Sculpture of Ancient West Mexico, Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima
Author: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 136
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Author: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 136
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Michael Kan
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780875871844
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kristi Butterwick
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 98
ISBN-13: 1588391337
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Diverse environments, from low-lying marshlands to naturally terraced hillsides to rugged mountains of pine and oak forest, afforded many opportunities for well-being to the inhabitants of what are now the modern Mexican states of Colima, Jalisco, and Nayarit. In the seven-hundred-year period between 300 B.C. and A.D. 400, local hierarchies flourished, power was concentrated in increasingly fewer hands, and the wealthier members of the communities established family lineages that remained intact for many generations." "The compelling importance of place and family is reflected in the size, locations, and contents of the major tombs of that period; often situated near or under dwellings, these were deeply buried shaft-and-chamber tombs. One set of conjoined tombs, excavated in 1993 at the site of Huitzilapa in the Magdalena basin of northern Jalisco, held six personages, five of whom were close family relatives. Well over one hundred ceramic works accompanied the interred, together with conch-shell trumpets, tens of thousands of shell beads, and objects of jade, obsidian, and quartz, testifying to the family's wealth. Many of the ceramic objects were vessels and bowls for food and drink, but there were large, three-dimensional human figures as well, among them one depicting a ballplayer." "The focus of Heritage of Power: Ancient Sculpture from West Mexico. The Andrall E. Pearson Family Collection consists of over forty of these artistically appealing figures, which represent all three of the major styles - and sub-styles - that make up the body of West Mexican ceramic sculpture, named for the states of Colima, Jalisco, and Nayarit." "Included are an introductory illustrated essay, catalogue entries that discuss each of the works in detail - all of them shown in color and, often, in multiple views - and a selected bibliography."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author: Los Angeles county museum of art
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 116
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert Wauchope
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2015-01-16
Total Pages: 947
ISBN-13: 1477306773
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArchaeology of Northern Mesoamerica comprises the tenth and eleventh volumes in the Handbook of Middle American Indians, published in cooperation with the Middle American Research Institute of Tulane University under the general editorship of Robert Wauchope (1909–1979). Volume editors of Archaeology of Northern Mesoamerica are Gordon F. Ekholm and Ignacio Bernal. Gordon F. Ekholm (1909–1987) was curator of anthropology at The American Museum of Natural History, New York, and a former president of the Society for American Archaeology. Ignacio Bernal (1910–1992), former director of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico, was director of the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico and also a past president of the Society for American Archaeology. Volumes 10 and 11 describe the pre-Aztec and Aztec cultures of Mexico, from central Veracruz and the Gulf Coast, through the Valley of Mexico, to western Mexico and the northern frontiers of these ancient American civilizations. The thirty-two articles, lavishly illustrated and accompanied by bibliography and index, were prepared by authorities on prehistoric settlement patterns, architecture, sculpture, mural painting, ceramics and minor arts and crafts, ancient writing and calendars, social and political organization, religion, philosophy, and literature. There are also special articles on the archaeology and ethnohistory of selected regions within northern Mesoamerica. The Handbook of Middle American Indians was assembled and edited at the Middle American Research Institute of Tulane University with the assistance of grants from the National Science Foundation and under the sponsorship of the National Research Council Committee on Latin American Anthropology.
Author: Richard F. Townsend
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780500050927
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDocuments more than 220 examples of ancient West Mexican sculpture
Author: Eduardo Williams
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Published: 2020-02-20
Total Pages: 466
ISBN-13: 1789693543
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume presents a long-overdue synthesis and update on West Mexican archaeology. Ancient West Mexico has often been portrayed as a ‘marginal’ or ‘underdeveloped’ area of Mesoamerica. This book shows that the opposite is true and that it played a critical role in the cultural and historical development of the Mesoamerican ecumene.
Author: George Kubler
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1993-01-01
Total Pages: 582
ISBN-13: 9780300053258
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOffers a survey of the paintings and architecture of the Mexican, Mayan, and Andean peoples
Author: Ithaca College. Museum of Art
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 28
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Aaron N. Shugar
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Published: 2013-01-15
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 1607322102
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresenting the latest in archaeometallurgical research in a Mesoamerican context, Archaeometallurgy in Mesoamerica brings together up-to-date research from the most notable scholars in the field. These contributors analyze data from a variety of sites, examining current approaches to the study of archaeometallurgy in the region as well as new perspectives on the significance metallurgy and metal objects had in the lives of its ancient peoples. The chapters are organized following the cyclical nature of metals--beginning with extracting and mining ore, moving to smelting and casting of finished objects, and ending with recycling and deterioration back to the original state once the object is no longer in use. Data obtained from archaeological investigations, ethnohistoric sources, ethnographic studies, along with materials science analyses, are brought to bear on questions related to the integration of metallurgy into local and regional economies, the sacred connotations of copper objects, metallurgy as specialized crafting, and the nature of mining, alloy technology, and metal fabrication.