South American Archaeology Books

New and Published Books

1. Ancient Alterity in the Andes

   A Recognition of Others

   By George F. Lau

   Ancient Alterity in the Andes is the first major treatment on ancient alterity: how people in the past regarded others. At least since the 1970s, alterity has been an influential concept in different fields, from art history, psychology and philosophy, to linguistics and ethnography. Having gained...

   Published October 23rd 2012 by Routledge
2. The First Maya Civilization

   Ritual and Power Before the Classic Period

   By Francisco Estrada-Belli

   When the Maya kings of Tikal dedicated their first carved monuments in the third century A.D., inaugurating the Classic period of Maya history that lasted for six centuries and saw the rise of such famous cities as Palenque, Copan and Yaxchilan, Maya civilization was already nearly a millennium old...

   Published November 3rd 2010 by Routledge