Listen free for 30 days

Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo + applicable taxes after 30 days. Cancel anytime.
The Maya (Ninth Edition) cover art

The Maya (Ninth Edition)

Written by: Michael D. Coe, Stephen Houston
Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann
Try for $0.00

$14.95 per month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for $21.92

Buy Now for $21.92

Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Tax where applicable.

Publisher's Summary

The Maya has long been established as the best, most accessible introduction to the New World's greatest ancient civilization. Coe and Houston update this classic by distilling the latest scholarship for the general listener and student.

This new edition incorporates the most recent archaeological and epigraphic research, which continues to proceed at a fast pace. Among the finest new discoveries are spectacular stucco sculptures at El Zotz and Holmul, which reveal surprising aspects of Maya royalty and the founding of dynasties. Dramatic refinements in our understanding of the pace of developments of the Maya civilization have led scholars to perceive a pattern of rapid bursts of building and political formation. Other finds include the discovery of the earliest known occupant of the region, the Hoyo Negro girl, recovered from an underwater cavern in the Yucatan peninsula, along with new evidence for the first architecture at Ceibal.

©1966, 1980, 1984, 1987, 1993, 1999, 2005, and 2011 Michael D. Coe; this edition copyright 2015 by Michael D. Coe and Stephen Houston (P)2020 Tantor
  • Unabridged Audiobook
  • Categories: History

What listeners say about The Maya (Ninth Edition)

Average Customer Ratings
Overall
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    2
  • 4 Stars
    3
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    1
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    2
  • 4 Stars
    2
  • 3 Stars
    1
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    2
  • 4 Stars
    2
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    1

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    1 out of 5 stars

Lots of facts, not much story

Once again I get a real appreciation for Chinese and European history where written records allow us to actually know people like Confucius, Caesar, and Alexander. Here we are left with pottery shards, and epigraphic information that only paints a very broad picture with very little detail. Super boring, and hard to retain what they did say. Good for scholars maybe, but not the interested lay person.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!