""A timely synthesis of the latest research and perspectives on ancient Maya economics, this volume illuminates the sophistication and complexity of economic systems in the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic periods."
"The recent interpretation of Maya hieroglyphs has given us the first written history of the New World as it existed before the European invasion. In this book, two of the first central figures in the massive effort to decode the glyphs, Linda Schele and David Freidel, make this history available in all its detail. A Forest of Kings is the story of Maya kingship, from the beginning of its institution and the first great pyramid builders ..."
Maya Cosmos(1st Edition) Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path by DavidA. Freidel, Linda Schele, Joy And Parker Paperback, 544 Pages, Published 1995 by William Morrow Paperbacks ISBN-13: 978-0-688-14069-4, ISBN: 0-688-14069-6
"A Masterful blend of archaeology, anthropology, astronomy, and lively personal reportage, Maya Comos tells a constellation of stories, from the historical to the mythological, and envokes the awesome power of one of the richest civilizations ever to grace the earth."
Maya E Groups(1st Edition) Calendars, Astronomy, and Urbanism in the Early Lowlands (Maya Studies) by DavidA. Freidel, Arlen F. Chase, Anne S. Dowd, Jerry Murdock Paperback, 656 Pages, Published 2020 by University Press Of Florida ISBN-13: 978-0-8130-6439-0, ISBN: 0-8130-6439-2
"As complex societies emerged in the Maya lowlands during the first millen¬nium BCE, so did stable communities focused around public squares and the worship of a divine ruler tied to a Maize God cult. “E Groups,” central to many of these settle¬ments, are architectural complexes: typically, a long platform supporting three struc¬tures and facing a western pyramid across a formal plaza. Aligned with the movements of the sun, E Groups have ..."
"Ancient Maya Political Economies examines variation in systems of economic production and exchange and how these systems supported the power networks that integrated Maya society. Chapters in this book take a hard look at existing models of elite exchange and tribute and address the difficult question of how the flow of utilitarian goods supported Maya kingdoms and their ruling classes. Using models originally developed by William L. Ra ..."
"As complex societies emerged in the Maya lowlands during the first millennium BCE, so did stable communities focused around public squares and the worship of a divine ruler tied to a Maize God cult. “E Groups,” central to many of these settlements, are architectural complexes: typically, a long platform supporting three structures and facing a western pyramid across a formal plaza. Aligned with the movements of the sun, E Groups have ..."
"Ancient Maya Political Economies examines variation in systems of economic production and exchange and how these systems supported the power networks that integrated Maya society. Chapters in this book take a hard look at existing models of elite exchange and tribute and address the difficult question of how the flow of utilitarian goods supported Maya kingdoms and their ruling classes. Using models originally developed by William L. Ra ..."
A Forest of Kings(1st Edition) The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya by Linda Schele, DavidA. Freidel Hardcover, 542 Pages, Published 1990 by William Morrow & Co ISBN-13: 978-0-688-07456-2, ISBN: 0-688-07456-1
"The recent interpretation of Maya hieroglyphs has given us the first written history of the New World as it existed before the European invasion. In this book, two of the first central figures in the massive effort to decode the glyphs, Linda Schele and David Freidel, make this history available in all its detail. A Forest of Kings is the story of Maya kingship, from the beginning of its institution and the first great pyramid builders ..."
"This volume illuminates human lifeways in the northern Maya lowlands prior to the rise of Chichén Itzá. This period and area have been poorly understood on their own terms, obscured by scholarly focus on the central lowland Maya kingdoms. Before Kukulkán is anchored in three decades of interdisciplinary research at the Classic Maya capital of Yaxuná, located at a contentious crossroads of the northern Maya lowlands. Using bioarchaeology ..."
"This volume represents the final report of the Selz Foundation Yaxuna Archaeological Project at the Precolumbian Maya center of Yaxuna, Yucatan, Mexico from 1986 to 1996. This volume contains summaries of all survey data, excavations, artifact analyses, and current interpretations. Contents: 1) Introduction; 2) Background to the investigations; 3) The natural setting; 4) Chronology (Yaxuna Ia (750/500 B.C.-250 B.C.), Yaxuna Ib (250 B.C. ..."
Flintshield Maya War and the Classic Collapse by DavidA. Freidel, Terry Rutledge Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2001 by Westview Press Inc ISBN-13: 978-0-8133-3525-4, ISBN: 0-8133-3525-6
Cozumel(1st Edition) Late Maya Settlement Patterns (Studies in archaeology) by DavidA. Freidel, Jeremy A. Sabloff Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 1984 by Academic Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-12-266980-4, ISBN: 0-12-266980-0
"cozumel Late Maya Settlement Patterns by David A. Freidel & Jeremy A. Sablott"
Maya Yucatán(Illustrated) An Artist's Journey by Phillip Hofstetter, DavidFreidel Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2009 by University Of New Mexico Press Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-0-8263-4694-0, ISBN: 0-8263-4694-4
""Before ever setting out on my adventures in Yucatán I did not know that I was preparing to walk a spiritual path in that ancient country. Before going there I had not taken much account of my yearning to seek out sacred places. But in Yucatán I discovered this longing for wandering among the people and landscapes of the peninsula. I eventually understood that there was an invisible spirit world of the Maya that animated their stories, ..."
Maya Yucatán An Artist's Journey by Phillip Hofstetter, DavidFreidel Digital, 162 Pages, Published 2014 by University Of New Mexico Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8263-4696-4, ISBN: 0-8263-4696-0