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Books by David Freidel






Ancient Maya Political Economies(Updated)
(World Social Change)
by Marilyn A. Masson, David A. Freidel, Contributor-Georgia West, Contributor-Elizabeth Graham, Contributor-Steven Morandi, David Friedel, Kathryn Reese-Taylor, Dr William L. Rathje, Patricia A. Mcanany, Ben S. Thomas, Polly A. Peterson, And Eleanor Harrison, Lauren A. Sullivan, Geoffrey E. Braswell, Craig A. Hanson, Antonia E. Foias, Contributor-Kathryn Reese..., Masson/Freidel, Altamira Press
Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2002 by Altamira Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7591-0081-7, ISBN: 0-7591-0081-0

"Ancient Maya Political Economies examines variation in systems of economic production and exchange and how these systems supported the power networks that integrated Maya society. Chapters in this book take a hard look at existing models of elite exchange and tribute and address the difficult question of how the flow of utilitarian goods supported Maya kingdoms and their ruling classes. Using models originally developed by William L. Ra ..."






The Materialization of Time in the Ancient Maya World(1st Edition)
Mythic History and Ritual Order (Maya Studies)
by Freidel, David A., Chase, Arlen F. Chase, Dowd, Anne S., Murdock, Jerry
Hardcover, 604 Pages, Published 2023 by University Press Of Florida
ISBN-13: 978-0-8130-6980-7, ISBN: 0-8130-6980-7

"New understandings of how Maya people expressed timekeeping in daily life  This book discusses the range of ways the ancient Maya people made time tangible through their architecture, arts, writing, beliefs, and practices."






The Real Business of Ancient Maya Economies(1st Edition)
From Farmers' Fields to Rulers' Realms (Maya Studies)
by Marilyn A. Masson, David A. Freidel, Arthur Andrew Demarest
Hardcover, 592 Pages, Published 2020 by University Press Of Florida, United States
ISBN-13: 978-0-8130-6629-5, ISBN: 0-8130-6629-8






Maya E Groups(1st Edition)
Calendars, Astronomy, and Urbanism in the Early Lowlands (Maya Studies)
by David A. Freidel, Arlen F. Chase, Anne S. Dowd, Jerry Murdock
Paperback, 656 Pages, Published 2020 by University Press Of Florida
ISBN-13: 978-0-8130-6439-0, ISBN: 0-8130-6439-2






Before Kukulkán(3rd Edition)
Bioarchaeology of Maya Life, Death, and Identity at Classic Period Yaxuná
by Vera Tiesler, Andrea Cucina, Travis W. Stanton, David A. Freidel, Traci Ardren
Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 2017 by University Of Arizona Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8165-3264-3, ISBN: 0-8165-3264-8

"This volume illuminates human lifeways in the northern Maya lowlands prior to the rise of Chichén Itzá. This period and area have been poorly understood on their own terms, obscured by scholarly focus on the central lowland Maya kingdoms. Before Kukulkán is anchored in three decades of interdisciplinary research at the Classic Maya capital of Yaxuná, located at a contentious crossroads of the northern Maya lowlands. Using bioarchaeology ..."






Maya E Groups(1st Edition)
Calendars, Astronomy, and Urbanism in the Early Lowlands (Maya Studies)
by Anne S. Dowd, David A. Freidel, Arlen F. Chase, Jerry Murdock, Arlen Frank Chase
Hardcover, 544 Pages, Published 2017 by University Press Of Florida
ISBN-13: 978-0-8130-5435-3, ISBN: 0-8130-5435-4






Ancient Maya Political Economies
by Contributor-Georgia West, Contributor-Steven Morandi, Contributor-Elizabeth Graham, Marilyn A. Masson, David A. Freidel, Kathryn Reese-Taylor, Patricia A. Mcanany, Craig A. Hanson, Geoffrey E. Braswell, Dr William L. Rathje, Ben S. Thomas, Polly A. Peterson, And Eleanor Harrison, Lauren A. Sullivan, Antonia E. Foias, David Mora-Marín, Contributor-Ben S., Masson/Freidel, Altamira Press
Hardcover, 436 Pages, Published 2002 by Altamira Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7591-0080-0, ISBN: 0-7591-0080-2






The Real Business of Ancient Maya Economies
From Farmers’ Fields to Rulers’ Realms
by Marilyn A. Masson, David A. Freidel, Arthur A. Demarest
655 Pages, Published 2020 by University Press Of Florida
ISBN-13: 978-0-8130-5740-8, ISBN: 0-8130-5740-X

"A timely synthesis of the latest research and perspectives on ancient Maya economics, this volume illuminates the sophistication and intricacy of economic systems in the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods."






