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Travel, Research, and Teaching in Guatemala and Mexico: In Search of the Pre-Columbian Heritage (volume II, Mexico)

Content Overview

This book in its totality of two volumes has various facets: it is comprised of anecdotes and thoughts on travel, research, and teaching in Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico from 1962 to 2000; it is a reflection on important topics and concepts of pre-Columbian culture, and finally, it is a summary of classroom guidelines and Professor Curran's notes on a major work on the civilizations of pre-Columbian Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico and important documentary films on the same.

Volume II Focus

Volume II treats Mexico. An introduction and overview of the sites in Mexico is seen in text and photos from the Museo de Antropologia e Historia in Mexico City, the best of its kind. Again, volume II treats modern urban cities and rural towns near the pre-Columbian sites: Mexico City, Oaxaca, San Cristobal de las Casas, and Merida in the Yucatan.

Pre-Columbian Sites Covered

The well-known pre-Columbian sites in volume II are Teotihuacan, Monte Alban, Mitla, Palenque, Uxmal, Chichen-Itza, and Tulum. The book is richly illustrated with black-and-white travel photos by Curran.