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 become accessible by modern 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 author 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 called this guide "among the few books the curious traveler should take along to the field," and the thousands of copies sold attest to its enduring usefulness.
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9780806119922
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Publication Date: 05-15-1986
Pages: 356
Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.69(d)
About the Author
C. Bruce Hunter is Lecturer in Archaeology for the American Museum of Natural History, former Adjunct Professor of Archaeology in New York University, and former Professor of Art in Dalhousie University. Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is the author of the companion Guide to Ancient Mexican Ruins, also published by the University of Oklahoma Press.