Research Catalog
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.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2010.
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JGF 10-300 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- xviii, 358 p. : ill., maps; 29 cm.
- Series Statement
- Dumbarton Oaks pre-Columbian symposia and colloquia
- Uniform Title
- Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian symposia and colloquia.
- Subject
- Indians of Mexico > Antiquities > Congresses
- Indians of Central America > Antiquities > Congresses
- Monuments > Social aspects > History > Mexico > Congresses
- Monuments > Social aspects > History > Central America > Congresses
- Monuments > Political aspects > History > Mexico > Congresses
- Monuments > Political aspects > History > Central America > Congresses
- Stele (Archaeology) > Mexico > Congresses
- Stele (Archaeology) > Central America > Congresses
- Indian sculpture > Mexico > Congresses
- Indian sculpture > Central America > Congresses
- Bibliography (note)
- 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.
- Call Number
- JGF 10-300
- ISBN
- 9780884023647 (hbk : alk. paper)
- 0884023648 (hbk : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2010006591
- OCLC
- YBP 2010006591
- Title
- The place of stone monuments : context, use, and meaning in Mesoamerica's preclassic transition / Julia Guernsey, John E. Clark, and Bárbara Arroyo, editors.
- Imprint
- Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2010.
- Series
- Dumbarton Oaks pre-Columbian symposia and colloquiaDumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian symposia and colloquia.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Guernsey, Julia, 1964-Clark, John E.Arroyo, Bárbara.
- Research Call Number
- JGF 10-300