Maya E Groups
Calendars, Astronomy, and Urbanism in the Early Lowlands
by David A. Freidel, Arlen F. Chase, Anne S. Dowd, Jerry Murdock
655 Pages, Published 2017 by University Press Of Florida
ISBN-13: 978-0-8130-5281-6, ISBN: 0-8130-5281-5

"This volume presents new archaeological data to reveal that E Groups were constructed earlier than previously thought. In fact, they are the earliest identifiable architectural plan at many Maya settlements."






Before Kukulkán
Bioarchaeology of Maya Life, Death, and Identity at Classic Period Yaxuná
by Vera Tiesler, Andrea Cucina, Travis W. Stanton, David A. Freidel
400 Pages, Published 2017 by University Of Arizona Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8165-3743-3, ISBN: 0-8165-3743-7

"... Toscano Hernández revealed that the construction phase of the causeway terminus building (Str. 6E-13) that joined Sacbé 1 likewise dates to the Late Classic, indicating a relatively short use of this feature. The possibility of assigning the construction of the sacbé to the seventh century AD is appealing given what we know about the epigraphy of Cobá. Building off of David Stuart ( 2010) and Sven Gronemeyer's (2004) separate an ..."






Twin Tollans(Updated)
Chichén Itzá, Tula, and the Epiclassic to Early Postclassic Mesoamerican World, Revised Edition (Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia)
by Jeff Karl Kowalski, Dan Healan, Patricia Fournier, Susan Gillespie, Rafael Cobos, Nikolai Grube, Susan Kepecs, Ruth Krochock, Geoffrey Mccafferty, Mary Miller, William Ringle, Peter Schmidt, Cynthia Kristan-Graham, David A. Freidel, Victor H. Bolaños, Michael E. Smith, Ruth Mccafferty, George J. Bey, Contributor-David Freidel
Paperback, 522 Pages, Published 2011 by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library And Collection
ISBN-13: 978-0-88402-372-2, ISBN: 0-88402-372-9






A Forest of Kings(Reprint)
The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya
by Linda Schele, David A. Freidel, David Friedel, Forest Of Kings-, Freidel Schele
Paperback, 544 Pages, Published 1992 by William Morrow Paperbacks
ISBN-13: 978-0-688-11204-2, ISBN: 0-688-11204-8






Maya Cosmos(1st Edition)
Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path
by David A. Freidel, Linda Schele, Joy And Parker
Paperback, 544 Pages, Published 1995 by William Morrow Paperbacks
ISBN-13: 978-0-688-14069-4, ISBN: 0-688-14069-6

"A Masterful blend of archaeology, anthropology, astronomy, and lively personal reportage, Maya Comos tells a constellation of stories, from the historical to the mythological, and envokes the awesome power of one of the richest civilizations ever to grace the earth."






A Forest of Kings(1st Edition)
The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya
by Linda Schele, David A. Freidel
Hardcover, 542 Pages, Published 1990 by William Morrow & Co
ISBN-13: 978-0-688-07456-2, ISBN: 0-688-07456-1






Maya Yucatán(Illustrated)
An Artist's Journey
by Phillip Hofstetter, David Freidel
Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2009 by University Of New Mexico Press
Illustrated
ISBN-13: 978-0-8263-4694-0, ISBN: 0-8263-4694-4

""Before ever setting out on my adventures in Yucatán I did not know that I was preparing to walk a spiritual path in that ancient country. Before going there I had not taken much account of my yearning to seek out sacred places. But in Yucatán I discovered this longing for wandering among the people and landscapes of the peninsula. I eventually understood that there was an invisible spirit world of the Maya that animated their stories, ..."






