Mexico(1stEdition) From the Olmecs to the Aztecs by MichaelD. Coe, Rex Koontz, Javier Urcid Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2019 by Thames & Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-500-29373-7, ISBN: 0-500-29373-2
"This authoritative volume has been revised throughout and expanded, with stunning new images and accounts of the major discoveries of recent years."
Angkor and the Khmer Civilization(1stEdition) (Ancient Peoples and Places) by MichaelD. Coe Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2003 by Thames And Hudson, New York ISBN-13: 978-0-500-28442-1, ISBN: 0-500-28442-3
"The ancient city of Angkor has fascinated Westerners since its rediscovery in the mid-nineteenth century. A great deal is now known about the brilliant Khmer civilization that flourished among the monsoon forests and rice paddies of mainland Southeast Asia, thanks to the pioneering work of French scholars and the application of modern archaeological techniques such as remote sensing from the space shuttle. The classic-period Khmer king ..."
"This new edition of the concise but authoritative survey of Khmer culture incorporates new discoveries that will completely rewrite history. The ancient city of Angkor in Cambodia has fascinated scholars and visitors alike since its rediscovery in the mid-19th century. The beauty and multiplicity of the sculptures that adorn its temples and structures are striking, its sheer size overwhelming―in the archaeological world, nothing equals ..."
"The Maya are of enormous and abiding fascination to anybody interested in archaeology, ancient history, astronomy, or the visual arts. From the 3rd century BC to the 14th century AD, while Europe was deep in the Dark and Middle Ages, the Maya were producing astonishing sculpture, stelae, and wall murals, and building magnificent temples, palaces, tombs, and ball courts. Now, in this extraordinary volume pairing a leading Maya scholar an ..."
Final Report(1stEdition) An Archaeologist Excavates His Past by MichaelD. Coe Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2006 by Thames & Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-500-05143-6, ISBN: 0-500-05143-7
""A moving autobiography, an exciting account of the rediscovery of vanished civilizations, and unforgettable portraits of the argumentative archaeologists who made those rediscoveries. Enjoy!"Jared Diamond For more than four decades, Michael Coe has been at the forefront of American archaeology. His research on the Olmecs and the Maya has had a decisive effect on the way we think about Mesoamerican culture, and his acclaimed books have ..."
"Decipherment of Maya hieroglyphic writing has reached the point that most Maya texts—whether inscribed on the monuments, written in the codices, or painted or incised on ceramics—can now be read with some confidence. The "breaking of the Maya code" has completely changed our knowledge of this ancient civilization, and has given the Maya people a long and vivid history lacking in other areas of the pre-Columbian New World. In the recent ..."
"This tale of one of the world's favourite foods draws upon botany, archaeology, socio-economics and culinary history to present a complete history of chocolate. The story begins some 3000 years ago in the jungles of Mexico and Central America with the tree "Theobroma cacao" and the complex processes necessary to transform its bitter seeds into chocolate. This was centuries before chocolate was consumed, traded and used as currency by th ..."
"1997. 240 S. Mit zahlr. auch farb. Abb. Fadengehefteter Originalpappband mit Schutzumschlag. Ein gutes und sauberes Exemplar. - To the four great calligraphic traditions - ancient Egyptian, East Asian, Islamic, and western European - we must now add a fifth: that of the ancient Maya. Long known but little understood, it has recently experienced a revolution in decipherment, shedding bright light on what had been a mystery. Making full u ..."
"... 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 ..."
The Line of Forts(1stEdition) Historical Archaeology on the Colonial Frontier of Massachusetts by MichaelD. Coe Paperback, 248 Pages, Published 2006 by Upne ISBN-13: 978-1-58465-542-8, ISBN: 1-58465-542-9
"Between 1400 and 400 BC, in what is now Mexico and Central America, the Olmec people created a magnificent culture, one too often overshadowed by those of the Maya and the Aztec. This catalogue accompanies an exhibition of over 250 Olmec works of art - ceramic, jade and stone - on display at the Art Museum, Princeton University in December 1995, and travelling to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Essays by prominent scholars offer inter ..."
Angkor and the Khmer Civilization(1stEdition) (Ancient Peoples and Places Series) by MichaelD. Coe Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2003 by Thames And Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-500-02117-0, ISBN: 0-500-02117-1