The first of five anticipated volumes on the renowned monuments of Piedras Negras, Guatemala, describes the site and the history of exploration at this important center of Classic Maya civilization. It includes photographs and detailed line drawings of twelve of the inscribed sculpted monuments at Piedras Negras, as well as a map of the ruins. All 19 volumes of the The Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions published to date are now available from Harvard University Press.