The Aztecs, Maya, and Their Predecessors: Archaeology of Mesoamerica

By Muriel Porter Weaver

Book Overview

A book aimed at undergraduate students in archaeology. The third edition of this successful introduction to the archaeology of Mesoamerica includes full coverage of the Aztec and Maya areas in one volume. Beginning with the settling of the New World and continuing through the Spanish conquest of Mesoamerica in 1521, this updated textbook contains the latest information on new approaches, theories, sites, and areas of investigation. This information reflects the work of a new generation of researchers whose recent discoveries have shed new light on many of the ideas that have shaped the last 50 years of Mesoamerican archaeology. This book includes deciphering of Maya hieroglyphs, the dynamic history of the Maya, the new royal tomb excavated at Copan, Honduras, important new discoveries at Rio Azul, Naj Tunich in Guatemala, and Caracol in Belize, ritual sacrifices on a massive scale revealed at Teotihuacan in central Mexico, and new material from Tula (Toltec capitol) and from the heart of Mexico City.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0127390650
• ISBN13: 9780127390659
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Emerald Group Pub Ltd
• Length: 567 Pages
• Weight: 2.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.3" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

MY FIRST 'TEXTBOOK' ON ANCIENT MESOAMERICA

Thought i have an older edition of Weaver's book, this is the book that inspired my love of Ancient Mesoamerica. There are other great forst books as well, but this happened to be my first.