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The place of stone monuments : context, use, and meaning in Mesoamerica's preclassic transition
Title
The place of stone monuments : context, use, and meaning in Mesoamerica's preclassic transition / Julia Guernsey, John E. Clark, and Bárbara Arroyo, editors.
ISBN
9780884023647 (hbk : alk. paper)
0884023648 (hbk : alk. paper)
Published
Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2010.
Physical Description
xviii, 358 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 10, 2010
Series
Dumbarton Oaks pre-Columbian symposia and colloquia
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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