World of the Ancient Maya Tapa dura - 1998

John Murray, London, "new" edition (first UK edition), 1998. Cloth, 4to, 25 cm,. xvi, 329 pp, ills, (some colour), maps. When The World of the Ancient Maya was published in 1981 it immediately established itself as the best available guide to the rich and extraordinary Maya culture. Comprehensive, readable, concise, it was greeted as a wonderfully accomplished work. Now it is re-published with a completely revised text taking account of the mass of new information that recent research has made available. It also includes a wealth of new illustrations in colour and black - and - white. Henderson explores the ancient Maya from the earliest traces of settlement to the Spanish conquest of Central America in the sixteenth century. They were the only fully literate pre-columbian people in the Americas, and their texts are deciphered here to reconstruct their ways of life. Superb scientists, they developed highly sophisticated mathematics and an intricate and accurate calendar system. Theirs was… Leer más

John Murray, 1998-04-16. Hardcover. Very Good. 2.7919 in x 24.8731 in x 21.8274 in. A clean, tight copy. No markings.

U.S.A.: Trafalgar Square, 1998. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. clean, unmarked copy.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Trafalgar Square, 1998-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!