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Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volumes 2 and 3 : Archaeology of Southern Mesoamerica / Robert Wauchope; ed. by Gordon R. Willey.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©1965Description: 1 online resource (1098 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781477306567
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  • 972.00497
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- GENERAL EDITOR'S NOTE -- 1. Archaeological Synthesis of the Guatemalan Highlands -- 2. Settlement Patterns of the Guatemalan Highlands -- 3. Architecture of the Guatemalan Highlands -- 4. Pottery of the Guatemalan Highlands -- 5. Preclassic Pottery Figurines of the Guatemalan Highlands -- 6. Classic and Postclassic Pottery Figurines of the Guatemalan Highlands -- 7. Artifacts of the Guatemalan Highlands -- 8. Archaeological Survey of the Pacific Coast of Guatemala -- 9. Archaeological Survey of the Chiapas Coast, Highlands, and Upper Grijalva Basin -- 10. Sculpture of the Guatemala-Chiapas Highlands and Pacific Slopes, and Associated Hieroglyphs -- 11. Summary of Preconquest Ethnology of the Guatemala-Chiapas Highlands and Pacific Slopes -- 12. Archaeology and Prehistory in the Northern Maya Lowlands: an Introduction -- 13. Archaeological Synthesis of the Southern Maya Lowlands -- 14. Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in the Maya Lowlands -- 15. Architecture of the Maya Lowlands -- 16. Tombs and Funerary Practices in the Maya Lowlands -- 17. Caches and Offertory Practices of the Maya Lowlands -- 18. Sculpture and Major Arts of the Maya Lowlands -- 19. Pottery of the Maya Lowlands -- 20. Pottery Figurines of the Maya Lowlands -- 21. Jades of the Maya Lowlands -- 22. Garments and Textiles of the Maya Lowlands -- 23. Artifacts of the Maya Lowlands -- 24. Calendrics of the Maya Lowlands -- 25. Maya Hieroglyphic Writing -- 26. Lowland Maya Native Society at Spanish Contact -- 27. Archaeological Synthesis of Southern Veracruz and Tabasco -- 28. Monumental Sculpture of Southern Veracruz and Tabasco -- 29. The Olmec Style and its Distributions -- 30. The Olmec Region at Spanish Contact -- 31. Archaeological Synthesis of Oaxaca -- 32. Preclassic and Classic Architecture of Oaxaca -- 33. Architecture in Oaxaca after the End of Monte Alban -- 34. Sculpture and Mural Painting of Oaxaca -- 35. Ceramics of Oaxaca -- 36. Lapidary Work, Goldwork, and Copperwork from Oaxaca -- 37. Zapotec Writing and Calendar -- 38. Mixtec Writing and Calendar -- 39. The Zapotec and Mixtec at Spanish Contact -- REFERENCES -- INDEX
Summary: Archaeology of Southern Mesoamerica comprises the second and third volumes in the Handbook of Middle American Indians, published in cooperation with the Middle American Research Institute of Tulane University under the general editorship of Robert Wauchope (1909–1979). The volume editor is Gordon R. Willey (1913–2002), Bowditch Professor of Mexican and Central American Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University. Volumes Two and Three, with more than 700 illustrations, contain archaeological syntheses, followed by special articles on settlement patterns, architecture, funerary practices, ceramics, artifacts, sculpture, painting, figurines, jades, textiles, minor arts, calendars, hieroglyphic writing, and native societies at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Guatemala highlands, the southern Maya lowlands, the Pacific coast of Guatemala, Chiapas, the upper Grijalva basin, southern Veracruz, Tabasco, and Oaxaca. The Handbook of Middle American Indians was assembled and edited at the Middle American Research Institute of Tulane University with the assistance of grants from the National Science Foundation and under the sponsorship of the National Research Council Committee on Latin American Anthropology.

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- GENERAL EDITOR'S NOTE -- 1. Archaeological Synthesis of the Guatemalan Highlands -- 2. Settlement Patterns of the Guatemalan Highlands -- 3. Architecture of the Guatemalan Highlands -- 4. Pottery of the Guatemalan Highlands -- 5. Preclassic Pottery Figurines of the Guatemalan Highlands -- 6. Classic and Postclassic Pottery Figurines of the Guatemalan Highlands -- 7. Artifacts of the Guatemalan Highlands -- 8. Archaeological Survey of the Pacific Coast of Guatemala -- 9. Archaeological Survey of the Chiapas Coast, Highlands, and Upper Grijalva Basin -- 10. Sculpture of the Guatemala-Chiapas Highlands and Pacific Slopes, and Associated Hieroglyphs -- 11. Summary of Preconquest Ethnology of the Guatemala-Chiapas Highlands and Pacific Slopes -- 12. Archaeology and Prehistory in the Northern Maya Lowlands: an Introduction -- 13. Archaeological Synthesis of the Southern Maya Lowlands -- 14. Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in the Maya Lowlands -- 15. Architecture of the Maya Lowlands -- 16. Tombs and Funerary Practices in the Maya Lowlands -- 17. Caches and Offertory Practices of the Maya Lowlands -- 18. Sculpture and Major Arts of the Maya Lowlands -- 19. Pottery of the Maya Lowlands -- 20. Pottery Figurines of the Maya Lowlands -- 21. Jades of the Maya Lowlands -- 22. Garments and Textiles of the Maya Lowlands -- 23. Artifacts of the Maya Lowlands -- 24. Calendrics of the Maya Lowlands -- 25. Maya Hieroglyphic Writing -- 26. Lowland Maya Native Society at Spanish Contact -- 27. Archaeological Synthesis of Southern Veracruz and Tabasco -- 28. Monumental Sculpture of Southern Veracruz and Tabasco -- 29. The Olmec Style and its Distributions -- 30. The Olmec Region at Spanish Contact -- 31. Archaeological Synthesis of Oaxaca -- 32. Preclassic and Classic Architecture of Oaxaca -- 33. Architecture in Oaxaca after the End of Monte Alban -- 34. Sculpture and Mural Painting of Oaxaca -- 35. Ceramics of Oaxaca -- 36. Lapidary Work, Goldwork, and Copperwork from Oaxaca -- 37. Zapotec Writing and Calendar -- 38. Mixtec Writing and Calendar -- 39. The Zapotec and Mixtec at Spanish Contact -- REFERENCES -- INDEX

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Archaeology of Southern Mesoamerica comprises the second and third volumes in the Handbook of Middle American Indians, published in cooperation with the Middle American Research Institute of Tulane University under the general editorship of Robert Wauchope (1909–1979). The volume editor is Gordon R. Willey (1913–2002), Bowditch Professor of Mexican and Central American Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University. Volumes Two and Three, with more than 700 illustrations, contain archaeological syntheses, followed by special articles on settlement patterns, architecture, funerary practices, ceramics, artifacts, sculpture, painting, figurines, jades, textiles, minor arts, calendars, hieroglyphic writing, and native societies at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Guatemala highlands, the southern Maya lowlands, the Pacific coast of Guatemala, Chiapas, the upper Grijalva basin, southern Veracruz, Tabasco, and Oaxaca. The Handbook of Middle American Indians was assembled and edited at the Middle American Research Institute of Tulane University with the assistance of grants from the National Science Foundation and under the sponsorship of the National Research Council Committee on Latin American Anthropology.

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