To add on to this: One of the best Great Courses lectures I've listened to is Edwin Barnhart's Maya to Aztec series, and I can't recommend it enough. His love

To add on to this: One of the best Great Courses lectures I've listened to is Edwin Barnhart's Maya to Aztec series, and I can't recommend it enough. His love of the subject is infectious, and the Maya deserve more attention on the historical world stage as one of the very few locations to independently develop a true writing system. https://www.audible.com/pd/Maya-to-Aztec-Ancient-Mesoamerica-Revealed-Audiobook/B00TKIYO46 https://www.audible.com/pd/Maya-to-Aztec-Ancient-Mesoamerica... for the Audible link.