The Cities of Ancient Mexico: Reconsructing a Lost World
by Jeremy A. Sabloff

Out of ancient Mexico grew some of the richest cultures of the early historic world. Through the eyes of deceased astronomers and ballplayers, merchants and priests, we relive the everyday life and see the temples, palaces, and tombs of a civilization obsessed with ritual and death. Along the way, the author reveals new archaeological ideas and techniques now being used to reconstruct a fuller picture of the past.

"The perfect starting point for a tour of Mexican history."
--Library Journal

Chapters include:

- Hunters, Villagers, and City-Dwellers
- San Lorenzo and the Olmecs: Laying the Foundations for Mexican Civilization
- Monte Alban: Sacred City of the Zapotecs
- Teotihuacan: Metropolis in the Valley of Mexico
- The Southen Maya Cities of Cerros and Palenque
- Uxmal and the Northern Maya Lowlands
- Tula: Capital of Toltec Mexico
- The Aztecs and Tenochtitlan
- The Roots of Mexican Civilization
- Reconstructing the Past
- Reconstructing Ancient Mexico
- Reconstructing Life in the Cities

chronological chart, black & white photographs, map, further reading, gazetteer, index

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