num_pages: 368
description: An account of the mysterious fall of the ancient Maya civilization evaluates current theories and myths, citing sixteenth-century evidence of a residual population and offering a portrait of its Late Classic society beset by overly ambitious nobles, wars, and an exploding population that could not be sustained by its scanty agriculture.
language: English
title: The Fall of the Ancient Maya: Solving the Mystery of the Maya Collapse
titlecomplete: The Fall of the Ancient Maya: Solving the Mystery of the Maya Collapse
genres: Anthropology, Latin American History, Science, Archaeology, Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 68
publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd. (London)