Three Thousand Years of the Maya

Three Thousand Years of Maya is a classic work by Sylvanus Morley, a leading American scholar of Maya civilization. Drawing on more than twenty years of excavation and field research in the Yucatan Peninsula, Morley presents the history and character of Maya civilization through an expert lens and in clear, accessible prose. This book is the first comprehensive, systematic, and in-depth account of Maya civilization to bring together research from archaeology, history, anthropology, folklore, and sociology, covering its geography, history, astronomy, calendar, customs, and art. It remains one of the authoritative works on Maya civilization.