Author: Marshall Howard SavillePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indian wood-carving
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The Wood-carver's Art in Ancient Mexico
Author: Marshall Howard SavillePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indian wood-carving
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The Wood-Carver ́s Art in Ancient Mexico
Author: Marshall H. SavillePublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368263005
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1925.
The Wood-carver's Art in Ancient Mexico
Author: Marshall Howard SavillePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Archaeology of Ancient Mexico and Central America
Author: Susan Toby EvansPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780815308874
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 1322
Book Description
This reference is devoted to the pre-Columbian archaeology of the Mesoamerican culture area, one of the six cradles of early civilization. It features in-depth articles on the major cultural areas of ancient Mexico and Central America; coverage of important sites, including the world-renowned discoveries as well as many lesser-known locations; articles on day-to-day life of ancient peoples in these regions; and several bandw regional and site maps and photographs. Entries are arranged alphabetically and cover introductory archaeological facts (flora, fauna, human growth and development, nonorganic resources), chronologies of various periods (Paleoindian, Archaic, Formative, Classic and Postclassic, and Colonial), cultural features, Maya, regional summaries, research methods and resources, ethnohistorical methods and sources, and scholars and research history. Edited by archaeologists Evans and Webster, both of whom are associated with Pennsylvania State University. c. Book News Inc.
The Art and Architecture of Ancient America
Author: George KublerPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300053258
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Offers a survey of the paintings and architecture of the Mexican, Mayan, and Andean peoples
Among Our Books
Author: Carnegie Library of PittsburghPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
Monthly Bulletin of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Author: Carnegie Library of PittsburghPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 854
Book Description
The Eagle on the Cactus
Author: Angel VigilPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313069913
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
This beautiful tapestry of traditional tales, history, folk arts, and dance offers you a glimpse into the living legacy of Mexican folklore. After an overview of Mexico's history from the Mesoamerican indigenous era to modern times, Vigil explores the fascinating traditions of Oaxacan wood carving, Huichol bead and yarn art, folk masks, folklorico dance costumes, and Mexican folklore. A collection of tales follows, including classic tales, pourquoi creation tales from native people of pre-Hispanic Mexico, and tales from the Spanish colonial era of Mexican history-trickster tales, adventure and wonder stories, and animal fables. Lively reading for older students and adults, the tales may also be used for read-alouds with younger students. With 15 of the 44 tales presented in Spanish as well as in English, this is an excellent resource for Spanish classes and for Spanish-speaking readers. The fascinating background material also makes the book an excellent source for reports and research. Color plates
Latin American Horizons
Author: Don Stephen RicePublisher: Dumbarton Oaks
ISBN: 9780884022077
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Domestic Ritual in Ancient Mesoamerica
Author: Patricia PlunketPublisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
ISBN: 1938770692
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Although the concepts and patterns of ritual varied through time in relation to general sociopolitical transformations and local historical circumstances in ancient Mesoamerica, most archaeologists would agree that certain underlying themes and structures modeled the ritual phenomena of this complex culture area. By focusing on ritual expression at the household level, this volume seeks to compare the manifestations of domestic ritual across time and space in both the cores and peripheries, in the cities and in the villages. The authors explore the ways in which cosmological principles and concepts of the sacred were used in the construction of ritual space and practice, how local landscapes provided templates for the images and paraphernalia recovered from archaeological contexts, how foreign enclaves relied on ritual for social reproduction, and how domestic ritual was related to, and indeed embedded in, institutionalized state religions.