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The origins of Maya art : monumental stone sculpture of Kaminaljuyu, Guatemala, and the southern Pacific coast / Lee Allen Parsons.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Parsons, Lee Allen, 1932-1996.
- Series:
- Studies in pre-Columbian art and archaeology ; no. 28.
- Studies in pre-Columbian art & archaeology ; no. 28
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Maya sculpture.
- Indian sculpture--Central America--Guatemala.
- Indian sculpture.
- Central America.
- Guatemala.
- Mayas--Antiquities.
- Mayas.
- Indians of Central America--Guatemala--Antiquities.
- Indians of Central America.
- Antiquities.
- Kaminaljuyu Site (Guatemala).
- Guatemala--Antiquities.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 145 pages, 66 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1986.
- Summary:
- This is the first comprehensive treatment and pictorial record of one of the greatest bodies of sculpture in the Pre-Columbian world. Parson's work orders the Late Pre-Classic sculptures of highland and Pacific coastal Guatemala into chronological and stylistic groupings, relating them to the other artistic and iconographic movements at the time the Maya style was coalescing.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 109-116.
- ISBN:
- 0884021483
- OCLC:
- 13063705
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