'Coe and Houston's book constitutes one of the major introductions to Maya civilization ... highly recommended' - Latin American Antiquity
Preface Chronological Table 1. Introduction 2. The Earliest Maya 3. The Rise of Maya Society 4. Classic Splendour: The Early Period 5. Classic Splendour: The Late Period 6. Maya Thought and Culture 7. The Terminal Classic 8. The Postclassic 9. Maya Life on the Eve of the Conquest 10. The Enduring Maya Visiting the Maya Area Further Reading Sources of Illustration Index
Michael D. Coe (1929- 2019) was Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Yale University and Curator Emeritus for the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University. His books include The Maya, Mexico and Breaking the Maya Code. Stephen D. Houston is Dupee Family Professor of Social Sciences at Brown University. His most recent book is The Gifted Passage: Young Men in Classic Maya Art and Text.