Handbooks to Ancient Civilizations: The Ancient Maya (Hardcover)

from antiquary

Generally good detailed survey of all aspects of preculumbian Maya culture. Some of it is a bit dry, but overall readable. The author writes as a "dirt" archaeologist with experiemce excavating Maya sites in Belize that were more important for econom ics (salt prodiction) than the spectacular tem...

from antiquary

Generally good detailed survey of all aspects of preculumbian Maya culture. Some of it is a bit dry, but overall readable. The author writes as a "dirt" archaeologist with experiemce excavating Maya sites in Belize that were more important for econom ics (salt prodiction) than the spectacular tem...

from yarb

McKillop sets out her stall well and covers the ground efficiently, but this book is let down by her basic lack of writing ability. The prose is flat and halting, when it needs fluency and bounce to carry the solidly archaeological premise of the book. And it's not just a problem with style: ther...