Maya and Their Central American Neighbors

<p>The ancient Maya created one of the most studied and best-known civilizations of the Americas. Nevertheless Maya civilization is often considered either within a vacuum by sub-region and according to modern political borders or with reference to the most important urban civilizations of central Mexico. Seldom if ever are the Maya and their Central American neighbors of El Salvador and Honduras considered together despite the fact that they engaged in mutually beneficial trade intermarried and sometimes made war on each other. <i>The Maya and Their Central American Neighbors</i> seeks to fill this lacuna by presenting original research on the archaeology of the whole of the Maya area (from Yucatan to the Maya highlands of Guatemala) western Honduras and El Salvador.</p>