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.