The following is a brief bibliography of the archaeological literature related to the study of Copán. For more information about the site, see the glossary entry for Copán; for more information about the Maya Civilization in general, see the About.com Guide to the Maya Civilization.

Bibliography for Copán

Andrews, E. Wyllys and William L. Fash (eds.) 2005. Copan: The History of a Maya Kingdom. School of American Research Press, Santa Fe.

Bell, Ellen E. 2003. Understanding Early Classic Copan. University Museum Publications, New York.

Braswell, Geoffrey E. 1992 Obsidian-hydration dating, the Coner phase, and revisionist chronology at Copan, Honduras. Latin American Antiquity 3:130-147.

Chincilla Mazariegos, Oswaldo 1998 Archaeology and nationalism in Guatemala at the time of independence. Antiquity 72:376-386.

Clark, Sharri, et al. 1997 Museums and Indigenous Cultures: The power of local knowledge. Cultural Survival Quarterly Spring 36-51.

Fash, William L. and Barbara W. Fash. 1993 Scribes, Warriors, and Kings: The City of Copan and the Ancient Maya. Thames and Hudson, London.

Manahan, T. K. 2004 The Way Things Fall Apart: Social organization and the Classic Maya collapse of Copan. Ancient Mesoamerica 15:107-126.

Morley, Sylvanus. 1999. Inscriptions at Copan. Martino Press.

Newsome, Elizabeth A. 2001. Trees of Paradise and Pillars of the World: The Serial Stelae Cycle of "18-Rabbit-God K," King of Copan. University of Texas Press, Austin.

Webster, David 1999 The archaeology of Copan, Honduras. Journal of Archaeological Research 7(1):1-53.

Webster, David 2001 Copan (Copan, Honduras). Pages 169-176 in Archaeology of Ancient Mexico and Central America. Garland Publishing, New York.

Webster, David L. 2000. Copan: The Rise and Fall of a Classic Maya Kingdom.

Webster, David, AnnCorinne Freter, and David Rue 1993 The obsidian hydration dating project at Copan: A regional approach and why it works. Latin American Antiquity 4:303-324.

This bibliography is part of the Guide to the Maya Civilization.