The Lost Chronicles of the Maya Kings. by Drew, David - 1999

London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999. Hard Cover. xi, 450 pages, [24] pages of plates, illustrations (some color), maps; 24 cm. "Charts the course of Maya discovery and answers many of the mysteries their civilization has posed: the nature of Mayan religion, the extent of warfare and human sacrifice in their society, how they were able to support vast populations in the forest environment and why, by the time of the Spanish conquest in the sixteenth century, most of the great cities were already lost and forgotten in the jungle." Fine/fine. 101616x.