![]() Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. Highlighting the vitality of current scholarship about this brilliant culture, The Maya remains the gold standard introductory book on the subject. ![]() ![]() It also expands on information on the roles of women, courtiers and outsiders covers novel research about Maya cities, including research into water quality, marketplaces, fortifications and integrated road systems and features coverage of more recent Maya history, including the displacement and mistreatment of the Maya people, along with growing affirmations of their cultural identity and rights. The new material includes evidence of the earliest human occupants of the Maya region and the beginnings of agriculture and settled life analysis from lidar on swampy areas, such as Usumacinta, that show enormous rectangle earthworks, including Aguada Fenix, dating from 1050 to 750 BC and recent advances in decoding Maya writing and imagery. This tenth edition incorporates the most recent archaeological and epigraphic findings, which continue to proceed at a fast pace, along with full-colour illustrations. This classic book has been updated by distilling the latest scholarship for the general reader and student. The Maya has long been established as the best, most readable introduction to the ancient Maya on the market today. ![]() The definitive history of the Maya, fully updated with the latest archaeological studies. ![]()
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Tune in on Octofor my stop on the Blog Tour in which I’ve asked three questions for our Michelle Hodkin. ![]() I am very excited to announce that I will be a part of the Evolution of Mara Dyer Blog Tour(this is also my first one!). ![]() ![]() ![]() Moving beyond these prevailing models, Bernal proposes a Revised Ancient Model, which suggests that classical civilization in fact had deep roots in Afroasiatic cultures. The Aryan Model, which is current today, claims that Greek culture arose as the result of the conquest from the north by Indo-European speakers, or "Aryans," of the native "pre-Hellenes." 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