Maya Archaeologist
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (803 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0806112069 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 318 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Maya Archaeologist is an autobiographical account of explorations in Mayan ruins by J. Eric Thompson, one of the world’s foremost authorities on the Maya Indians of Mexico and Central America. Based on his expeditions from 1926 to 1936 - when conditions in the Maya area were very close to those in the years of the Conquest - this book is an intensely personal account of the investigation of the "stone cities," such as Uxmal, Chichén Itzá, Copán, Tikal, and Quirigua, as well as lively
Thompson, one of the world's foremost authorities on the Maya Indians of Mexico and Central America. From the Back Cover Maya Archaeologist is an autobiographical account of explorations in Mayan ruins by J. . Eric S. Based on his expeditions from 1926 to 1936 - when conditions in the Maya area were very close to those in the years of the Conquest - this book is an intensely personal account of the investigation of the "stone cities", such as Uxmal, Chichen Itza, Copan, Tikal, and Quirigua, as well as lively portraits of the archaeologists who probed this civilization - Morley, Gann, Ruppert, Vaillant, Roys, and many others
Thompson, one of the world's foremost Maya scholars, is a veteran of archaeological field expeditions to southern Mexico and Central America. All are published by the University of Oklahoma Press.. His other books include The Rise and Fall of Maya Civilization, the classic account of the prehistoric Mayas, and Maya Archaeologist, the delightful st
"A classic real-life adventure story" according to Hudson J. Neville. Although written some time ago, this is a wonderful glimpse into a time when many fascinating parts of the world were yet to be discovered.