The Maya and Their Central American Neighbors: Settlement Patterns, Architecture, Hieroglyphic Texts, and Ceramics

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 sub-region and according to modern political borders, or with reference to the most important urban civilizations of central Mexico. Seldom if ever are the Maya and their Central American neighbors of El Salvador and Honduras considered together, despite the fact that they engaged in mutually beneficial trade, intermarried, and sometimes made war on each other. The Maya and Their Central American Neighbors seeks to fill this lacuna by presenting original research on the archaeology of the whole of the Maya area (from Yucatan to the Maya highlands of Guatemala), western Honduras, and El Salvador.

Author: Geoffrey E. Braswell
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 04/15/2014
Pages: 438
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.67lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780415744874

Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2014 pg. 491

About the Author

Geoffrey E. Braswell is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, San Diego.