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... by Duke University Press 1981 This book is a lavishly illustrated compendium of pre-Classic figurines of Mesoamerica, arranged according to chronology, geography, and figurine type. The interpretation is aesthetic and intuitive rather than archaeological. Many of the specimens come from private...

... manufacture, identifying the approximate dates of style changes to the last known example in 1821. Aztec and Colombian metal work are discussed in articles by Dudley Easby and William C. Root, Olmec and Maya jade in articles by M. W. Stirling and Elizabeth Easby. The clay figurines of western Sonora...

... middens which provided the artifactual sequences (extending back to 1000 B.C.). Volumes II and III consist of analysis and interpretations of artifacts (Payson Sheets), figurines (Bruce Dahlin), and ceramics (Robert Sharer). Each analysis is independent of the others and a separate sequence is established...

... population changes at Teotihuacán. Hasso von Winning’s book is a well-produced presentation of the pottery figurines from pre-Columbian tombs in West Mexico, with 355 excellent photographs. The specimens are from numerous collections and are without archaeological provenience. However, the author has...

..., as others would believe. Obsidian cutting tools from different sources in Mesoamerica also signal far-ranging social and economic ties, as does the pottery. The interpretations of ceramic figurine iconography bolstered the author's reconstructions of social organization and social differentiation. Yet...

... the concept of contrapposto in pre-Columbian ceramic art, in particular focusing on Valdivian figurines. In this thought-provoking piece, Farmer suggests that a broader application of contrapposto can conceptually draw out a humanistic perspective in certain contexts where more naturalistic treatments...

...Adam Szászdi The principal merit of this publication consists in the reproduction of figurines from the author’s private collection. Most of them proceed from Esmeraldas (La Tolita, Limones, Isla Zapotal), and some from Manabí and Imbabura. Unhappily, none of this material was obtained through...

... of Anthropology and giving the present provenience of the various pieces. As it now stands, the price of this small book is too high! Objects described include the Aztec calendar stone and a series of pottery and stone vessels, mosaics, figurines, and sculpted pieces, originally from central Mexico, the Maya...

.... Brazil’s Northeast comes alive in matuto linguistic expressions and descriptions of religious holidays, culinary favorites, the clay figurines of Caruaru’s market, folk medicine, Christmas eve mass, the toil of sugar cane workers, the luxuriant foliage and fauna of the Engenho Graúna. The ordinary...

... to put contemporary costumes in temporal perspective by means of references to pre-Conquest styles (as known from sources such as the codices and figurines) and to information provided by early Spanish writers. The authors furnish us with data on weaving implements and techniques dyes, various aspects...

... trade, but to acquire esoteric knowledge from distant and prestigious chiefs or shamans. Helms asserts that the golden figurines that dominate the archaeological record of Panama were the by-products of this search for esoteric knowledge. They were status-conferring symbols of a chief’s mastery...

... of goods such as cloth, lip plugs, figurines, lapidary works, salt, and ceramics. Most of the other chapters contribute to the volume by making the case for the existence of multiple forms of economy that have been obscured by models of interpretation derived from studies focused on Tenochtitlan...

... convincing. Nicholson identifies the elements of the Aztec iconographic system and supplies a useful list of insignia for the major deities. Furst argues for the sacred character of ceramic figurines that come from the shaft tombs of West Mexico, by showing an extraordinary series of parallels...

... reviews and distills the information in records from idolatry proceedings. In doing so, she covers such familiar themes as mountain worship, the Andean conception of illness, the influence of conopas (usually, powerful stone figurines) on fertility, and love magic. She analyzes sometimes-covert Andean...

... of Anahuac will never look at the Aztec codices again without seeing dance positions. The authors of this book turn a startlingly clear light on the dance and musical forms of the preconquest peoples of Meso-America. Gertrude Prokosch Kurath looks with fresh eyes at stone sculptures and clay figurines...

... and her painted reconstructions of the Palace and the Temple of the Sun are very impressive. Susanna Ekholm defines a new figurine complex in good local context from Lagartero. The nature of Maya sites and the economic base on which they rest is central in papers by Marshall Becker, Gordon Willey...

... is modified with stone masonry; Raya peak is landscaped with stone religious and military architecture; huaca offerings include capac hucha figurines, llamas, and humans. Evidence suggests a multiethnic population: Lambayeque, Chimú, and Inca. Shortly after Spanish conquest (1532-?), huaca and ruler’s...

... of the essays is an invitation to the reader rather than a distraction. A quick run-through some of the themes will point to the intriguing directions of research represented. A feminist critique of traditional understanding of pre-Hispanic figurines plants seeds of doubt in male archeologists’ perceptions...

... on the artifactual finds (apart from ceramics, addressed in volume 1, and lithics, in volume 2), with chapters by Triadan on figurines; Inomata on worked sherds, spindle whorls, and grinding stones; Inomata and Markus Eberl on stone ornaments; Harriet Beaubien on ceramic laminates; Inomata and Kitty Emery on bone...

... Terrorismo (DIRCOTE), the national police's terrorism unit, has produced a display showcasing over 1,200 paintings, books, carvings, and papers produced by captured Shining Path militants as well as a life-size wax figurine of Shining Path founder Abimael Guzmán in striped prison garb. Accessing the museum...