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The Maya World brings together over 60 authors representing the fields of archaeology, art history, epigraphy, geography, and ethnography, who explore cutting-edge research on every major facet of the ancient Maya and all sub-regions within the Maya world. The Maya world, which covers Guatemala, Belize, and parts of Mexico, Honduras, and El Salvador, contains more than a hundred ancient sites open to tourism, eight of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and many thousands more that have been excavated or await investigation. In addition to captivating the general public, the ancient Maya have attracted scores of major interdisciplinary research expeditions and hundreds of smaller projects since the nineteenth century, making them one of the best-known ancient cultures. This volume explores their renowned writing system, towering stone pyramids, exquisitely painted murals, and elaborate funerary tombs, as well as their innovative agricultural strategies, complex social, economic, and political relationships, extensive interactions with neighbouring societies, and remarkable cultural resilience in the face of historical upheavals. It is an invaluable reference work for scholars of the ancient Maya, including archaeologists, historians, and anthropologists.