The Origins of the Chavín Culture
Author: Chiaki Kanō
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780884020929
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Author: Chiaki Kanō
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780884020929
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Richard L. Burger
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780500278161
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first detailed up-to-date account in English of Chavin and its precursors. Based on the author's intimate knowledge of unprecedented discoveries made over the past two decades, including his own excavations at Chavin and elsewhere, it places special emphasis on the unique character of early Andean civilization and the distinctive processes responsible for its development. A wealth of photographs, drawings and maps accompany the text, including for this expanded edition a new section of color plates.
Author: William J. Conklin
Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Published: 2008-12-31
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 1938770447
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is the first in more than a decade to provide new information on the Chavin phenomenon of ancient Peru. Thought by some to be the "Mother Culture" of ancient Peruvian cultures, Chavin is remarkable for its baroque, sophisticated art style in a variety of media, including finely carved stone monuments, beautifully formed pottery, and magnificent and complex metallurgy. Also, the textiles from Chavin are incredibly innovative, both iconographically and structurally. They, in fact, form the foundation for the later Andean textile evolution. Chapters in this book cover new interpretations of the history of the site of Chavin de Huantar, studies of related cultures, the role of shamanism, and many other topics of interest to specialists and the general reader, alike.
Author: Christopher Pool
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007-02-26
Total Pages: 303
ISBN-13: 0521783127
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOlmec Archaeology and Early Mesoamerica offers the most thorough and up-to-date book-length treatment of Olmec society and culture available.
Author: Joanne Pillsbury
Publisher: Getty Publications
Published: 2017-09-26
Total Pages: 331
ISBN-13: 1606065483
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume accompanies a major international loan exhibition featuring more than three hundred works of art, many rarely or never before seen in the United States. It traces the development of gold working and other luxury arts in the Americas from antiquity until the arrival of Europeans in the early sixteenth century. Presenting spectacular works from recent excavations in Peru, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Mexico, this exhibition focuses on specific places and times—crucibles of innovation—where artistic exchange, rivalry, and creativity led to the production of some of the greatest works of art known from the ancient Americas. The book and exhibition explore not only artistic practices but also the historical, cultural, social, and political conditions in which luxury arts were produced and circulated, alongside their religious meanings and ritual functions. Golden Kingdoms creates new understandings of ancient American art through a thematic exploration of indigenous ideas of value and luxury. Central to the book is the idea of the exchange of materials and ideas across regions and across time: works of great value would often be transported over long distances, or passed down over generations, in both cases attracting new audiences and inspiring new artists. The idea of exchange is at the intellectual heart of this volume, researched and written by twenty scholars based in the United States and Latin America.
Author: Richard A. Diehl
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 498
ISBN-13: 9780500021194
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides a complete overview of Olmec culture, its accomplishments and impact on later Mexcian civilizations.
Author: Kathleen Berrin
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780300166767
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This catalogue was published by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on the occasion of the exhibition Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico"--Colophon.
Author: Eugene Berger
Publisher:
Published: 2014
Total Pages:
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnnotation World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500 offers a comprehensive introduction to the history of humankind from prehistory to 1500. Authored by six USG faculty members with advance degrees in History, this textbook offers up-to-date original scholarship. It covers such cultures, states, and societies as Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Israel, Dynastic Egypt, India's Classical Age, the Dynasties of China, Archaic Greece, the Roman Empire, Islam, Medieval Africa, the Americas, and the Khanates of Central Asia. It includes 350 high-quality images and maps, chronologies, and learning questions to help guide student learning. Its digital nature allows students to follow links to applicable sources and videos, expanding their educational experience beyond the textbook. It provides a new and free alternative to traditional textbooks, making World History an invaluable resource in our modern age of technology and advancement.
Author: Ivan Van Sertima
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Published: 2003-09-23
Total Pages: 358
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The African presence in ancient America"--Jacket subtitle.
Author: Michael D. Coe
Publisher: New Word City
Published: 2017-02-07
Total Pages: 103
ISBN-13: 1640190007
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHere is the story of America's oldest - and oddest - civilization, the Olmecs of the southern Mexican jungles. Virtually unknown to archaeologists until the early twentieth century, their true importance is only now being realized and shedding new light on how the Indian peoples of the Americas came to be here.