Title Ancient Maya and Aztec civilizations / Marion Wood ; updated by Peter Mitchell.

Publication Info.	New York : Chelsea House Pub., [2007]
	©2007

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Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Children's Department	J972.8101 WOOD	Check Shelf

Edition	Third edition.
Description	96 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 31 cm.
Series	Cultural atlas for young people
	Cultural atlas for young people.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (page 92) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- Timelines -- Overview of America: Land and people -- First Americans - Exploration and conquest -- History of North America: North America: Land and climate -- North America after the ice -- Artic -- Inuit life -- Burial mound builders -- Temple mound builders -- Mound sites -- Northern Iroquoians -- Great plains -- Life on the plains -- Far west -- Southwest -- Mimbres pottery -- Southwest site 1 -- Southwest sites 2 -- Hopi ritual drama -- Northwest coast -- History of Latin America: Latin America: Land and climate -- Mesoamerica after the ice age -- Olmec civilization -- Mesoamerica sites 1 -- Mesoamerica sites 2 -- Maya civilization -- Maya civilization-Sites -- Toltecs -- Toltecs-Sites -- Aztec empire -- Aztec capital -- Antilles and Columbia -- Central Andes -- Nazca: Lines in the desert -- Central Andean sites -- Inca -- Inca empire-Sites -- Inca travel -- Andean mummies and textiles -- Latin America today -- Glossary -- Further reading/Web sites -- Gazetteer -- Index.
Summary	Examines the native peoples of the ancient civilizations of North, Central, and South America.
Subject	Mayas -- Social life and customs.
	Aztecs.
	Indians of Central America.
Local Subject	Indigenous peoples -- Mexico.
Subject	Mayas -- Antiquities -- Juvenile literature.
	Indians of North America -- Mexico.
	Mayas -- History.
	Indians of Mexico.
	Aztecs -- Antiquities -- Juvenile literature.
	Indians of North America -- Central America.
Local Subject	Indigenous peoples -- Central America.
Subject	America -- Antiquities -- Juvenile literature.
Local Subject	Indigenous peoples -- Mexico.
Subject	Mayas.
Added Author	Mitchell, Peter, 1962-
ISBN	9780816068203
	0816068208

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