The cities of ancient Mexico: Reconstructing a lost world

Sabloff, Jeremy A.

ISBN 10: 0500050538 / ISBN 13: 9780500050538

Published by Thames & Hudson, 1989

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The cities of ancient Mexico: Reconstructing a lost world
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0500050538
• ISBN 13: 9780500050538
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Profusely Illustrated
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

224 pp. with 152 illus., 8vo.

Reviews

The perfect starting point for a tour of Mexican prehistory, this book takes one off the beaten track of chronology onto the side roads of past lifeways. In colorful vignettes, Sabloff depicts life as it might have been in the sites of San Lorenzo, Monte Alban, Teotihuacan, Palenque, and others, each at the time it flourished. Revealing at the end how the methodsof archaeology have permitted these glimpses of the past, he takes up the task of explaining why the many fanciful explanations of Mesoamerican prehistory (e.g., transoceanic voyages) are unlikely to be true. Recommended highly for general collections in libraries of all levels. History Book Club and Macmillan Book Club selections.
- William S. Dancey, Ohio State Univ., Columbus
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