Kenneth PearceKenneth Pearce is the author of The View from the Top of the Temple: Ancient Maya Civilization and Modern Maya Culture published by the University of New Mexico Press. The book traces the religious beliefs of the contemporary cultures of Mexico and Gatemala to those of the ancestral Maya. His current project develops the rise and fall of the Aztec Empire from archival documents written by descendants of Mexican royalty and other ruling groups in the Valley of Mexico. He lives in California and visits and stays in Mexico frequently. Read More Read Less