"An up-to-date overview of Mesoamerican cultures from early prehistoric times through the rise and fall of various city-states to the ascendancy and ultimate fall of the Aztec Empire, Prehistoric Mesoamerica, Third Edition, is useful and appealing to readers interested in Mesoamerican art, society, politics, and intellectual achievement." "In this major revision of his classic text on the ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica, Richard E. W. Adams adds new information available from archaeological fieldwork in the region from the 1990s through 2004. He also evaluates recent theories regarding the remarkable prehistoric cultures of a region that today encompasses Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and parts of Honduras and El Salvador."--BOOK JACKET.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [449]-481) and index.