Reddit reviews The Maya (Eighth Edition) (Ancient Peoples and Places)

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u/wallaby1986 · 9 pointsr/mesoamerica

I think a great place to start would be "The Maya" by Michael Coe

and

"Mexico, from the Olmec to the Aztec" By Michael Coe and Rex Koontz.

Both are quite academic in nature though, so if you have trouble with academic writing they may not be the best choices, though they are certainly some of the best background books on Mesoamerica I have found.

Edit: Also, nitpicking, but that would be Maya, as Mayan is an adjective describing things (eg: Mayan Ceramics), and Maya is the name of the people. :)

u/CommodoreCoCo · 2 pointsr/AskHistorians

I'll always recommend Michael Coe's The Maya, which you can get super cheap on Amazon. In the meantime, you can check out the Flaired User Profiles for us Amercanists here, particularly myself, /u/Mictlantecuhtli, and /u/400-rabbits. We've each got a number of posts on the Maya you might find interesting.