William Leonard Fash

Edward Wyllys Andrews

Leading scholarship on one of the most important archaeological complexes in the ancient Maya world. Addresses enduring themes in Maya archaeology. Explores questions of broad interest to archaeologists and anthropologists, including state formation, architecture and space, and the relationship between history and archaeology.

The History of an Ancient Maya Kingdom

Copán

Visión del pasado Maya

A Middle Formative Cemetery from Copan, Honduras

Ricardo Agurcia Fasquelle

Asociación Copán

Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia

A Guide to the Archaeological Park of the Ruins of Copan

History Carved in Stone

A Guide to the Archaeological Park of the Ruins of Copán

a guide to the Archaeologicql Park of the ruins of Copan

History carved in stone

This volume collects leading scholarship on one of the most important archaeological complexes in the ancient Maya world. The authors--internationally renowned experts who participated in the long-running Copan Acropolis Archaeological Project--address enduring themes in Maya archaeology. In addition to site-specific breakthroughs involving dynastic sequences, epigraphy, and chronologies, these essays explore questions of broad interest to archaeologists and other anthropologists, including state formation, architecture and space, and the relationship between history and archaeology as well as among archaeology, epigraphy, and iconography.

Copan in modern Honduras was one of the great cities of the Classic Maya. Abandoned to the rain forest for nearly a thousand years, it was rediscovered in the early 1800s. Now, two centuries later, an international team of scholars is solving the puzzle of Copan and the ancient Maya. William Fash, himself one of the key contributors to the recent breakthroughs, describes how decipherment of the Maya inscriptions together with tomb finds have unlocked the secrets of Copan's history. For this revised edition, Professor Fash shows how recent discoveries in the Acropolis, urban wards, and rural redoubts of the Copan kingdom reveal fascinating insights into the life and times of royalty, nobles, and commoners in this distinguished Maya city. The uncovering of the extraordinary tomb of the dynasty's founder provides illuminating information on his origins and accomplishments, while archaeological and hieroglyphic studies have demonstrated the importance of Tikal and the great metropolis of Teotihuacan in the founding and long-term legitimization of the Copan royal line. New excavations in the royal residential area give a blueprint for the layout and functioning of Maya palaces, as well as dramatic evidence for the violent and sudden end to dynastic rule. 11 color and 109 b/w illustrations.

The City of Copán and the Ancient Maya

Scribes, Warriors and Kings

Jeremy A. Sabloff

Gauging the impact of one scholar's contributions to modern archaeology

Contemporary Perspectives

Gordon R. Willey and American Archaeology

Mary E. Lyons

Middle schoolers never had it so good! Complete your ancient history collection with this series for students in grades 6 -8. A unique and engrossing collaboration between scholars and young adult fiction writers, The World in Ancient Times covers the ancient world from India to Greece, America to China. Each chapter is filled to the brim with the widest possible range of primary sources, giving each history lesson the texture missing from many general introductions.

The Ancient American World

William Leonard Fash

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