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Title: Archaeological Mexico 2 Ed: A Guide to Ancient Cities and Sacred Sites by Andrew Coe ISBN: 1-56691-321-7 Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing Pub. Date: 09 November, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.71 (7 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Is this book up to date?
Comment: I know it's hard to keep up to date, but that's why new editions are published. What got my attention was the fact that this book's description of getting to Yaxchilan clearly pre-dates the construction of a paved road from Palenque all the way along the Guatemala border to Lagunas de Montebello. The publication date of the book is September 2001, yet the road was opened in 2000 and must have been under construction for some time before then. I hate it when something I know is wrongly described in a book; it makes me mistrust the rest of it.
Rating: 1
Summary: Disappointing
Comment: I really looked forward to this book and took it with me on my tour of mayan sites in the Yucatan. However, I found that this book offered very little more than was available on the posted signage at the sites. Also, many of the maps are inadequate. I often found myself going to my Lonely Planet guide (Belize, Guatemala & Yucatan) for more detailed maps and decriptions of archeological sites.
Although the author presents the sites in a "tour" format, in practice it is hard to follow, and since the descriptions lack photos, it's very difficult to compare what you're seeing with what's written in the book. Although there are photos of the sites, but not of the specific items that the author is describing.
Rating: 4
Summary: Small, simple & useful
Comment: this book can be deceiving, it's small, doen't use very technnical language, fits in your backpack and looks very innocent. But is full of information, maps, step by step guides to the sites and some tips on hanging around the sites.
I'm not disapointed of buying it.
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Title: An Archaeological Guide to Central and Southern Mexico by Joyce Kelly ISBN: 080613349X Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Colonial Mexico 2 Ed: A Guide to Historic Districts and Towns by Chicki Mallan, Oz Mallan ISBN: 1566913209 Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing Pub. Date: 10 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs (Fifth Edition) by Michael D. Coe, Rex Koontz ISBN: 050028346X Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Mexico (LONELY PLANET MEXICO) by John Noble, Susan Forsyth, Allison Wright, Andrew Dean Nystrom, Morgan Konn, Ben Greensfelder ISBN: 1740590287 Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: The Maya (Ancient Peoples and Places) by Michael D. Coe ISBN: 0500280665 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: 01 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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