The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya: An Illustrated Dictionary of Mesoamerican Religion. (book reviews)

For decades now, Maya culture has been in the lime light of archaeological research. Archaeologists are finding themselves surrounded by experts from different scientific disciplines trying to explain the development of cultures, societies, and civilizations in Mesoamerica. From the mid-eighties this exercise not only concentrated more and more on Maya culture and society, but also was increasingly guided by insights coming from epigraphic, iconographic, and more art-historical studies.

The past four or five years have seen publications of books that made this field of study more ...

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