Attractive illustrations and photographs are abundant in this updated text from Evans (anthropology, Pennsylvania State U.) characterizing the prehistory of Mesoamerica, from 8000 BC until the years f
This essential textbook brings to life the cultures of Mexico and Central America in the centuries leading up to and including the Spanish conquest. The first edition won the Society for American Arch
Deals with the archaeology and history of Mexico and Central America. This edition includes special features and boxes on Figurines, Mesoamerican Culture Traits, Language, Maya Royal Tombs, Tikal and
Aims to capture the details of the ancient peoples, surveying the various aspects of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica from Paleoindian times (c 1800 BC) to the European intrusion in 1519. This book provides
Among the most sumptuous buildings of antiquity were royal palaces. As in the Old World, kings and nobles of ancient Mexico and Peru had luxurious administrative quarters in cities, and exquisite plea
"Five hundred years ago, a sustained and permanent contact was begun between the Old World and the New. By 1519 Spanish soldiers were marveling at the wealth and extent of the Aztec Empire, and by the
This reference is devoted to the pre-Columbian archaeology of the Mesoamerican culture area, one of the six cradles of early civilization. It features in-depth articles on the major cultural areas of
This is the first comprehensive, one-volume encyclopedia in English devoted to pre-Columbian archaeology of the Mesoamerican culture area.In more than 500 articles by the major experts in the field, t
