"A thorough, possibly definitive work. . . . Henderson's ordered,
meticulous social historian's approach . . . succeeds in
reconstructing a vivid sense of civilization which emerged and
stabilized during a 1,500-year period; flourished between AD
300-900; and peaked about 600 years before the arrival of the
Spanish, only to disappear. . . . Henderson provides a detailed,
somber, authoritative, and certainly up-to-date account of a
mysterious world which lives on through its dramatic architecture."
Irish Times"
"The best available guide to the rich and extraordinary culture of
the Maya. . . . Text is carefully thought out and presented,
together with new illustrations that put the incredible Maya
culture into perspective. . . . It is a book that everyone
interested in this fascinating people will need to have." Peter A.
Clayton, Minerva"
"The World of Ancient Maya by Cornell University's John Henderson,
one of the leading Maya scholars, captures the excitement of recent
research and much more, taking the reader from the earliest
archaeological traces, to the great city-states, to the Spanish
conquest of the 16th century. . . . Concise, well-written, and easy
to understand, it is the best view of the Maya world available
today." American Archaeology"
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