This book is beautifully illustrated with photographs, drawings, and newly commissioned maps, Ancient Mexico & Central
America is a thorough survey of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica from Paleoindian times to the arrival of the Europeans in the sixteenth century. The text places events in the larger context of
cultural evolution, helping students to understand the fascinating connections between cultural developments—like the cultivation of maize, the invention of the ball game, and the development of the calendar—and the rise, apogee, and decline of great civilizations and sites.