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Plumbate, a Mesoamerican trade ware.

Title
Plumbate, a Mesoamerican trade ware.
Author
Shepard, Anna Osler, 1903-1973.
Publication
Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1948.

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Description
viii, 176 p. illus., fold. map.; 30 cm.
Series Statement
Carnegie Institution of Washington. Publication 573
Uniform Title
Carnegie Institution of Washington publication 573.
Subject
Plumbate ware
Bibliography (note)
  • "References": p. [175]-176.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Style of plumbate ware. Vessel form ; Workmanship and decorative techniques ; Animal effigies ; Anthropomorphic effigies ; Imitations of plumbate ware ; Details of effigies ; Abstract design ; Summary of plumbate style -- Significance of plumbate anthropomorphic effigies -- Technology of plumbate ware. The paste ; The slip ; The firing -- Criteria for identification -- Geographic distribution -- Excavated plumbate. Tajumulco ; Kaminaljuyu ; El Baul ; San Agustin acasaguastlan ; Finca paraiso ; Zacualpa ; Chichun ; Tazumal ; Chichen Itza ; Uxmal ; Campeche ; Monte Alban ; Tula -- Wares associated with plumbate. Fine orang ; Nicoya polychrome ; Tiquisate -- Plumbate problems, a recapitulation -- Appendices. A. Data on illustrated vessels ; B. Descriptive standards and terminology ; C. Technological date.
LCCN
^^^48010528^
OCLC
  • 544804
  • SCSB-10660259
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