An overview of how the Mayan people lived during the height of their civilization.
Robert J. Sharer is Sally and Alvin Shoemaker Professor in Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania.
In this update to the 1996 edition, Sharer (Quirigua) includes
scholarship from newly deciphered Maya writings and from fresh
archaeological discoveries in the lowland, highland, and Pacific
Coast areas. Special attention has also been paid to the Early Maya
segment, reflecting an upsurge in relevant scholarship. The book's
13 chapters move through the Maya civilization's 13,000-year
social, economic, and cultural development. Also offered is a
thought-provoking consideration of Maya civilization and the
lessons it can impart to contemporary Western society. An absorbing
read.'
*Library Journal*
This reference for general readers and students in high school and
up draws on established facts and data-based hypotheses to
reconstruct the ancient Maya civilization, and also draws on the
author's 40 years of experience directing archaeological
excavations at Maya sites in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
Rather than continually citing the vast literature, the referencing
system used in the first edition has been continued and expanded
for this second edition: a listing of principal sources of
information for subjects covered at the end of each chapter. For
this edition, there are new references to DVDs and web sites. This
second edition reflects newly discovered sites and new
decipherments of Maya writing since the first edition was published
in 1996, and contains a new chapter on the changes that occurred at
the end of the Middle Maya civilization. To make room for this
chapter, the chapter on arts and crafts has been dropped, with
information incorporated into chapters on the economy and society.
There are 12 new B&W illustrations. A chronology and notes on
pronunciation are included.
*Reference & Research Book News*
This new Daily Life in Maya Civilization is highly recommended for
Central American and Mexican history collections in academic and
public libraries.
*ARBAonline*
In this update to the 1996 edition, Sharer (Quirigua) includes
scholarship from newly deciphered Maya writings and from fresh
archaeological discoveries in the lowland, highland, and Pacific
Coast areas. Special attention has also been paid to the Early Maya
segment, reflecting an upsurge in relevant scholarship. The book's
13 chapters move through the Maya civilization's 13,000-year
social, economic, and cultural development. Also offered is a
thought-provoking consideration of Maya civilization and the
lessons it can impart to contemporary Western society. An absorbing
read.' * Library Journal *
This reference for general readers and students in high school and
up draws on established facts and data-based hypotheses to
reconstruct the ancient Maya civilization, and also draws on the
author's 40 years of experience directing archaeological
excavations at Maya sites in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
Rather than continually citing the vast literature, the referencing
system used in the first edition has been continued and expanded
for this second edition: a listing of principal sources of
information for subjects covered at the end of each chapter. For
this edition, there are new references to DVDs and web sites. This
second edition reflects newly discovered sites and new
decipherments of Maya writing since the first edition was published
in 1996, and contains a new chapter on the changes that occurred at
the end of the Middle Maya civilization. To make room for this
chapter, the chapter on arts and crafts has been dropped, with
information incorporated into chapters on the economy and society.
There are 12 new B&W illustrations. A chronology and notes on
pronunciation are included. * Reference & Research Book News *
This new Daily Life in Maya Civilization is highly
recommended for Central American and Mexican history collections in
academic and public libraries. * ARBAonline *
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