Coe, Michael D.

The Maya by Michael D Coe ( Book )
79 editions published between 1966 and 2011 in 6 languages and held by 3,243 libraries worldwide
An account of the New World's greatest ancient civilization, the Maya.

Mexico by Michael D Coe ( Book )
72 editions published between 1957 and 2008 in 7 languages and held by 2,698 libraries worldwide
"Michael D. Coe's Mexico has long been recognized as the most readable and authoritative introduction to the region's ancient civilizations. Now this companion volume to Professor Coe's bestselling The Maya has been completely revised and expanded for the fourth edition. Enlarged sections are included on early village life and the rise of Olmec civilization. Extraordinary recent discoveries - such as the stela from La Mojarra inscribed in the mysterious Isthmian script or the mass sacrifice of 200 victims at Teotihuacan - receive full coverage. A new chapter on Aztec life and society has also been added, based on fresh readings of the ethnohistorical sources." "Despite the cataclysm of the Spanish Conquest and ensuing epidemics, the native peoples of Mexico survived through the Colonial period. Describing their heroic struggle in a new Epilogue, the author makes clear just how much the character of modern Mexico derives from its Pre-Columbian past."--BOOK JACKET.

Atlas of ancient America by Michael D Coe ( Book )
29 editions published between 1980 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 2,428 libraries worldwide
Contains 56 maps, 329 illustrations, and accompanying text describing ancient American art, history, and archaeology.

Breaking the Maya code by Michael D Coe ( Book )
15 editions published between 1992 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 1,693 libraries worldwide
Tells the story of the decipherment of the ancient Mayan script and of the people who made the breakthroughs.

America's first civilization by Michael D Coe ( Book )
8 editions published in 1968 in English and held by 1,600 libraries worldwide

The true history of chocolate by Sophie D Coe ( Book )
26 editions published between 1996 and 2007 in 8 languages and held by 1,379 libraries worldwide
"The food of the gods": Delicious indulgence or cause of migraines? Aphrodisiac or medicinal tonic? Religious symbol or Mesoamerican currency? This tale of one of the world's favorite foods draws upon botany, archaeology, socioeconomics and culinary history to present for the first time a complete and accurate history of chocolate. The story begins some 3000 years ago in the jungles of lowland Mexico and Central America, with the tree Theobroma cacao and the complex processes necessary to transform its bitter seeds into a beverage. Chocolate was consumed in generally unsweetened liquid form and used as currency by the sophisticated Maya, and the Aztecs after them. The Spanish conquest of Central America introduced chocolate to Europe as a luxury item; then industrialization made it a food for the masses. From Maya hieroglyphs to the Hershey Bar, this is a fascinating history, enhanced with quotations, illustrations and old recipes.--From publisher description.

Angkor and the Khmer civilization by Michael D Coe ( Book )
8 editions published between 2003 and 2004 in English and held by 712 libraries worldwide
"Angkor and the Khmer Civilization presents a concise but complete picture of Khmer cultural history from the Stone Age until the establishment of the French Protectorate in 1863, and is lavishly illustrated with maps, plans, drawings and photographs. Drawing on the latest archaeological research, the book brings to life the extraordinary society and culture of medieval Angkor."--BOOK JACKET.

Reading the Maya glyphs by Michael D Coe ( Book )
5 editions published between 2001 and 2005 in English and held by 679 libraries worldwide
In this practical guide Michael D. Coe and Mark Van Stone have made the difficult, often mysterious Maya script accessible to the nonspecialist. They decipher real Maya texts, and the transcriptions include a picture of the glyph, the pronunciation, the Maya words in Roman type, and the translation into English. The book includes illustrations of historic texts, a syllabary, a lexicon, and translation exercises. For the second edition the authors have added glyphs, updated captions, and reinterpreted or expanded upon earlier decipherments.

The jaguar's children: pre-classic central Mexico by Michael D Coe ( Book )
6 editions published in 1965 in English and held by 673 libraries worldwide
The art of the Olmec, originators of the earliest great civilization in Middle America.

Early cultures and human ecology in south coastal Guatemala by Michael D Coe ( Book )
10 editions published in 1967 in English and held by 670 libraries worldwide