The Maya(8th Edition) by MichaelD. Coe Paperback, 280 Pages, Published 2011 by Thames & Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-500-28902-0, ISBN: 0-500-28902-6
""The gold standard of introductory books on the ancient Maya."âExpeditionThe Maya has long been established as the best, most readable introduction to the New World’s greatest ancient civilization. In these pages Michael D. Coe distills a lifetime’s scholarship for the general reader and student. The eighth edition incorporates the latest archaeological and epigraphic research. Among the finest new discoveries are the spectacular pol ..."
"... García Asenjo / Travis Doering / Lori Collins , University of South Florida Libraries , Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information in collaboration with Oswaldo Gomez , Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quiriguá ; 5.13 Photo ..."
Breaking the Maya Code (Third Edition) by MichaelD. Coe 304 Pages, Published 2012 by Thames & Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-500-77061-0, ISBN: 0-500-77061-1
"Michael D. Coe. though they are) of the people and society talked about in the
Homeric epics. These Bronze Age people were our own cultural ancestors. ... in
the lefthand column, and the vowels in the top horizontal row (we are going to
see one for the Maya later on in this book). ... He had two obstacles: the language
was unknown, and he had no bilingual key. ... An enlightened guess led Ventris
to the solution: that ancient Creta ..."