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The Mayan Prophecies: Unlocking the Secrets of a Lost Civilization 1 review
Maurice Coterell
Barnes & Noble Books, 1996
Ancient Wisdom Revealed
After attending Maurice Cotterell's spell-binding lecture on the Mayans, I had to read his books. Once I began reading the Mayan Prophecy I had it read within 24 hours. Cotterell and Adrian Gilbert's research uncovered historical revelations about the Mayan ruins. Cottrell's interpretation of the Lid of Palenque reveals the genuis of the Mayans to unimaginable heights. It's an extraordinary ...
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Olmec Art and Archaeology in Mesoamerica (Studies in the History of Art Series)2 reviews
NGW-Stud Hist Art, 2006
Great Book, Important Topics!
If you want to read great articles, look at some great photos and illustrations and learn about the current state of our understanding of the civilizations that became what we call the Olmec, then this book is for you. It is simply fascinating stuff for anyone seriously interested in understanding these people.
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The Mystery of the Olmecs 7 reviews
David Hatcher Childress
Adventures Unlimited Press, 2007
Comprehensive Olmec information
Sacred Earth: Places of Peace and PowerI have been studying the archaeology of the Olmecs, Maya and numerous other Pre-Columbian cultures for more than thirty years and during that time have read a large number of books on these subjects. One of the complaints that I and other scholars of these subjects have often made concerns the lack of a book that comprehensively deals with brilliant and ...
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Olmec Archaeology and Early Mesoamerica (Cambridge World Archaeology)4 reviews
Christopher Pool
Cambridge University Press, 2007
Olmec Review
This was a gift to a family member who is professor of linguistics and interested in teh anthropology and status of understanding the language as of today and he was most pleased the book and the great illustrations.
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The Sport of Life and Death: The Mesoamerican Ballgame1 review
Thames & Hudson, 2001
An obscure subject comes to life
This is not a subject I would normally think of as intriguing enough for me to read a whole book about it. But I was wrong! Not only is this a fascinating story about Mesoamerican sport, but the writing makes the subject, the people, and the culture come alive. This is about real people playing a real game and living a real life. The book itself is beautifuly produced, full of photos and ...
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Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs, Sixth Edition (Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs)6 reviews
Michael D. Coe, Rex Koontz
Thames & Hudson, 2008
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, ...
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The Olmecs: America's First Civilization (Ancient Peoples and Places) 7 reviews
Richard A. Diehl
Thames & Hudson, 2005
America's First Civilization
In The Olmecs (2004), Richard Diehl presents a comprehensive summary of the current state of knowledge of America's first civilization. The volume covers Olmec history, daily life and culture, art, and the impact of the Olmec beyond their realm. Much of this information was previously available in scholarly journals only. Many fine illustrations (some in color) fill this book. Throughout the book ...
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The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec (World of Art)5 reviews
Mary Ellen Miller
Thames & Hudson, 2001
The Art of Mesoamerica..LOVED IT
I purchased "The Art of Mesoamerica" by Mary Ellen Miller after delving into Gary Jenning's "Aztec", which had me reading both books simultaneously. It was quite a unique reading experience I thoroughly enjoyed and highly recommend! This book is wonderfully written and illustrated and is suitable for the serious student as well as the simply curious. It takes the reader through centuries of ...
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Final Report: An Archaeologist Excavates His Past3 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 ...
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The Maya (Treasures Ancient Civilization)
Davide Dominici
White Star, 2006
This lavishly illustrated volume enables readers to chronologically trace the cultural development of Mesoamerica. From the imposing monumental sculptures of the Olmecs in 1500 BC to the extraordinary development of the Mayan city states of the classical period to the militaristic fervor of the kingdom of Chichen Itza to the conquest of the Mayans by the Spanish armies in the 1500s, The Mayas examines the social and cultural influences of each ...
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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 ...
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The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership3 reviews
Michael Coe
Princeton University Art Museum / Harry N. Abrams, 1996
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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Olmec Art at Dumbarton Oaks (Dumbarton Oaks Other Titles in Pre-Columbian Studies)
Karl A. Taube
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2004
Olmec Art at Dumbarton Oaks presents the Olmec portion of the Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. It illustrates all thirty-nine Olmec art objects in color plates and includes many complementary and comparative black-and-white illustrations and drawings. The body of Pre-Columbian art that Robert Bliss carefully assembled over a half-century between 1912 and 1963, amplified only slightly since his death, is a remarkably ...
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The Jaguar Legacy 8 reviews
Maureen Fisher
Lachesis Publishing, 2007
Outstanding and powerful!
"The Jaguar Legacy" is an outstanding, gripping, and suspense-filled novel by first time author, Maureen Fisher.
Charley Underhill's journalism career has been put on hold thanks to a series of strange panic attacks. Searching to get back on track, Charley travels to a Mexican archaelogical dig hoping to grab a great story, which will resuscitate her career and give her enough money to put her ...
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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.
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After Monte Alban: Transformation and Negotiation in Oaxaca, Mexico (Mesoamerican Worlds: from the Olmecs to ...
University Press of Colorado, 2008
Reveals the richness and interregional relevance of Post-classic transformations in the area now known as Oaxaca, which lies between Central Mexico and the Maya area and, as contributors to this volume demonstrate, achieved cultural centrality in pan-Mesoamerican networks. Large nucleated states throughout Oaxaca collapsed after 700CE, including the great Zapotec state centred in the Valley of Oaxaca, Monte Alban. Elite culture changed in ...
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Olmec to Aztec: Settlement Patterns in the Ancient Gulf Lowlands2 reviews
Barbara L. Stark, Philip J. Arnold
University of Arizona Press, 1997
Dr. Stark's Student
I have the honor to be a student of Dr. Stark at Arizona State University. I highly recommend this book because she is an expert in her field and her passion for Mesoamerican civilizations is obvious in her teachings.
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