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Discovering the Olmecs : an unconventional history
- Title
- Discovering the Olmecs : an unconventional history / by David C. Grove.
- Author
- Grove, David C.
- Publication
- Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2014.
- ©2014
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Details
- Description
- viii, 197 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- The Olmecs are renowned for their massive carved stone heads and other sculptures, the first stone monuments produced in Mesoamerica. Seven decades of archaeological research have given us many insights into the lives of the Olmecs, who inhabited parts of the modern Mexican states of Veracruz and Tabasco from around 1150 to 400 BC. Beginning with the first modern explorations in the 1920s, the story of how generations of archaeologists and local residents have uncovered the Olmec past and pieced together a portrait of an ancient civilization that left no written records unfolds. From stories of fortuitous discoveries and frustrating disappoints, helpful collaborations and deceitful shenanigans emerges the unconventional history of Olmec archeology.
- Series Statement
- William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere
- Uniform Title
- William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-5589
- ISBN
- 9780292760813
- 0292760817
- LCCN
- 2014007076
- 40024266195
- OCLC
- 881386123
- Author
- Grove, David C., author.
- Title
- Discovering the Olmecs : an unconventional history / by David C. Grove.
- Publisher
- Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2014.
- Copyright Date
- ©2014
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western HemisphereWilliam & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40024266195
- Sudoc No.
- Z UA380.8 G919di txdocs
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-5589