00986cam a22002174a 4500020002900000020002600029020002500055020002200080040000800102082002500110100002300135245002300158300005300181490003200234520044000266650001000706650001000716650001000726650001000736700002200746  a9780521660068 (hardback)  a0521660068 (hardback)  a9780521669726 (pbk.)  a0521669723 (pbk.)  cDLC00a972 WAL1986 C165 Or.1 aHouston, Stephen D14aThe classic Maya /  axviii, 383 pages :billustrations, maps ;c26 cm1 aCambridge world archaeology  aThis book is the first in-depth synthesis of the Classic Maya. It is richly informed by new decipherment of hieroglyphs, decades of intensive excavation and survey. Structured by categories of person in society, it reports on kings, queens, nobles, gods, and ancestors, as well as the many millions of farmers and other figures who lived in societies predicated on sacred kingship and varying political programs. -publisher description 0aMayas 0aMayas 4aMayas 4aMayas1 aInomata, Takeshi,