The Cities of Ancient Mexico: Reconstructing a Lost World  enlarge Author: Jeremy A. Sabloff Creator: MacDuff Everton Publisher: Thames & Hudson Category: Book List Price: $18.95 Buy Used: $0.01 as of 9/3/2010 10:10 CDT details You Save: $18.94 (100%) In Stock New (19) Used (46) from $0.01 Seller: internationalbooks Sales Rank: 964,958 Media: Paperback Edition: Revised Pages: 224 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2 Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.2 x 0.7 ISBN: 0500279292 Dewey Decimal Number: 972.01 EAN: 9780500279298 ASIN: 0500279292 Publication Date: April 1997 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Also Available In:   •  Hardcover - The Cities of Ancient Mexico: Reconstructing a Lost World   •  Hardcover - Cities of Ancient Mexico   •  Unknown Binding - Administrative effectiveness of directors of continuing education: By Freida H. Hill   •  Paperback - Cities of Ancient Mexico: Reconstructing a Lost World Similar Items: Victors and Vanquished: Spanish and Nahua Views of the Conquest of Mexico (The Bedford Series in History and Culture) Life in a California Mission: Monterey in 1786 : The Journals of Jean Francois De LA Perouse Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs (Sixth Edition) (Ancient Peoples and Places) The Aztecs (Third Edition) (Ancient Peoples and Places) The Cities of the Ancient Andes Editorial Reviews: Product Description Ancient Mexico was one of the great independent hearths of civilization. Out of varied landscapes grew some of the richest cultures of the early historic world--Olmec, Zapotec, Maya, Toltec, and Aztec. Standard histories tend to focus on the individual societies, but Jeremy Sabloff's popular study takes an original approach, emphasizing the unity of Mexican civilization. In a series of vignettes, Professor Sabloff describes what it would have been like to live during the heyday of Mexico's greatest cities. Through the eyes of astronomers and ballplayers, merchants and priests, we see the temples, palaces, and tombs of a civilization obsessed with ritual and death. But who built these cities and how do we know? Sabloff explains convincingly just why archaeologists believe in the indigenous origins of Mexican civilization. This updated and revised edition includes the latest findings at Monte Alban and other sites; incorporates discoveries at the Palenque tombs and breakthroughs in the decipherment of the Maya script; and draws on fresh readings of Aztec ethnohistorical sources. Throughout, the author reveals the new ideas and techniques revolutionizing archaeological fieldwork and shows how the latest evidence is being used to reconstruct a fuller picture of the past.

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