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Place and Identity in Classic Maya Narratives(Illustrated)
(Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Art and Archaeology Studies Series)
by Research Alexandre Tokovinine
Paperback, 180 Pages, Published 2013 by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library And Collection
ISBN-13: 978-0-88402-392-0, ISBN: 0-88402-392-3

"Understanding the ways in which human communities define themselves in relation to landscapes has been one of the crucial research questions in anthropology. Place and Identity in Classic Maya Narratives addresses this question in the context of the Classic Maya culture that thrived in the lowlands of the Yucatan peninsula and adjacent parts of Guatemala, Belize, and Western Honduras from 350 to 900 CE. The Classic Maya world of numerou ..."

Veiled Brightness(1st Edition)
A History of Ancient Maya Color (The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere)
by Stephen D. Houston, Cassandra Mesick, Claudia Brittenham, Christina Warinner, Alexandre Tokovinine
Hardcover, 162 Pages, Published 2009 by University Of Texas Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-292-71900-2, ISBN: 0-292-71900-0

"Color is an integral part of human experience, so common as to be overlooked or treated as unimportant. Yet color is both unavoidable and varied. Each culture classifies, understands, and uses it in different and often surprising ways, posing particular challenges to those who study color from long-ago times and places far distant. Veiled Brightness reconstructs what color meant to the ancient Maya, a set of linked peoples and societies ..."

Ancient Maya Art at Dumbarton Oaks
(Pre-Columbian Art at Dumbarton Oaks)
by Joanne Pillsbury, Miriam Doutriaux, Barbara Arroyo, Reiko Ishihara-Brito, Alexandre Tokovinine, Ronald L. Bishop, Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos, John E. Clark, Barbara W. Fash, Virginia M. Fields, Megan O'neil, Simon Martin, Stephen D. Houston, Fred W. Nelson, Dorie Reents-Budet, Karl A. Taube, Gene L. Titmus, Loa P. Traxler, Adrián Velázquez Castro, Prof Joanne Pillsbury, Virginia Fields, Aa. Vv., Exhibition Miriam Doutriaux
Hardcover, 584 Pages, Published 2012 by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library And Collection
ISBN-13: 978-0-88402-375-3, ISBN: 0-88402-375-3

"Based on the comprehensive study of one of the most important collections of Maya art in the United States, "Ancient Maya Art at Dumbarton Oaks" is a scholarly introduction to one of the great traditions of sculpture and painting in ancient America. Assembled by Robert Woods Bliss between 1935 and 1962, the collection is historically important, as it was one of the first to be established on the basis of aesthetic criteria. The catalogu ..."

The Art of Urbanism(Illustrated)
How Mesoamerican Kingdoms Represented Themselves in Architecture and Imagery (Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia)
by William L. Fash, Ann Cyphers, Robert H. Cobean, Leonardo López Luján, Contributor-Susan Gillespie, Anna Di Castro, Barbara W. Fash, David C. Grove, Dan Healan, Amparo Robles, Dr Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, Rex Koontz, Alfredo Lopez Austin, Joyce Marcus, Patricia Plunket, William Ringle, William Saturno, Alexandre Tokovinine, Gabriela Urunuela, Zoltan Paulinyi, George J. Bey, Leonardo Lâ¢Pez Lujân, Leonardo L¢Pez Lujn, William Leonard Fash
Paperback, 488 Pages, Published 2012 by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library And Collection
ISBN-13: 978-0-88402-378-4, ISBN: 0-88402-378-8

"The Art of Urbanism explores how the royal courts of powerful Mesoamerican centers represented their kingdoms in architectural, iconographic, and cosmological terms. Through an investigation of the ecological contexts and environmental opportunities of urban centers, the contributors consider how ancient Mesoamerican cities defined themselves and reflected upon their physical—and metaphysical—place via their built environment. Themes in ..."

The Art of Urbanism(9th Edition)
How Mesoamerican Kingdoms Represented Themselves in Architecture and Imagery (Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia)
by Leonardo López Luján, William Leonard Fash, Contributor-Ann Cyphers, William L. Fash, Robert H. Cobean, Anna Di Castro, Barbara W. Fash, Susan Gillespie, David C. Grove, Dan Healan, Rex Koontz, Alfredo Lopez Austin, Joyce Marcus, Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, Patricia Plunket, William Ringle, Amparo Robles, William Saturno, Alexandre Tokovinine, Gabriela Urunuela, Zoltan Paulinyi, George J. Bey
Hardcover, 488 Pages, Published 2009 by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library And Collection
ISBN-13: 978-0-88402-344-9, ISBN: 0-88402-344-3

" This volume explores how the royal courts of powerful Mesoamerican centers represented their kingdoms in architectural, iconographic, and cosmological terms. Through an investigation of the ecological contexts and environmental opportunities of urban centers, the contributors to this volume consider how ancient Mesoamerican cities defined themselves and reflected upon their physical—and metaphysical—place via their built environment. T ..."

Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions, Volume 3
Part 4: Yaxchilan [Soft Cover ]
by Barbara W. Fash, Ian Graham, Alexandre Tokovinine, Peter Mathews, Eric Von Euw, David Stuart
Paperback, 108 Pages, Published 2022 by U.S. Peabody Museum Of Archaeology & Ethnology Dez 2022
ISBN-13: 978-0-87365-872-0, ISBN: 0-87365-872-8

"The goal of this unique series of folio volumes is to document in photographs and detailed line drawings all known Maya inscriptions and their associated figurative art."

Merchants, Markets, and Exchange in the Pre-Columbian World(Illustrated)
(Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia)
by Joanne Pillsbury, Dmitri Beliaev, Brigitte Kovacevich, Enrique Mayer, Charles Stanish, Alexandre Tokovinine, Kenneth G. Hirth, Richard E. Blanton, Richard L. Burger, Gerardo Gutiérrez, Lawrence S. Coben, Paul S. Goldstein, David M. Carballo, Tom D. Dillehay, David A. Freidel, Barry L. Isaac, Patricia A. Mcanany, Axel E. Nielsen, John R. Topic, Marilyn A. Masson, Deborah L. Nichols, Prof Joanne Pillsbury
Hardcover, 480 Pages, Published 2013 by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library And Collection
ISBN-13: 978-0-88402-386-9, ISBN: 0-88402-386-9

""Merchants, Markets, and Exchange in the Pre-Columbian World" examines the structure, scale, and complexity of economic systems in the pre-Hispanic Americas, with a focus on the central highlands of Mexico, the Maya Lowlands, and the central Andes. Civilization in each region was characterized by complex political and religious institutions, highly skilled craft production, and the long-distance movement of finished goods. Scholars have ..."

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