Suggested Reading
This collection of books is designed to give visitors, tourists and students a better understanding of the ancient Maya. Dr. Barnhart suggests the following books based on a variety of topics.
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Archaeoastronomy
Archaeoastronomy
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The Sky in Mayan Literature
by Anthony F. Aveni -
Skywatchers : A Revised and Updated Version of
Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico
by Anthony F. Aveni -
Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's
Path
by David Freidel, Linda Schele, Joy Parker -
Star Gods of the Maya: Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and
Calendars (The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian
Studies)
by Susan Milbrath -
Maya Political Science: Time, Astronomy, and the
Cosmos
by Prudence Rice -
Astronomy and the Maya Calendar Correlation
by Paul Campbell
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The Sky in Mayan Literature
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Articles
Articles
Although these are not available through Amazon.com, you might be able to find them on Google or eBay.
Lamb, W. (1980). The Sun, Moon and Venus at Uxmal. American Antiquity 45, 79-86
Summary: Astronomy evidence from UxmalCarlson, J. (1990). America's Ancient Skywatchers. National Geographic, Vol. 177, No. 3, March 1990, 76-107
Summary: An article explaining the cosmologies of multiple Pre-Columbian cultures. John Carlson is one of the foremost authorities on ancient Maya astronomy.Lounsbury, F (1978). Maya Numeration, Computation and Calendarical Astronomy, Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Volume 15, supplement 1,Charles Scribners Sons, New York.
Summary: An article describing the nature of Maya mathematics from one of the foremost authorities. -
Chiapas
Chiapas
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Yaxchilan: The design of a Maya ceremonial city
by Carolyn Elaine Tate -
Living Maya
by Walter F. Morris, Jr. and Jeffrey J. Foxx -
Four Creations: An Epic Story of the Chiapas Maya
by Gary Gossen -
Life, Ritual, and Religion Among the Lacandon Maya
by R. Jon McGee -
The Zinacantecos of Mexico: A Modern Mayan Way of
Life
by Evon Zartman Vogt -
The Mystery of the Maya: Uncovering the Lost City of
Palenque
by Peter Lourie -
The Last Lords of Palenque: The Lacandon Mayas of the
Mexican Rain Forest
by Victor Perea and Robert D. Bruce -
Mayan Tales from Zinacantan: Dreams and Stories from the
People of the Bat
by Robert Laughlin and Carol Karasik
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Yaxchilan: The design of a Maya ceremonial city
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Contact Period
Contact Period
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The Conquest of the Last Maya Kingdom
by Grant D. Jones -
Maya Resistance to Spanish Rule: Time and History on a
Colonial Frontier
by Grant D. Jones -
Ambivalent Conquests : Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan,
1517-1570 (Cambridge Latin American Studies)
by Inga Clendinnen and Alan Knight -
Yucatan Before and After the Conquest
by Diego De Landa
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The Conquest of the Last Maya Kingdom
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General Maya
General Maya
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The Maya, Seventh Edition (Ancient Peoples and
Places)
by Michael D. Coe -
Ancient Mexico and Central America: Archaeology and
Culture History
by Susan Toby Evans -
The Lords of Tikal: Rulers of an Ancient Maya City
by Peter Harrison -
Excavations at Seibal, Department of Peten,
Guatemala
edited by Gordon Willey -
Prehistoric Mesoamerica
by Richard E. W. Adams -
Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering the
Dynasties of the Ancient Maya
by Simon Martin and Nikolai Grube -
A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient
Maya
by Linda Schele and David Freidel -
The CODE OF KINGS: The Language of Seven Sacred Maya
Temples and Tombs
by Linda Schele, Peter Mathews, Macduff Everton and Justin Kerr -
The Ancient Maya
by Robert J. Sharer -
Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and
Yucatan, Vol. 1
by John L. Stephens -
The Major Gods of Ancient Yucatan (Studies in
Pre-Columbian Art and Archaeology)
by Karl Andreas Taube -
Turquoise Trail: Native American Jewelry and Culture of
the Southwest
by Carol Karasik -
Time and the Highland Maya
by Barbara Tedlock -
Popol Vuh : The Definitive Edition Of The Mayan Book Of
The Dawn Of Life And The Glories Of
by Dennis Tedlock -
Popol Vuh: The Sacred Book of the Mayas
by Allen Christenson -
The Ancient Maya
by Robert J. Sharer -
The Fall of the Ancient Maya: Solving the Mystery of the
Maya Collapse
by David Webster -
Heart of Creation : The Mesoamerican World and the
Legacy of Linda Schele
