The Ancient Maya, 6th Edition
Edition: 6 edition
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: October 10, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 984
ISBN-13: 9780804748162
Subjects: American history: pre-Columbian period, BCE to c 1500; Anthropology; Central American & Caribbean archaeology; Social Science; History - General History; Sociology; Central America; Anthropology - General; Latin America - Central America; History / Central America; Antiquities; Mayas
First sentence: The broad expanse of territory occupied by the Maya in the centuries before the Conquest-we shall call it the Maya area-is defined both by the distribution of ancient ruins of Maya civilization and by the known distribution of peoples still speaking Mayan languages.