TY  - BOOK
AU  - Richard E.W Adams
TI  - Prehistoric Mesoamerica
SN  - 9780316008907
AV  - F1219 
U1  - 972.01 
PB  - Little, Brown
KW  - History - So/Cent Am
KW  - History - Mexico
N2  - In this revised edition of Prehistoric Mesoamerica, Richard E. W. Adams updates his widely adopted text with material from recent archaeological fieldwork to present a balanced summary and overview of the region that is today Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras. Following an introduction to Mesoamerican studies, a brief geographic sketch of the region, and a summary of the major features of its civilizations, Adams examines in detail each period of cultural history: the first immigrants; the Olmec and their contemporaries; Maya beginnings and classic civilization; the great cities of Teotihuacan and Monte Alban; the rise and fall of the Toltec; and the civilizations of the Tarascans, Zapotecs, Mixtecs, Totonacs, and Aztecs
ER  -