San Antonio College Library

This lavishly illustrated volume enables readers to chronologically trace the cultural development of Mesoamerica. From the imposing monumental sculptures of the Olmecs in 1500 BC to the extraordinary development of the Mayan city states of the classical period to the militaristic fervor of the kingdom of Chichen Itza to the conquest of the Mayans by the Spanish armies in the 1500s, The Mayas examines the social and cultural influences of each major...

Photographs and text examine the colossal stone art of the Olmec, a pre-Columbian civilization, covering more than one hundred masks, monuments, sculptures, adornments, and vessels, and discussing the efforts of archaeologists to study the Olmec civilization.