The Fall of the Ancient Maya Solving the Mystery of the Maya Collapse

David Webster

ISBN 10: 0500051135 / ISBN 13: 9780500051139

Edité par Thames and Hudson, 2002

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*** BOOK in clean tight and unmarked condition. pp343/4 folded and creased. Brown boards with gilt title on spine, 368 pages including index, notes and bibliography, 84 illustrations. *** DUST JACKET in very good condition, not price clipped, very slight shelfwear, now Trimsleeve protected. *** CONTENTS: The author examines what went wrong with the Maya civilisation - not surprisingly acrimony, greed and over exploitation of arable land played a large part in their downfall. Size: 240x160mm.

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• Titre: The Fall of the Ancient Maya Solving the Mystery of the Maya Collapse
• Éditeur: Thames and Hudson
• Date de parution: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0500051135
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780500051139
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good

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Synopsis

Ancient Maya civilization thrived in the tropics of Central America for more than a thousand years and produced some of the world's finest architecture and art. Then it mysteriously vanished, leaving a landscape of ruins smothered by forests. The Classic Maya collapse is one of the great puzzles of history, ranking alongside the Fall of Rome as an enigma that has intrigued scholars for generations.

À propos de l?auteur

David Webster is Professor of Anthropology at Pennsylvania State University and the author of several books on the Maya world. He has carried out many excavations at Maya centres, including Copan, Becan and Pledras Negras.