Olmec art and archaeology in Mesoamerica /
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| Imprint: | Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art ; New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press, c2000. |
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| Description: | 342 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (1 col.) ; 29 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in the history of art, 0091-7338 ; 58. Symposium papers ; 35 Studies in the history of art (Washington, D.C.) ; 58. Studies in the history of art (Washington, D.C.). Symposium papers ; 35. |
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| Format: | U.S. Federal Government Document Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5056889 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introducing Olmec Archaeology
- Olmec Archaeology after Regional Perspectives: An Assessment of Recent Research
- I.. Archaeology in the Heartland
- Framing the Gulf Olmecs
- The Ancient Landscape at San Lorenzo Tenochtitlan, Veracruz, Mexico: Settlement and Nature
- The Sacred Hill of El Manati: A Preliminary Discussion of the Site's Ritual Paraphernalia
- The Monuments of Laguna de los Cerros and Its Hinterland
- Sociopolitical Complexity and the Gulf Olmecs: A View from the Tuxtla Mountains, Veracruz, Mexico
- From Olmec to Epi-Olmec at Tres Zapotes, Veracruz, Mexico
- A Massive Offering of Axes at La Merced, Hidalgotitlan, Veracruz, Mexico
- II.. Archaeology in the Hinterland
- Ranked Societies, Iconographic Complexity, and Economic Wealth in the Basin of Mexico toward 1200 B.C.
- Animal Imagery, Cultural Unities, and Ideologies of Inequality in Early Formative Mesoamerica
- The Pacific Coast and the Olmec Question
- III.. Topics in Olmec Art
- Olmec Sculpture: The First Mesoamerican Art
- The Portrait and the Mask: Invention and Translation
- Faces of the Earth at Chalcatzingo, Mexico: Serpents, Caves, and Mountains in Middle Formative Period Iconography
- Lightning Celts and Corn Fetishes: The Formative Olmec and the Development of Maize Symbolism in Mesoamerica and the American Southwest
- Notes on Contributors