The Fall of the Ancient Maya: Solving the Mystery of the Maya Collapse

Webster, David ; ;

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ISBN 10: 0500051135 ISBN 13: 9780500051139

Published by Thames and Hudson, London, England, 2002

Language: English

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The Fall of the Ancient Maya: Solving the Mystery of the Maya Collapse

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Thames and Hudson, London, England

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2002

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English

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0500051135

ISBN 13

9780500051139

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Hardcover

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Very good condition.

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An account of the mysterious fall of the ancient Maya civilization evaluates current theories and myths, citing sixteenth-century evidence of a residual population and offering a portrait of its Late Classic society beset by overly ambitious nobles, wars, and an exploding population that could not be sustained by its scanty agriculture.

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David Webster is Professor of Anthropology at Pennsylvania State University.

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