Professor of Anthropology, Vanderbilt University
Ancient Maya: The Rise and Fall of a Rainforest Civilization
Due to new findings this book is getting a relatively major overhaul and the revised edition will be available late 2016.
By applying a holistic view to the most recent evidence from archaeology, Arthur Demarest brings the lost civilization of rainforest civilization Maya to Continue reading “Ancient Maya: The Rise and Fall of a Rainforest Civilization”
The Terminal Classic in the Maya Lowlands revisits one of the great problems in Mayan archaeology – the apparent collapse of Classic Maya civilization from roughly A.D. 830 to 950. Continue reading “The Terminal Classic in the Maya Lowlands: Collapse, Transition, and Transformation”
A provocative, comparative study of the formation and expansion of the Aztec and Inca empires. Continue reading “Religion and Empire: The Dynamics of Aztec and Inca Expansionism”
This overview and introduction to the multi-volume Petexbatun project series describes the objectives, structure, personnel, and major findings of the seven-year multidisciplinary investigation. Continue reading “The Petexbatun Regional Archaeological Project: A Multidisciplinary Study of the Maya Collapse”
This reexamination of the creator god of the Incas offers a fascinating look at pre-Columbian religion, culture change, and imperialism. Continue reading “Viracocha”
Employing data from central Mexico, the Maya area, coastal Peru, and highland Peru and Bolivia, directors of several major archaeological field projects interpret evidence of prehistoric ideology and address the question, Continue reading “Ideology and Pre-Columbian Civilizations”