This volume is the first to present in detail the results of recent decipherment of Maya hieroglyphic writing and to consider the implications of a Classic Maya written history. Contributors examine the way in which the Maya elite created the kinship, alliance, warfare and ceremonial networks on which the civilization was founded.
Reviews
'From Classic Maya Political History we gain a deeper and more complete picture of one of the non-Western world's most sophisticated civilisations.' New Scientist 'In summary, this important book makes the exciting recent developments in Maya epigraphy accessible to a wider anthropological audience ... [it] synthesizes the current state of the art and points the way for future research in a field that is changing the way we view Classic Maya civilization.' Man
