Title: The ancient Maya
Authors: Morley, Sylvanus Griswold, 1883-1948.
Publisher: Stanford University Press; G. Cumberlege, Oxford University Press
Year: 1946
Subjects: Mayas Antiquities; Mayas; Mayas Bibliography.
Abstract: Comprehensive synthesis of ancient Maya scholarship. Extensive summary of the archaeology of the Maya world provides the historical context for a detailed topical synthesis of chronological and geographic variability within the Maya cultural tradition.
Contents: Country -- People -- Origin of the Maya civilization -- Old empire -- New empire -- Spanish conquest of Yucatan -- Spanish conquest of Peten -- Agriculture and social organization -- Life of the common people -- Religion and dieties -- Hieroglyphic writing, arithmetic, and astronomy -- Cities and architecture -- Sculpture and modeling -- Ceramics -- Miscellaneous arts and crafts -- Appraisal of the Maya civilization -- Appendixes.