Title: Prehistoric Mesoamerica /
Authors: Adams, Richard E. W., 1931-
Publisher: Little, Brown,
Year: 1977
Subjects: Indians of Mexico Antiquities; Indians of Central America Antiquities; Mexico Antiquities.; Central America Antiquities.
Abstract: "This book is a synthesis of archaeological findings from Mexico and Guatemala and an interpretation of them." -- from the preface.
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. The Aztec -- 3. First immigrants and the establishment of settled life -- 4. The extraordinary Olmec -- 5. The Epi-Olmec, their contemporaries, and Maya beginnings -- 6. Classic Maya lowland civilization -- 7. Teotihuacan, Monte Alban, and other early civilizations -- 8. Transformations: Collapse of classic cultures and the rise and fall of the Toltecs -- 9. Protohistoric Mesoamerica: Maya, Tarascan, Zapotec, Mixtec, Totonac, and others -- 10. General and special features of Mesoamerican prehistory