ISBN:
0316008907
,
9780316008907
Language:
English
Pages:
433 XIV, 370 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
,
24 cm
Parallel Title:
Online version Adams, Richard E.W., 1931- Prehistoric Mesoamerica
Keywords:
Geschichte
;
Altamerika
;
Indians of Mexico / Antiquities
;
Indians of Central America / Antiquities
;
Mexico / Antiquities
;
Central America / Antiquities
;
Indiens d'Amérique / Mexique / Antiquités
;
Indiens d'Amérique / Amérique centrale / Antiquités
;
Mexique / Antiquités
;
Amérique centrale / Antiquités
;
Antiquities
;
Indians of Central America / Antiquities
;
Indians of Mexico / Antiquities
;
Central America
;
Mexico
;
Archeologische aspecten
;
Prehistorie
;
Indiens / Amérique centrale / Antiquités
;
Indiens / Mexique / Antiquités
;
Mexique / Antiquités / Guides, manuels, etc
;
Amérique centrale / Antiquités
;
Bibliografie
;
Altamerika
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
"This book is a synthesis of archaeological findings from Mexico and Guatemala and an interpretation of them."--The preface
Description / Table of Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. The Aztec -- 3. First immigrants and the establishment of settled life -- 4. The extraordinary Olmec -- 5. The Epi-Olmec, their contemporaries, and Maya beginnings -- 6. Classic Maya lowland civilization -- 7. Teotihuacan, Monte Alban, and other early civilizations -- 8. Transformations: Collapse of classic cultures and the rise and fall of the Toltecs -- 9. Protohistoric Mesoamerica: Maya, Tarascan, Zapotec, Mixtec, Totonac, and others -- 10. General and special features of Mesoamerican prehistory
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