 Mayan Ruins and Studies
Julie <j4julie@> wrote in message news:<8p3330dkktsdrp1k506djt7s34usg8lndp@>. ..
> On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 00:57:54 GMT, "AJ" <epauluz@> wrote:
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> >Does anyone have any suggestions for books or travel guides to read and
> >study before planning a trip to visit Mayan ruins in Mexico?
> >
> Cadogan's "The Yucatan and Southern Mexico" is excellent IMHO. Travel
> info and history in one book. Obviously the history part is a little
> limited, but from reading it I knew as much as my guide did when I
> visited some of the archaeological sites.
Incidents of Travel in the Yucatan, volumes one and two, by John L.
Stephens (illustrations by Catherwood),An Account of the Things of
Yucatan by Fray Diego de Landa, and Yucatan Before and After the
Conquest.
Those should keep you busy. They're the three seminal histories of the
Maya/Spanish eras. Or for a quicker read, try Inigo Fernandez' History
of Mexico Translated by David Caseldine.)
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