Animals and Plants of the Ancient Maya: A Guide
by Victoria Schlesinger
List Price:
Our Price: $19.71
You Save: $10.24 (34%)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $17.99 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Victoria SchlesingerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-03-15
ISBN: 0292777604
Number of pages: 373
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Book Reviews of Animals and Plants of the Ancient Maya: A Guide
Book Review: Disappointing from the Mayanist perspective
Summary: 3 Stars
I give this book three stars because, from the other reviews, it seems to have been quite good from the naturalist perspective. Unfortunately, I am far more of a Mayanist then a naturalist and from that point of view, the book was a sad disappointment.
First, although the title offers a Mayan concentration, the few references to indigenous cultures would be more appropriately labeled, 'Meso-American', especially as the author either cannot, or simply does not, distinguish one from the other. Many depictions, although easily traced (i.e. to the Aztecs) are labeled simply Meso-American.
Second, there is very little in the text about the plants and animals and their relations to the ancient inhabitants of Meso-America at all. Most entries fail to mention them altogether and the few that do, offer only the scantiest references.
Finally, several of the illustrations and factoid snippets that do relate to the indigenous cultures of Meso-America are woefully out of date. Indeed the author quotes Mayanist 'authorities' that, although laudable for their early work in the field, were of such an eccentric nature that it would be laughable in any other context to refer to their 'scholarship'.
As stated above, I cannot criticize this text from the standpoint of a simple field guide to various flora and fauna, but from the title, I had hoped for much, much more. Perhaps if the publisher would make a few pages available for viewing, this problem would be solved.
History Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in A naturalist in Belize
Belize Map by ITMB (International Travel Maps)by ITMB Publishing
ITMB Publishing; Published: 2005-09-01; Map; Book
Best price: $7.75
Price in other shops:
The Ancient Maya, 6th Editionby Robert Sharer, Loa Traxler
Stanford University Press; Published: 2005-10-07; Paperback; Book
Best price: $29.54
Price in other shops:
Animals and Plants of the Ancient Maya: A Guideby Victoria Schlesinger
University of Texas Press; Published: 2002-03-15; Paperback; Book
Best price: $19.71
Price in other shops:
Native Orchids Belizeby B.R. Adams
Routledge; Published: 1995-08-31; Hardcover; Book
Price in other shops:
Orchids of Guatemala and Belizeby Oakes Ames, Donovan Stewart Correll
Dover Publications; Published: 1985-04-01; Paperback; Book
Price in other shops:
Coral Reef Fishes: Indo-Pacific and Caribbeanby Ewald Lieske, Robert Myers
Princeton University Press; Published: 2001-12-26; Paperback; Book
Best price: $15.00
Price in other shops:
The Reef Set: Reef Fish, Reef Creature and Reef Coral (3 Volumes)by Paul Humann, Ned DeLoach
New World Publications; New World Publications; Published: 2002-02; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $74.89
Price in other shops:
Reef Fish Identification: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamasby Paul Humann, Ned DeLoach
New World Publications; Published: 2002-02; Vinyl Bound; Book
Best price: $18.87
Price in other shops:
Amphibians and Reptiles of Northern Guatemala, the Yucatan, and Belize (Animal Natural History Series, 4)by Jonathan A. Campbell
University of Oklahoma Press; Published: 1999-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $41.58
Price in other shops:
The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Yucatan Peninsulaby Julian C. Lee
Comstock Publishing; Published: 1996-06; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $531.73
Similar books summaries and other product reviews
A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central Americaby Steve N.G. Howell, Sophie Webb
Oxford University Press, USA; Published: 1995-04-27; Paperback; Book
Best price: $35.90
Price in other shops:
Travellers' Wildlife Guides Belize & Northern Guatemalaby Les Beletsky
Interlink Books; Published: 2004-11-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $18.78
Price in other shops:
A Neotropical Companionby John Kricher
Princeton University Press; Published: 1999-08-16; Paperback; Book
Best price: $20.85
Price in other shops:
The Ancient Maya: New Perspectivesby Heather McKillop
W.W. Norton & Co.; Published: 2006-07-17; Paperback; Book
Best price: $14.69
Price in other shops:
A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Mayaby David Freidel, Linda Schele
Harper Perennial; Published: 1992-01-24; Paperback; Book
Best price: $13.53
Price in other shops:
Birds of Mexico and Central America: (Princeton Illustrated Checklists)by Ber van Perlo
Princeton University Press; Published: 2006-07-03; Paperback; Book
Best price: $18.78
Price in other shops:
A Field Guide to the Mammals of Central America and Southeast Mexicoby Fiona A. Reid
Oxford University Press, USA; Published: 2009-06-09; Paperback; Book
Best price: $33.26
Price in other shops:
Travellers' Wildlife Guides Southern Mexico: The Cancun Region, Yucatan Peninsula, Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Tabascoby Les Beletsky
Interlink Books; Published: 2006-08; Paperback; Book
Best price: $18.83
Price in other shops:
A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Maya World: The Lowlands of Mexico, Northern Guatemala, and Belizeby Julian C. Lee
Cornell University Press; Published: 2000-07-20; Paperback; Book
Best price: $34.08
Price in other shops:
Maya Nature : An Introduction to the Ecosystems, Plants and Animals of the Mayan Worldby Thor Janson
Vista Pubns; Published: 2001-02-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.53
Price in other shops: