Inspired by a urry of new eldwork in Yucatan, by the chapters in this book, and by Geoff
Braswell's request that I write about the directions Maya archaeology might take, I will review�…

The three modern Mexican states of Campeche, Yucatan, and Quintana Roo compose
roughly half of the Maya area. The northern Maya lowlands, whose southern boundary runs�…

Late Classic Maya civilization of northern Yucat�n grew from vigorous Formative and Early
Classic antecedents (see Chapter 19) to include sites of a size and density every bit as�…

The ancient Maya created one of the most studied and best-known civilizations of the
Americas. Nevertheless, Maya civilization is often considered either within a vacuum, by�…

This volume was conceived to provide a forum for Mexican and foreign scholars to publish
new data and interpretations on the archaeology of the northern Maya lowlands, specifically�…

Imposing pyramidal temples, elaborate pictorial art, complex writing and calendrical
systems: all this was left by that most intriguing of ancient civilisations, the Maya. Maya�…