Search Results: the ancient maya third edition by morley sylvanus griswold

Stanford University Press,, 1963. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. <br> "This book traces the evolution of Maya civilization through the Pre-Columbian era, a span of some 2,500 years from the origins of complex society within Mesoamerica to the end of the Pre-Columbian world with the Spanish Conquest in the 16th century. The sixth edition presents new archaeological evidence and historical studies and offers the most extensive revisions of this classic work to date. The result is the most thorough and incisive study of the origins and development of ancient Maya civilization ever published." - Stanford University Press

Stanford (Stanford University Press), 1958.. x, 507pp. 102 plates, 57 figs. 4to. Cloth. D.j. Second printing.

Hardcover. Good. Clean, solid, former library copy. No other markings noted. Light/ moderate wear. Nice. Jacket in Mylar cover,

Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1956. Third Edition, First Printing . Cloth. Near Fine Book/Very Good + Dust Jacket. Plates and Drawings.. First printing of the revised edition. A bright, clean copy with the bookplate and signature of archaeologist Bruce Bryan, formerly head of the Southwest Museum. Dust jacket is bright and clean, touch of wear at corners, 1/2" x 3/8" chip at top of spine, a few short closed tears at edges. Laid in loosely are the reviews of this edition from American Antiquity, 1957, and Archaeology, 1957.

Stanford Univ. Press, 1956-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in.

Standford. Good/No Dust Wrapper. 1963. Hard Cover. (D385) .

Stanford, CA: Stanford Univ. Press, 1956. Third Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/Bright, strong, As New w/occasional, faint margin discoloration. Illustrated beige linen boards/NF. DJ/None. First published 1946; this is the 3rd Edition revised by George W. Brainerd. PO name to fEP. Maps to endpapers. Frontispiece: The Young Corn God, Copan, Honduras. Classic study of the Maya civilization. A description of the geographical region where the Maya live, the rise and fall of their civilization, ancient and modern Maya customs, and, a comparative evaluation of the Maya against other aboriginal American cultures in 13 chapters with photos and line drawings. Archaeologist and Mayan scholar Sylvanus Griswold Morley (1883 - 1948) is particularly noted for the extensive excavations of the Maya site of Chichen Itza that he directed on behalf of the Carnegie Institution.