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Oliver, I asked this question in the books thread without success, but since you seem to have an interest in Mayan stuff I figured I'd repost here just in case you had any thoughts ...
I can't remember the titles of books I read way back when I first became interested in this. They were all in German and came from the library. More recently I've only looked at web-sites. I really like this one, which someone recommended in the Lost Cities thread not too long ago:
It features nice summaries of the archaeological puzzles encountered and brief histories of interpreting finds.
This is an old site but with nice pictures:
http://mayaruins.com/yucmap.html
I'm sure there are plenty of others.
I haven't done very much reading about the Aztecs and Incas other than Wikipedia articles, and you never know how good those are. We know far less about those than about the Maya. (What interests me the most about the Maya is that they were not a peaking civilisation at the time the Spanish arrived, and as a result there was no deliberate attempt to erase their history. (The Spanish destroyed most of the writings and records of the Mexican and Andean peoples.))
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Absolutely right. Having done a bit of remote sensing, I was a bit sceptical from the start. Also, I've read previous articles where people have tried to match constellations to ancient settlements and it just strikes me as implausibly fantastical. Still, I hope the kid has learned a lot, that his enthusiasm remains undiminished, and that he keeps on exploring...
Oliver, I asked this question in the books thread without success, but since you seem to have an interest in Mayan stuff I figured I'd repost here just in case you had any thoughts...
Cheers.