Ancient West Mexico : art and archaeology of the unknown past / Richard F. Townsend, general editor ; with essays by Patricia Rieff Anawalt [and others].
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Thames and Hudson ; Chicago : Art Institute of Chicago, 1998. |
| Description | 308 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 31 cm |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Townsend, Richard F. |
| Other author/creator | Anawalt, Patricia Rieff, 1924-2015 |
| Other author/creator | Art Institute of Chicago. |
| Other author/creator | Los Angeles County Museum of Art. |
| Portion of title | Art and archaeology of the unknown past |
| Contents | The Teuchitlan tradition : an archaeological prospect. The Teuchitlan tradition : rise of a statelike society / Phil C. Weigand, Christopher S. Beekman. Excavating the tomb at Huitzilapa / Lorenza López Mestas Camberos, Jorge Ramos de la Vega. Mortuary practices in the shaft-tomb region / Robert B. Pickering, Maria Teresa Cabrero -- Interpreting the tomb sculptures of ancient West Mexico. Food for the dead : the West Mexican art of feasting / Kristi Butterwick. Before gods, before kings / Richard F. Townsend. Sacred sun centers / Christopher L. Witmore. The West Mexican ballgame / Jane Stevenson Day. Shamanistic symbolism, transformation, and deities in West Mexican funerary art / Peter T. Furst. The iconography of rulership in ancient West Mexico / Mark Miller Graham -- |
| Contents | Comparative views. Natural resources and human settlements in ancient West Mexico / Otto Schöndube. The Sayula Basin : ancient settlements and resources / Francisco Valdez. They came to trade exquisite things : ancient West Mexican-Ecuadorian contacts / Patricia Rieff Anawalt. The evolution of complex societies in West Mexico : a comparative perspective / Joseph B. Mountjoy -- A modernist perspective. West Mexican art and modernist artists / Barbara Braun. |
| General note | "This book was published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Ancient West Mexico: Art of the Unknown Past,' organized by the Art Institute of Chicago and presented in the museum's Regenstein Hall from September 5 to November 22, 1998. The exhibition was also presented at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from December 20 to March 29, 1999"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-305). |
| LCCN | 98060252 |
| ISBN | 0500050929 |
| ISBN | 0865591717 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | F1219 .A597 1998 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |