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The Face of Ancient America
"For archaeologists, artists, art historians, and all lovers of art, expecially pre-Columbian art." -- Choice "... one of the better general pre-Columbian catalogues to appear in a long time." -- African Arts More than 150 examples of Olmec and Maya art are described in detail, discussed, and reproduced in magnificent full-color photographs. The collection is grouped into cultural and geographical sections to give a complete picture of the most significant civilizations of ancient Latin America.
Masterworks from the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Oct. 18 to Dec. 31, 1973.
Guide to the Mesoamerican Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
The University Museum has been involved in Mesoamerican archaeology for more than a century. Its collections include material from northern Mexico to Costa Rica and represent all of the major cultures of the region. This guide allows the visitor to gain on-site understanding and the off-site reader to grasp how the Museum's collections fit into current archaeological theory. The text underscores some of the pan-Mesoamerican aspects of pre-Columbian peoples and the way each group interpreted underlying similarities to create individual customs and beliefs, burials and caches, beauty and adornment. The guide focuses on the unique aspects of the collection, much of it stemming from the Museum's...
Woman in Pre-Columbian America
A panorama of the life-style and the situation of women in all classes of society of Aztecs, Mayas, Incas, etc.
TREASURES OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM
The National Museum in New Delhi is one of the richest storehouses of cultural heritage in the world. A handy book of this type was a long felt necessity as much for the general visitors, as for the students and scholars. The Publications Division brought out this book to fill this lacuna.
