Maya Archaeologist
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...
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Maya Archaeologist is an autobiographical account of explorations in Mayan ruins by J. Eric S. 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, 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. Booknews Reprint of the U. of Oklahoma Press work originally published in 1963. New foreword by Norman Hammond. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
AcknowledgmentsForewordGlossary and Key to Pronunciation1Digging at Chichen Itza32Coba, Uxmal, and Other Ruins423Lubaantun, British Honduras714A Wild Goose Chase and Pusilha1005Maya Ancient and Modern1186The Cayo District, British Honduras1517Cities of the Peten1838Copan, Eastern Outpost2069San Jose and La Honradez22310Across the Peninsula of Yucatan252Epilogue271Index274
\ BooknewsReprint of the U. of Oklahoma Press work originally published in 1963. New foreword by Norman Hammond. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
