delivers. The Maya World is a superb compendium of finely written, intellectually exciting and highly informative essays by leading experts in the field. I will turn to it regularly and I recommend everyone else who reads it do the same." - David A. Freidel, Washington University, St. Louis, USA
"A rich collection of up-to-date essays by top authorities on all aspects of the culture, politics, livelihood and achievements of the ancient Maya. A triumph of scholarship, it can be read with profit by specialists and students, as well as by visitors to the realm of the Maya." - Michael D. Coe (1929-2019), Yale University, USA