Reading List Books for Copan Mesoamerican Library The following is a recommended book list for the Ancient Maya and Mesoamerica. Each section is alphabetized by title. General A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya, Linda Schele and David Freidel Copan & Tikal, Ricardo Agurcia F. and Juan Antonio Valdes Defensive Earthworks at Becan, Campeche, Mexico: Implications for Maya Warfare, David L. Webster Encyclopedia of Ancient Mesoamerica, Stephen & Margaret Bunson Fieldwork Among the Maya: Reflections on the Harvard Chiapas Project, Evon Z. Vogt History Carved in Stone, Ricardo Agurcia and William L. Fash Lowland Maya Civilization in the Eighth Century A.D., Jeremy A. Sabloff and John S. Henderson Maya Iconography, Elizabeth P. Benson and Gillett G. Griffin (Editors) Maya: History and Religion, J. Eric Thompson Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs, Michael D. Coe Pyramids and Palaces, Monsters and Masks: The Golden Age of Maya Architecture, Volume I-III, George F. Andrews Reinterpreting Prehistory of Central America, Mark Miller Graham, Editor Scribes, Warriors and Kings: The City of Copan and the Ancient Maya, William L. Fash and Barbara W. Fash The Ancient Maya, Robert Sharer The House of the Bacabs, Copan, Honduras, David Webster The Maya, Michael D. Coe The Southeast Classic Maya Zone, Elizabeth Hill Boone and Gordon R. Willey Understanding the Early Classic at Copan, Robert Sharer, Ellen Bell, Marcello Canuto Myth & Religion Aztec and Maya Myths, Karl Taube Gods of the Popol Vuh: Xmukane', K'ucumatz, Tojil, and Jurakan, Mary H. Preuss The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya: An Illustrated Dictionary of Mesoamerican Religion, Mary Miller and Karl Taube The Major Gods of Ancient Yucatan, Karl Taube The Popol Vuh, Dennis Tedlock (translation) Glyphs An Introduction to the Study of Maya Hieroglyphs, S. G. Morley An Outline Dictionary of Maya Glyphs, William Gates Breaking the Maya Code, Michael D. Coe Maya Glyphs: Reading the Past, Stephen D. Houston Maya Glyphs: The Verbs, Linda Schele Codices The Codex Borgia, Gisele Diaz and Alan Rodgers The Codex Nuttall, Zelia Nuttall (Editor) The Essential Codex Mendoza, Frances F. Berdan & Patricia Rieff Anawalt Art Art, Ideology and the City of Teotihuacan, Janet Catherine Berlo Classic Maya Pottery at Dumbarton Oaks, Michael D. Coe Collecting the Pre-Columbian Past, Elizabeth Hill Boone (Editor) Folk Treasures of Mexico: The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection, Marion Oettinger Painting the Maya Universe: Royal Ceramics of the Classic Period, Dorie Reents-Budet The Art of Mesoamerica from Olmec to Aztec, Mary Ellen Miller The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art, Linda Schele and Mary Miller The Ethics of Collecting Cultural Property: Whose Culture? Whose Property? Phyllis The Maya of Guatemala: Their Life and Dress, Carmen L. Pettersen The Maya Vase Book, Volumes I-IV, Justin Kerr Historical Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan, John L. Stephens Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, John L. Stephens Yucatan Before and After the Conquest, Diego de Landa (William Gates, Translator) Modern Maya Living Maya, Walter F. Morris, Jr. and Jeffrey J. Foxx The Maya's Own Words: An anthology comprising Abridgments of the Popol-Vuh, Warrior of Rabinal, and Selections from the Memorial of Solola, the Book of Chilam-Balam of Chumayel, and the Title of the Lords of Totonicapan, by Thomas Ballantine Irving (Editor) Time and the Highland Maya, Barbara Tedlock Tropical Nature & Adventure Adventuring in Central America (Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama), David Rains Wallace Lessons of the Rainforest, Suzanne Head and Robert Heinzman (Editors) The Quetzal and the Macaw, David Rains Wallace
Lost Kingdoms of the Maya, National Geographic Video Sentinels of Silence, Two-time Academy Award winning film Narrated by Orson Welles (in English) or Ricardo Montalban (in Spanish) The Last King of Copan, NOVA |
