Pre-Columbian art and later Indian tribal arts
1968, 1st edition. New York : H.N. Abrams. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #392189
Series: Panorama of World Art. Physical description: 264 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 23 cm. Notes: Illus. (some col.) incl. sections, elevation, plans, maps, charts and end-papers. Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-261). Translated from the German by Robert E. Wolf. Contents: pt. 1: Pre-Columbian art of Middle and South America, by Ferdinand Anton -- Land of the Mayas and Aztecs -- from the Rio Grande to El Salvador: Chronological chart and map ; The "pretty ladies" of Tlatilco ; The "Mother Culture" of Mexico: the Olmecs ; The beginnings of the Olmec Culture ; Guerrero ; Teotihuacán ; The Zapotec Culture ; Monte Albán ; Mitla ; The Mixtecs ; The central Gulf Coast-the Tajín Culture ; The Huaxtecs ; The Casas Grandes Culture ; The Northwestern Coast ; Colima ; Nayarit ; The Postclassic Period ; The Toltecs ; The Aztecs ; Tenochtitlán ; The Maya calendar ; Palenque ; Yaxchilán ; Bonampak ; Tikal ; The Maya applied arts ; El Salvador ; The Chiapas highlands ; Chama ; Jaina ; The Postclassic Period -- Yucatan ; Uxmal ; Chichén Itzá ; The Maya system of writing -- The lands of gold -- from Nicaragua to Colombia: Chronological chart and map ; Nicaragua and Costa Rica ; Panama ; Colombia -- The empires of the Incas -- from Ecuador to Chile: Chronological chart and map ; Chavín ; Paracas ; Nazca ; Moche ; Tiahuanaco ; Chimu ; Chancay ; Pachacamac ; Sacsayhuaman ; Machu Picchu -- pt. 2: Later Indian tribal arts, by Frederick J. Dockstader: Arctic America ; The Northwest Coast ; The prairies ; The woodlands ; The Southwest ; Mexico and Central America ; South America -- Bibliography -- Index. Subjects: Indian art; Antiquities; Indian art Central America; Indian Art North America; Mexico; Mayans; Aztecs.
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