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Illustrated descriptions, explanations, and appraisals of accessible Mayan ceremonial centers in Guatemala, Mexico, and Honduras, setting each of the twenty-four sites in its historical, cultural, and architectural context
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C. Bruce Hunter is Lecturer in Archaeology for the American Museum of Natural History, former Adjunct Professor of Archaeology in New York University, and former Professor of Art in Dalhousie University. Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is the author of the companion Guide to Ancient Mexican Ruins, also published by the University of Oklahoma Press.
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