AMCS Reprint Series 7 The Hill-Caves of Yucatan by Henry C. Mercer Originally published by Lippincott, Philadelphia, in 1896 Zephyrus Press reprint 1975 with Introduction by Sir J. Eric S. Thompson AMCS Reprint 2005 with new Foreword by James E. Brady 5.5 by 8.5 inches, 23+xliv+183 pages, softbound

This classic nineteenth-century report on cave archaeology bore the subtitle "A Search for evidence of man's antiquity in the caverns of Central America." Besides the archaeology, it is an interesting narrative of travel in the area at the time. Mayanist Eric Thompson's introduction to the 1975 reprint is itself considered a classic in the field. The AMCS reprint is a facsimile of the 1975 edition, with a new foreword by contemporary Mayanist and cave archaeologist James Brady. Mercer's book has 74 illustrations, and the Introduction and Foreword add 10 more.

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Table of Contents

f1-f23	Foreword by James Brady
vii-xliv	Introduction to the 1975 edition by Eric Thompson
9	Introduction
15	The Journey to Yucatan
21	Actun Spukil, the Cave of Mice
32	Wet Caves in a Dry Land
45	The First Important Evidence
58	A First Glance at the Ruins
64	Caves that were Doubtful
70	Archæology in Yucatan
79	Over Hill and Dale
85	Uxmal
91	Kabah, Rancho Chack, and Tabi
98	Loltun, the Rock of Flowers
126	Caves near Oxkutzcab
142	Actun Skokikan, The Cave of Serpents
146	The Last Trench at Sabaka
150	A Summary