Parallel Civilizations: Ancient Angkor and the Ancient Maya
Coe is the Charles J. MacCurdy Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus at Yale University. He is recognized for his work in the field of the ethnohistory of Mesoamerica, the historical archaeology of northeastern United States, and writing systems. He is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the Royal Anthropological Institute, and the Mexican Society of Anthropology. Born in New York in 1929, Coe received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1959. He began his academic career as an Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee (1958-1960), after which he joined the Yale University faculty. Coe has authored numerous world-renowned books on Mesoamerica including Breaking the Maya Code (1992). This book constitutes an informed account of one of the most exciting adventures of our age, the extraordinary breakthrough in deciphering the inscribed remains of Mayan monuments. Coe's other works include The Maya (1966), America's First Civilization: Discovering the Olmec (1968), and The True History of Chocolate (1996).
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I have been telling my wife all along that Asian people have been all over this planet! Everytime I do research (I'm a Historian) I realize that we are all connected. From the "Native Americans" in America to the native & indigenous people of Mexico & South America! I tell her all the time that Mexican people are really Spaniards & etc who came here from Europe & took over, but the real Mexians are from Asia. Genealogy explains all of this in detail, it's fascinating!
Don't you wish an audio engineer had stepped in to rectify the situation here?
I miss Mr..Michael Coe. He brought history to life
Religion destroyed the Mayan civilisation, the Khmer civilisation, the British civilisation, the Levant, and Rome. Wow, what can we learn from this?
King Maya the builder ,of hindu literature was was the founding king of the Maya civilization. Yes hindus weAmerica's. Americas.
The Toltec were similar in architecture and reigned from approximately 800 to 1000 ad, whereas the Khmer were from 802-1431 ad. Very interesting.
All mesoamericans civilizations have many things in common and recently they have discover that Mayans and teotihuacan (Central Mexico) had comercial relations, and that explain similar arquitectures infraestructure.
Genesis 11:1 1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech
A liar will tell you the truth if you listen. BigJohneastBmore7171 ❤
He said christian era, but I think he's talking about the current era.
Thank you for your sharing about our Cambodian history.
I am very much appreciated for putting up this doco/video. It's very informative about these two great ancient civilizations.
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Yes i have some of his books, beautiful mind 💓
A fascinating lecture! Thanks for posting.
Dr. Michael Coe will be missed.
I always thought South East Asian and Mesoamerican figure sculptures extremely similar in style. Can DNA help clarify any of this? I also believe humans have traveled the world several times over in all of our forms and feel we grossly underestimate our ancestors. I know I can only speculate and your erudition is quite the opposite. Thank you so much for your scholarship and clarity. It seems to me that great art and culture go hand in hand with combativeness. I also wonder if like the Celts, Irish if pre Celt and American Indian Mayan and Olmec goals were raids for prestige and proof of manhood only very occasionally resorting to brutal conquest.
Thank you for the insightful information
I love Angkor city every time I went there.
A newer book about the adventurers John Lloyd Stevens and Frederick Catherwood and their Mayan discoveries is the exceptionally readable