Title: The Fall of the Ancient Maya: Solving the Mystery of the Maya Collapse
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publication Date: 2002
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0500051135
ISBN 13: 9780500051139
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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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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