Gold, jade, forests Costa Rica /
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| Author / Creator: | Calvo Mora, Marlin. |
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| Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
| Imprint: | Washington, D.C. : Trust for Museum Exhibitions ; Seattle, Wash. : Distributed by University of Washington Press, c1995. |
| Description: | 107 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 x 26 cm. |
| Language: | English Spanish |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2448064 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface / President of Costa Rica
- Preface / Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports de Costa Rica
- Preface / Director of the Museo Naciona de Costa Rica
- Acknowledgements / Ann Van Devanter Townsend
- Introduction - Pre-Columbian Archaeology: A Mirror of Costa Rica Past and Present. The Archaeological Regions of Costa Rica. The Greater Nicoya Region - Guanacaste Subregion. The Central Region - Atlantic Watershed. The Greater Chiriqui Region
- Past and Present Environments and Their Inhabitants as Reflected in the Pre-Columbian Artifacts of Costa Rica
- Water. The Marine Environment. The River Environment
- Between Water and Land. Creatures Between Water and Land
- Land. The Forests of Costa Rica. Dry Forest. Rain Forest. Cloud Forest. The Creatures of the Forest. The Land of Costa Rica and the Representation of the Human Figure
- The Human Figure Transformed
- Between Land and Skies
- Appendix - Manufacturing Techniques of Pre-Columbian Objects.