Hidden Faces of the Maya

by Linda Schele

Utilizing recent scientific advances and superb photography, this book reveals the hidden Maya in a wholly different knowledge unavailable even a few years ago.

183 pages, Hardcover

First published April 25, 1998

About the author

Linda Schele was an American Mesoamerican archaeologist who was an expert in the field of Maya epigraphy and iconography. She played an invaluable role in the decipherment of much of the Maya hieroglyphs.

Reviews

[Sergiy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Got this at the library book sale for a dollar! Awesome find. Some of the sculptures are very beautiful. The accompanying text gives a lot of context and along with the sculptures gives a detailed account of the incredibly complex Mayan culture, which was apparently filled with a ridiculous amount of rituals.

[Jeffrey · Rating 5 out of 5]

First edition 1997. I bought it in the old Guatemala airport during a delayed departure. Cost me $161 US dollars which was the most I had ever paid for an art book but it was Linda Schele and, though, I never had the chance to meet her, I knew of her tremendous ground breaking work in New Maya thought.Lovingly photographed by Jorge Perez de Lara. Just a delicious book to look through. Schele's eye was so well trained and her scholarship-impeccable.Fundemental book for understanding Maya art.