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Angkor and the Khmer Civilization (Ancient Peoples and Places Series)

7 reviews
Michael D. Coe

Thames & Hudson, 2003

Surprised and pleased to see Coe knows Angkor!
I was at the SF Asian Museum seeing what turned out to be a not-great exhibit this weekend, and wandered into the book store thinking I'd pick something up in advance of a trip to Cambodia in the fall. Shock of shocks, I found that Coe, whom I've read avidly for his great coverage of the Maya, knows the Khmer as well. This book is as readable yet comprehensive as is his great work on the ...

Art of the Maya Scribe

4 reviews
Michael D. Coe

Thames&Hudson Ltd, 1997

An exceptional look at the world of the Maya artist.
Sumptuous, a true visual feast, Michael Coe's foray into the world of the Maya artist reveals the talents and personalities of the Maya scribes. Lushly illustrated by Justin Kerr, the world's foremost photographer of Precolumbian art, this coffeetable-style book looks at what scholars understand about the individuals who created the Maya's sculptural and painted repertoir. Coe brings his ...

Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs (Ancient Peoples and Places)

3 reviews
Michael D. Coe

Thames & Hudson, 1994

In-depth and complete
As a student interested in Mesoamerica, I found this book very well written and very in-depth. The maps and pictures are excellent and help the reader to relate to the areas that are discussed in the book.

The Maya

18 reviews
Michael D. Coe

Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1966

Any Author Who Can Make El Mirador Come To Life Deserves Five Stars
The ruins of the ancient Mayan city of El Mirador are deep in the jungles of northern Guatamala. Once one of the largest cities in North America with 80,000 people, El Mirador today is accessible only by helicopter or by long distance hiking. Before its mysterious abandonment in the third century AD, El Mirador boasted the Danta Pyramid, the largest structure of this type in the world. Michael ...

Swords and Hilt Weapons

4 reviews
Peter Connolly

Grove Pr, 1989

An Excellent Reference
This is the most complete reference I have seen on the subject, rife with good photographs and superb research. Each chapter is written by a different person (experts I assume) and provides exceptional detail. It has sections on Bronze and Iron Age weapons; western weapons from Rome through WWII; Japanese swords; Indian weapons; and Chinese and Southeast Asian weapons; it even covers African ...

Reading the Maya Glyphs

6 reviews
Michael D. Coe, Mark Van Stone

Thames & Hudson, 2001

Sweet Action!...
Holy Crap![.] This book is totally sweet![.] I may not be an expert in Mayan junk but I was keenly interested in this subject and this book delivered. In addition I had to write this paper about Classic Mayan Grammar in this class I was taking and this book saved my bacon. Thanks Michael D. Coe, I love you man...

The True History of Chocolate

13 reviews
Sophie D. Coe, Michael D. Coe

Thames & Hudson, 2000

A delicious read about a delicious treat
Okay I must first confess I only read the first edition of this book, not the fancy schmancy second edition, but since I feel the two editions are mostly alike I shall proceed to review anyway, or I will just add the proviso that this review is intended for the first edition of this book. Anyway, back to the actual review. This book was sweet and I mean sweet like ground cacao beans mixed with ...

Breaking the Maya Code

28 reviews
Michael D. Coe

Thames & Hudson, 1999

A Linguistic Detective Tale
Mayan civilization flourished in Central America for more than a thousand years and at least four million Mayas still live in Guatemala and Mexico and speak Mayan languages. The ruins the Mayas left behind are spectacular -- Tikal in Guatemala, featured in the movie "Star Wars," is perhaps the greatest of them all. However, our knowledge of the Mayas has always been limited because scholars were ...

Final Report: An Archaeologist Excavates His Past

3 reviews
Michael D. Coe

Thames & Hudson, 2006

Wm. F. Buckley Meets Indiana Jones
Mr. Coe's contributions to society are immense. We owe much of our understanding of ancient Mesoamerican civilizations to him. He could have pursued many paths, and indeed the CIA and Ivy League background is reminiscent of William F. Buckly, without the politics. He is probably as close to a real Indiana Jones as you will ever find, and has written a marvelous tale of his exploits and ...

Great Flowering Landscape Shrubs

1 review
Vincent A. Simeone

Ball Publishing, 2005

Great Flowering Landscape Shrubs
Great book in great condition. Prompt shipping and packed very very well. Thanks very much for the book and being so thorough.

Atlas of Ancient America

1 review
Michael D. Coe, Elizabeth Benson, ...

Time Life UK

Recent Finds of Western United States
I would appreciate hearing from Mr. Micheal Coe regarding the several, separate finds of skulls showing morphology of possible proto-Caucasoid characteristics, recently the Kenniwick Man. On page 15 of the Atlas of Ancient America, written some tens years ago, Mr. Coe states catagorically " -----there is no doubt among physical anthropologists that native Americans are all of Mongoloid racial ...

Mexico (Ancient peoples and places)

6 reviews
Michael D Coe

Ediciones Lara, 1967

Very Informative!
Manuel's review of this book is excellent - I couldn't have written it any better! However, here's my two-cents worth: This book is a must read for anyone who lacks basic knowledge of the ancient Mexican cultures. It provides the reader with brief (and in some cases, more than brief) summaries of several of the various cultural groups that existed, covering geographic, cultural, agricultural, ...

The Olmec and Their Neighbors: Essays in Memory of Matthew W. Stirling (Dumbarton Oaks Other Titles in ...

1 review
Michael Coe

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1981

This book deserves to continue to be read. Fine essays, great pictures and illustrations
This book is a collection of essays honoring the memory of Matthew W. Stirling, the grand man of Olmec archaeology who died in 1975. This book came out in 1981 and while there have been many wonderful advances in the study of the Olmecs and their predecessors these essays and pictures present very well the state of scholarship at the time. The information on Stirling and his career is also ...

The Maya by Michael D. Coe (Softcover 1966) (Ancient People and Places, 52)

1 review
Michael D. Coe

Ediciones Lara, 1966

an overview of Maya civilization----from the Sixties
Far from being a Maya scholar, I'm just a reader interested in ancient civilizations, one who visited Copan decades ago, but hasn't forgotten it. I bought this book many years back, but never got around to reading it till now. I read Arthur Demarest's "Ancient Maya" first. That volume provides a much more up-to-date view of the Mayas, one in which many new techniques have been used, DNA ...

In the Land of the Olmec (The Dan Danciger Publication Series)

1 review
Michael D. Coe, Richard A. Diehl

Univ of Texas Pr, 1980

An amazing treasure of information, but also as an example of what professional anthropology is all about
This is a fascinating treasure of a book. It is a two-volume (plus a packet of maps) very detailed documentation of a large survey of the archaeology that was done from 1966-68 of an area the people we call the Olmec lived. This is an area we call San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán. This book is clearly for professionals or very dedicated amateurs because of the thoroughness with which it is written and ...

The Olmec world: Ritual and rulership

3 reviews
Michael D. Coe

The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1995

A Must Have for any Olmec Enthusiast
The Olmec World is an amazing resource for those who study or have an appreciation of early Mesoamerican Art. At its most basic level The Olmec World is the catalogue of the 1996 Olmec Exhibition at the Art Museum at Princeton University the first comprehensive show of Olmec art in America. Drawing upon nearly all of the major Olmec museum collections in North America from Dunbarton Oaks to ...

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