Tikal

  • Tikal: Paleoecology of an Ancient Maya City
    By Vernon L. Scarborough, David L. Lentz, Nicholas P. Dunning

    The Rise of the Bajos and the Fall of the Maya. ... The Third Revolution: Environment, Population and a Sustainable World. ... Stature at Tikal, Guatemala: Implications for Ancient Maya Demography and Social Organization.

  • Tikal: The Center of the Maya World
    By Elizabeth Mann

    A history of the Maya Indians in the city of Tikal, founded in 800 B.C.

  • Tikal: An Illustrated History : the Ancient Maya Capital
    By John Montgomery

    This concise illustrated volume recounts Tikal's rise from prehistoric obscurity to unparalleled success at the height of Maya Civilisation, as well as its spectacular collapse and abandonment. Through the many...

  • Tikal: A Novel about the Maya
    By Daniel Peters

    In this vivid novel spanning five years during the Maya's decline, characters come alive as Peters depicts the clashes between the powerful clans that spelled the abrupt downfall of Mayan...

  • Tikal: The History of the Ancient Maya's Famous Capital
    By Charles River Editors, Jesse Harasta

    Archaeologists believe Tikal had been built as early as the 5th or 4th century BC, and eventually it became a political, economic and military capital that was an important part of a far-flung network across Mesoamerica, despite the fact it ...

  • Tikal: Dynasties, Foreigners & Affairs of State : Advancing Maya Archaeology
    By Jeremy A. Sabloff

    New insights from the Tikal excavations and epigraphic breakthroughs suggest that a thriving marketplace existed in the center of the city, that foreigners comprised a significant element of its populace,...