Maya Yucatán
An Artist's Journey
by Phillip Hofstetter, David Freidel
Digital, 162 Pages, Published 2014 by University Of New Mexico Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8263-4696-4, ISBN: 0-8263-4696-0






Twin Tollans(1st Edition)
Chichen Itza, Tula, and the Epiclassic to Early Postclassic Mesoamerican World (Dumbarton Oaks Other Titles in Pre-Columbian Studies)
by Cynthia Kristan-Graham, Jeff Karl Kowalski, Contributor-Patricia Fournier, Contributor-David Freidel, Contributor-Rafael Cobos, Contributor-Nikolai Grube, Victor H. Bolaños, Jeff Kowalski, Contributor-Susan Gillespie, Dan Healan, Susan Kepecs, Ruth Krochock, Geoffrey Mccafferty, Mary Miller, Jeffrey Quilter, William Ringle, Peter Schmidt, Michael E. Smith, Dumbarton Oaks
Hardcover, 754 Pages, Published 2007 by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library And Collection
ISBN-13: 978-0-88402-323-4, ISBN: 0-88402-323-0

" This volume had its beginnings in the two-day colloquium, "Rethinking Chichén Itzá, Tula and Tollan," that was held at Dumbarton Oaks. The selected essays revisit long-standing questions regarding the nature of the relationship between Chichen Itza and Tula. Rather than approaching these questions through the notions of migrations and conquests, these essays place the cities in the context of the emerging social, political, and economi ..."






Ancient Mesoamerican Warfare
by Contributor-Traci Ardren, Contributor-George Bey, Contributor-Arlen Chase, Contributor-David Freidel, Contributor-Arthur Joyce, Contributor-Charles Golden, Contributor-Annabeth Headrick, Contributor-Steven Leblanc, Contributor-Barbara Macleod, Contributor-Geoffrey Mccafferty, Contributor-Shirley Mock, Contributor-Jonathon Pagliaro, Kathryn M. Brown, James M. Ambrosino, Diane Z. Chase, James F. Garber, Payson Sheets, Charles Suhler, F. Kent Reilly, Travis W. Stanton, Bob W. Bondurant
Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2003 by Altamira Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7591-0282-8, ISBN: 0-7591-0282-1

"The understanding of warfare in ancient Mesoamerica has blossomed in recent years. In this volume, the authors use recent empirical studies to help us understand the patterns and nature of Mesoamerican warfare. Using evidence from ceramics, settlement pattern, epigraphy, ethnohistory, and ethnography, these projects define the martial nature of Mesoamerican societies and link it to ritual, political economy, and other cultural systems. ..."






El Perú-Waka’
New Archaeological Perspectives on the Kingdom of the Centipede (Maya Studies)
by Eppich, Keith, Marken, Damien B., Freidel, David
Hardcover, 420 Pages, Published 2024 by University Press Of Florida
ISBN-13: 978-0-8130-6993-7, ISBN: 0-8130-6993-9

"Presenting the most current research on the Maya rainforest city El Perú-Waka', this volume discusses occupation at the site spanning from 300 BC to 1000 CE and offers researchers an unmatched view of ancient life in a tropical urban ..."






Die Welt der Maya(4th Edition)
Archäologische Schätze aus drei Jahrtausenden (German Edition)
by Herbert Wilhelmy, Juan A. Valdés, Nicolas P. Dunning, Robert Sharer, W. W. Wurster, Oscar Quintana, Stephen Houston, David Steuart, David Freidel, Arne Eggebrecht, Nikolai K. Grube, Eva : Eggebrecht, Elke Wagner, P. Von Zabern
Hardcover, 672 Pages, Published 1994 by P. Von Zabern
ISBN-13: 978-3-8053-1293-6, ISBN: 3-8053-1293-8

"Quer-Gr.-8° (ca. 23,5 : 21,5 cm). XII, 636 S. mit vielen, meist farbigen Abbildungen. (Archäologische Schätze aus drei Jahrtausenden). llustrierter OPpbd (gering bestoßen)., U.a. über die Klassischen Maya, ihre Umwelt, Siedlungsweise, Ernährung und Lebensunterhalt, die Architektur und Kunst der Maya, der Hofstaat, die Kriege, das Ballspiel, Religion und Weltsicht, Schrift und Sprachen der Maya, der Untergang der Maya-Kultur und die Maya ..."



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