Dr David M Jones studied Anthropology and History at the University of California, Berkeley. He obtained a PhD in the Archaeology of the Americas at the Institute of Archaeology, University of London. He is co-author of the Blue Guide Mexico and has written many articles on Mesoamerican and South American art for The Grove Dictionary of Art. He is also the co-author of The Mythology of the American Nations (9781843094036) and consultant on Aztec and Maya: An Illustrated History (Lorenz Books, 9780754834731).