The Maya (Ninth Edition) (Ancient Peoples and Places) by Coe, Michael D. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title About the Author Other titles of interest Contents Preface 1 Introduction

The setting Natural resources Areas Periods Peoples and languages Climate change and its cultural impact

2 The Earliest Maya

Early hunters Archaic collectors and cultivators Early Preclassic villages The Middle Preclassic expansion Preclassic Kaminaljuyu The Maya lowlands

3 The Rise of Maya Civilization

The birth of the calendar Izapa and the Pacific Coast The Hero Twins and the Creation of the World (box) Kaminaljuyu and the Maya highlands The Peten and the Maya lowlands The Mirador region San Bartolo From Preclassic to Classic in the Maya lowlands

4 Classic Splendor: the Early Period

Defining Teotihuacan: military giant The Esperanza culture Cerén: a New World Pompeii? Tzakol culture in the Central Area Copan in the Early Classic The Northern Area

5 Classic Splendor: the Late Period

Classic sites in the Central Area Copan and Quirigua Tikal Calakmul Yaxchilan, Piedras Negras, and Bonampak The Petexbatun Palenque Comalcalco and Tonina Classic sites in the Northern Area: Río Bec, Chenes, and Coba Art of the Late Classic

6 The Terminal Classic

The Great Collapse Ceibal and the Putun Maya Puuc sites in the Northern Area The Terminal Classic at Chichen Itza Ek’ Balam The Cotzumalhuapa problem The end of an era

7 The Postclassic

The Toltec invasion and Chichen Itza The Itza and the city of Mayapan The independent states of Yucatan The Central Area in the Postclassic Maya-Mexican dynasties in the Southern Area The Spanish Conquest

8 Maya Life on the Eve of the Conquest

The farm and the chase Industry and commerce The life cycle Society and politics

9 Maya Thought and Culture

Being religious Ordering the universe Gods and spirits The sun and the moon The celestial wanderers and the stars The nature of Maya writing History graven in stone The Great Game A possessed world

10 The Enduring Maya

The new Spanish order The highland Maya, yesterday and today The Tsotsil Maya of Zinacantan The Yukateko Maya The War of the Castes The Maya of Chan Kom The Lakandon Uprising in Chiapas The great terror The Maya future

Visiting the Maya Area Dynastic Rulers of Classic Maya Cities Further Reading Sources of Illustrations Index Copyright