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Memory in Fragments
The Lives of Ancient Maya Sculptures
Price: $65.00
ISBN: 9781477329399
Pub Date: July 2nd, 2024
Format: Hardcover
280 Pages
An exploration of how the ancient Maya engaged with their history by using, altering, and burying stone sculptures.
The Jaguar Within
Shamanic Trance in Ancient Central and South American Art
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781477329214
Pub Date: April 9th, 2024
Format: Paperback
244 Pages
An important new way of viewing the prehistoric art of the Americas, The Jaguar Within demonstrates that understanding a work of art’s connection with shamanic trance can lead to an appreciation of it as an extremely creative solution to the inherent challenge of giving material form to nonmaterial realities and states of being.
The Comitán Valley
Sculpture and Identity on the Maya Frontier
Price: $60.00
ISBN: 9781477327128
Pub Date: July 13th, 2023
Format: Hardcover
312 Pages
An exploration of the understudied sculpture of the Maya frontier.
Unseen Art
Making, Vision, and Power in Ancient Mesoamerica
Price: $60.00
ISBN: 9781477325964
Pub Date: January 17th, 2023
Format: Hardcover
184 Pages
An examination of how ancient Mesoamerican sculpture was experienced by its original audiences.
Image Encounters
Moche Murals and Archaeo Art History
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 9781477324271
Pub Date: February 8th, 2022
Format: Paperback
344 Pages
The first comprehensive study of Moche mural art, this landmark book develops a methodology of archaeo art history to examine image-making and visual experience in an era of ancient Peruvian history before the use of writing.
Vital Voids
Cavities and Holes in Mesoamerican Material Culture
Price: $60.00
ISBN: 9781477322437
Pub Date: May 11th, 2021
Format: Hardcover
184 Pages
An innovative study argues that in Mesoamerica, holes were conceived and produced as conduits of vital forces and material abundance, prerequisites for the emergence of life.
Descendants of Aztec Pictography
The Cultural Encyclopedias of Sixteenth-Century Mexico
Price: $65.00
ISBN: 9781477321676
Pub Date: January 12th, 2021
Format: Hardcover
264 Pages
The first comprehensive examination of Aztec pictorial encyclopedias and their creation, this book explores how indigenous artists documented their ancestral culture in these texts for those outside their community.
The Adorned Body
Mapping Ancient Maya Dress
Price: $60.00
ISBN: 9781477320709
Pub Date: September 1st, 2020
Format: Hardcover
248 Pages
The Adorned Body is the first truly comprehensive book on what the ancient Maya wore, a systematic survey of dress and ornaments, from head to toe and everything in between.
The Florentine Codex
An Encyclopedia of the Nahua World in Sixteenth-Century Mexico
Price: $55.00
ISBN: 9781477318409
Pub Date: September 10th, 2019
Format: Hardcover
256 Pages
Scholars explore the most significant trove of Nahua culture and language: an illustrated manuscript compiled after the Spanish conquest by a Franciscan friar with many indigenous authors and painters.
The Beast Between
Deer in Maya Art and Culture
Price: $60.00
ISBN: 9781477318058
Pub Date: April 22nd, 2019
Format: Hardcover
288 Pages
The first book to focus on the multifaceted images of deer and hunting in ancient Maya art, from the award-winning author of To Be Like Gods: Dance in Ancient Maya Civilization.
Memory in Fragments
The Lives of Ancient Maya Sculptures
Price: $65.00
ISBN: 9781477329399
Pub Date: July 2nd, 2024
Format: Hardcover
280 Pages
The Jaguar Within
Shamanic Trance in Ancient Central and South American Art
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781477329214
Pub Date: April 9th, 2024
Format: Paperback
244 Pages
The Comitán Valley
Sculpture and Identity on the Maya Frontier
Price: $60.00
ISBN: 9781477327128
Pub Date: July 13th, 2023
Format: Hardcover
312 Pages
Unseen Art
Making, Vision, and Power in Ancient Mesoamerica
Price: $60.00
ISBN: 9781477325964
Pub Date: January 17th, 2023
Format: Hardcover
184 Pages
An examination of how ancient Mesoamerican sculpture was experienced by its original audiences.
Image Encounters
Moche Murals and Archaeo Art History
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 9781477324271
Pub Date: February 8th, 2022
Format: Paperback
344 Pages
Vital Voids
Cavities and Holes in Mesoamerican Material Culture
Price: $60.00
ISBN: 9781477322437
Pub Date: May 11th, 2021
Format: Hardcover
184 Pages
Descendants of Aztec Pictography
The Cultural Encyclopedias of Sixteenth-Century Mexico
Price: $65.00
ISBN: 9781477321676
Pub Date: January 12th, 2021
Format: Hardcover
264 Pages
The Adorned Body
Mapping Ancient Maya Dress
Price: $60.00
ISBN: 9781477320709
Pub Date: September 1st, 2020
Format: Hardcover
248 Pages
The Florentine Codex
An Encyclopedia of the Nahua World in Sixteenth-Century Mexico
Price: $55.00
ISBN: 9781477318409
Pub Date: September 10th, 2019
Format: Hardcover
256 Pages
The Beast Between
Deer in Maya Art and Culture
Price: $60.00
ISBN: 9781477318058
Pub Date: April 22nd, 2019
Format: Hardcover
288 Pages