ABSTRACT

The Ruins of Time (1975) examines the conquest of the Maya by the Spanish, the discoveries and adventures of the first travellers among them, the dramatic journeys of Victorian archaeologists and explorers and also contemporary attempts to unravel Maya hieroglyphs.

part I|84 pages

Conquest

chapter 1|8 pages

The Strength of Darkness

chapter 2|15 pages

The Land of Maiam

chapter 3|9 pages

The Conquest Begins

chapter 4|14 pages

The Maya Crushed

chapter 5|12 pages

‘Are They Not Men?’

chapter 6|13 pages

Beneath the Vines, Beneath the Trees

chapter 7|11 pages

The Fall of Tayasal

part II|158 pages

Exploration

chapter 8|18 pages

A Lost City Rediscovered

chapter 9|14 pages

The Race to Palenque

chapter 10|22 pages

Incidents of Travel

chapter 11|15 pages

The Cruzob, People of the Cross

chapter 12|16 pages

The Greatest Discovery

chapter 13|17 pages

La Cité Lorillard

chapter 14|17 pages

The Epigraphers

chapter 15|17 pages

Lords of the Jaguar Mat

chapter 16|20 pages

A Foot-soldier of Anthropology