Sabloff, Jeremy A.

The new archaeology and the ancient Maya / Jeremy A. Sabloff - New York : Scientific American Library : Distributed by W.H. Freeman , c1990. - xii, 193 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. - Scientific American Library series ; no. 30 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-186).

They use high-tech equipment, chemical analyses, sampling strategies, and other modern means to gain a better understanding of why and how cultures change. Using the study of the Maya as a test case, Jeremy Sabloff shows how the exciting transformation of archaeology is shedding new light on past civilizations.

0716750546

89010927


Mayas---Antiquities
Archaeology---Methodology
Archaeology----Philosophy


Mexico---Antiquities
Central America---Antiquities

F1435 / .S114 1990

LAS 972.8101 SAB