by Andrea Stone -
The Maya and Teotihuacan: Reinterpreting Early Classic
Interaction (The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian
Studies)
by Geoffrey E. Braswell -
Scribes, Warriors, and Kings: The City of Copan and the
Ancient Maya, Revised Edition
by William L. Fash -
Maya: Divine Kings of the Rain Forest
by Nikolai Grube and Eva Eggebrecht -
Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya
by Simon Martin, Kathleen Berrin and Mary Miller -
Ancient Maya Political Economies
by Marilyn A. Masson -
The Terminal Classic in the Maya Lowlands: Collapse,
Transition, and Transformation
by Arthur A. Demarest, Prudence M. Rice and Don S. Rice -
Ancient Maya Commoners
by Jon C. Lohse, Fred, Jr. Valdez and Fred Valdez -
The Olmecs: America's First Civilization
by Richard Diehl -
Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico
edited by Elizabeth Benson, Beatriz de la Fuente, and Maria Castro Leal -
An Archaeological Guide to Central and Southern
Mexico
by Joyce Kelly -
Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs
by Michael Coe and Rex Knootz
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The Maya, Seventh Edition (Ancient Peoples and
Places)
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Hieroglyphics
Hieroglyphics
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Breaking the Maya Code
by Michael D. Coe -
Reading the Maya Glyphs
by Michael D. Coe and Mark Van Stone -
Understanding Maya Inscriptions: A Hieroglyph
Handbook
by John F. Harris and Stephen K. Stearns -
The New Catalog of Maya Heiroglyphs: The Classic Period
Inscriptions (Civilization of the American Indian Series)
by Martha J. Macri, Matthew George Looper and Martha Macri -
The Dresden Codex: Drawings of the Pages (Mayan Studies
: No 3)
by J. Antonio Villacorta -
Dictionary of Maya Hieroglyphs
by John Montgomery
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Breaking the Maya Code
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Maya Art
Maya Art
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Painting the Maya Universe: Royal Ceramics of the
Classic Period (Duke University Museum of Art)
by Dorie Reents-Budet -
Maya Art and Architecture (World of Art)
by Mary Ellen Miller -
Art of the Maya Scribe
by Michael Coe
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Painting the Maya Universe: Royal Ceramics of the
Classic Period (Duke University Museum of Art)
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Maya Calendar and Mathematics
Maya Calendar and Mathematics
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Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
by Charles Seife and Matt Zimet -
Native American Mathematics
by Michael P. Closs
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Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
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Maya Religion
Maya Religion
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The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art
by Linda Schele and Mary Miller -
An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of
Ancient Mexico and the Maya
by Mary Miller and Karl Taube
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The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art
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Modern Ethnography
Modern Ethnography
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Maya Saints and Souls in a Changing World
by John M. Watanabe -
The True History of Chocolate
by Sophie D. Coe and Michael D. Coe -
I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala
by Rigoberta Menchu -
The Zinacantecos of Mexico;: A modern Maya way of life,
(Case studies in cultural anthropology)
by Evon Zartman Vogt -
The Daykeeper, the Life and Discourse of an Ixil
Diviner
by Benjamin Colby
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Maya Saints and Souls in a Changing World
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Video
Video
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Yucatan Peninsula
Yucatan Peninsula
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Cenote of Sacrifice: Maya Treasures from the Sacred Well
at Chichen Itza
by Orrin Shane, Clemency Coggins and Orrin C. Shane -
The Indian background of colonial Yucatan, (The
Civilization of the American Indian series)
by Ralph Loveland Roys -
The Caste War of Yucatan
by Nelson A. Reed and Nelson Reed -
On the Edge of the Sea: Mural Painting at
Tancah-Tulum
by Arthur G. Miller -
Chichen Itza: History, Art and Monuments
by Susana Vogel -
An Archaeological Guide to Mexico's Yucatan
Peninsula
by Joyce Kelly -
The House of the Governor: A Maya Palace of Uxmal,
Yucatan, Mexico (Civilization of the American Indian Series)
by Jeff Kowalski
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Cenote of Sacrifice: Maya Treasures from the Sacred Well
at Chichen Itza