1 option
The place of stone monuments : context, use, and meaning in Mesoamerica's preclassic transition / Julia Guernsey, John E. Clark, and Bárbara Arroyo, editors.
Penn Museum Library F1219 .P685 2010
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian symposia and colloquia
- Dumbarton Oaks pre-Columbian symposia and colloquia
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of Mexico--Antiquities--Congresses.
- Indians of Mexico.
- Indians of Mexico--Antiquities.
- Indians of Central America--Antiquities--Congresses.
- Indians of Central America.
- Indians of Central America--Antiquities.
- Monuments--Social aspects--Mexico--History--Congresses.
- Monuments.
- Monuments--Social aspects--Central America--History--Congresses.
- Monuments--Political aspects--Mexico--History--Congresses.
- Monuments--Political aspects--Central America--History--Congresses.
- Stele (Archaeology)--Mexico--Congresses.
- Stele (Archaeology).
- Stele (Archaeology)--Central America--Congresses.
- Indian sculpture--Mexico--Congresses.
- Indian sculpture.
- Indian sculpture--Central America--Congresses.
- Monuments--Political aspects.
- History.
- Social aspects.
- Central America.
- Mexico.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 358 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2010.
- Contents:
- Foreword / Joanne Pillsbury
- Preface / Julia Guernsey, John E. Clark, and Bárbara Arroyo
- Stone monuments and preclassic civilization / John E. Clark, Julia Guernsey, and Bárbara Arroyo
- Iconography of the Nahual : human-animal transformations in preclassic Guerrero and Morelos / Gerardo Gutierrez and Mary E. Pye
- Sculpture from Teopantecuanitlan, Guerrero / Guadalupe Martinez Donjuan
- Zazacatla in the framework of Olmec Mesoamerica / Giselle Canto Aguilar and Victor M. Castro Mendoza
- Stone monuments and earthen mounds : polity and placemaking at Tres Zapotes, Veracruz / Christopher A. Pool
- The architectural setting of Olmec sculpture clusters at La Venta, Tabasco / Rebecca B. González Lauck
- Thinking outside the plaza : varieties of preclassic sculpture in Pacific Guatemala and their potential political significance / Michael W. Love
- Preclassic Olmec and Maya monuments and architecture at Takalik Abaj / Christa Schieber de Lavarreda and Miguel Orrego Corzo
- Rulers, gods, and potbellies : a consideration of sculptural forms and themes from the preclassic Pacific coast and piedmont of Mesoamerica / Julia Guernsey
- Preclassic stone sculpture in the Guatemalan highlands : broken monuments and foreign scripts / Federico Fahsen
- Revisiting Kaminaljuyu Monument 65 in three-dimensional high definition / Travis F. Doering and Lori D. Collins
- Shining stones : observations on the ritual meaning of early Maya stelae / David Stuart.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780884023647
- 0884023648
- OCLC:
- 542263597
- Publisher Number:
- 99940212517
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.