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A Guide to Ancient Maya Ruins

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Since the publication of the first edition of this work, it has develop into the usual guide for serious travelers to the great Maya sites of Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras. In this expanded and up to date edition C. Bruce Hunter offers an introduction to the culture and history of the Maya, making an allowance for the most contemporary discoveries and theories about their origins, rise to greatness, and fall. He then takes the reader on a tour through their magnificent cities and ceremonial centers.

Each site is presented in the light of current excavations and restorations and illuminated by stunning photographs and detailed site maps. Important centers that have recently develop into accessible by brand new transportation have been added to this edition. Appended are helpful suggestions for reaching the sites, tours, weather and clothing tips, and a list of selected readings.

The twenty-four sites included:

Guatemala: El Baul, Iximche, Kaminaljuyu, Las Ilusiones, Mixco Viejo, Monte Alto, Quirigua, Seibal, Tikal, and Zaculeu.

Honduras: Copan

Mexico: Bonampak, Coba, Chichen Itza, Cozumel, Edzna, Kabah, Labna, Palenque, Sayil, Tulum, Uxmal, Xlapak, and Yaxchilan.

Throughout the guide the creator shares his wealth of experience over thirty years spent leading field-study trips for the American Museum of Natural History, and his special aesthetic vision of this most remarkable of the ancient civilizations of the Americas. Critics have known as this guide “some of the few books the curious traveler must take along to the field,” and the thousands of copies sold attest to its enduring usefulness.

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