Old Gods and Young Heroes(1st Edition) The Pearlman Collection of Maya Ceramics by Michael D. Coe, Justin Kerr, Muzeon Yisrael Hardcover, 128 Pages, Published 1982 by Israel Museum, Maremont Pavilion Of Ethnic Arts ISBN-13: 978-0-9608390-0-1, ISBN: 0-9608390-0-3
""The gold standard of introductory books on the ancient Maya." ―ExpeditionThe Maya has long been established as the best, most readable introduction to the New World’s greatest ancient civilization. Coe and Houston update this classic by distilling the latest scholarship for the general reader and student. This new edition incorporates the most recent archaeological and epigraphic research, which continues to proceed at a fast pace. Amo ..."
Mexico(5th Edition) From the Olmecs to the Aztecs, Fifth Edition by MichaelDouglasCoe, Rex Koontz, Coe Koontz Paperback, 248 Pages, Published 2002 by Thames & Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-500-28346-2, ISBN: 0-500-28346-X
"Michael D. Coe's Mexico has long been recognized as the most readable and authoritative introduction to the region's ancient civilizations. This companion to his bestselling The Maya has now been completely revised and expanded for the fifth edition by Professor Coe and Rex Koontz. A new chapter covers the Classic period collapse and its aftermath, including the exploration of newly discovered cities. The history of the northern frontie ..."
"... Michael D. Coe, David C. Grove Elizabeth P. Benson. Fig. d Section and plan
of Pits 5, 17, 20, and 27, Mound 20. a. Continuation of the Mound 20 section
drawing in Figure 5, looking north, b. PIan showing the early Modified Olmec
horizon (F.quipac Phase) offerings (solid line) and the late Modified Olmec
horizon (Felisa Phase) caches and burials (broken line). Drawings by Eduardo
Martinez F. PIT 5 Fig. 7 (above) Profile of Pits ..."
"Two experts decipher Mayan writing in terms of its meaning and aesthetics, counting it as one of the world's great calligraphic traditions. Coe (anthropology emeritus, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale U.) and Kerr, whose rollout camera revolutionized the study of Mayan pictorial ceramics and their texts, explore the script's origins, character, and writing techniques as well as the exalted world of the Maya artist-scribes who kep ..."
"Oswaldo Fernando Chinchilla Mazariegos. y otros trataron de esconderse en las
cuevas. “Al retroceder ante el sol, cuya luz y movimiento regular es considerado
por los Nuyootecos como el epítome de la ... el vuelo de esas aves, que causó la
muerte definitiva del padre del héroe en el relato ch'orti', y su transformación en
venado según el mito purépecha del siglo XVI. Las aves también son constantes
en los vasos de la Costa Sur, igu ..."