New York, NY, Estados Unidos : Thames & Hudson, c1992

304 p.: il, 23 cm.

Preface.--Prologue.--The word made visible.--Lords of the forest.--A jungle civilization radiscovered.--Forefathers: the Dawn of decipherment.--The age of Thompson.--A new wind from the east.--The age of proskouriakoff: the maya enter history.--Pacal's people.--Down into Xibalbá.--A new dawn.--A look Backward, a view forward.--Epilogue.--Appendix A: Proskouriakoff's suggeted order of discussion.--Appendix B: the maya syllabic chart.--Notes.--Glossary.--Sources of illustrations.--Further reading and bibliographyl.--Index.--

C.W. Elmenhorst