‎Archeologie‎

‎Howard Alan And Robert Borofsky‎

‎Developments in Polynesian Ethnology‎

‎Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press 1989 First edition hardcover in dust jacket. 373 pp. Bibiliography index. Corners bumped jacket has some shallow chipping. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. LR1-2. University of Hawaii Press hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 250442 ???????? : 082481181X 9780824811815

‎Davies Nigel‎

‎The Incas‎

‎Niwot Colorado: University of Colorado Press 1995 Second printing in hardcover with dust jacket 259 pp. Appendices notes maps bibliography index. Top corners lightly bumped jacket has very minor edgewear. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. LR1-3. University of Colorado Press hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 250438 ???????? : 0870813609 9780870813603

‎Pettifor Jean L. Signed Copy‎

‎The Role of Professional Ethics in the Context of Moral Values: Being Good or Behaving Good Enough. Essay in the New Zealand Journal of Counselling‎

‎New Zealand Association of Counsellors 1993 First printing in stapled pamphlet. From the library of Jean L. Pettifor with her signature on the front cover The late Dr. Pettifor is a world renowned psychologist known for her work in the field of professional ethics. There is a handwritten letter from Johannes Evert thanking Ms. Pettifor for her essay taped to the first page. The front cover has some crimping. Very Good. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. BW14-3 Middle. New Zealand Association of Counsellors paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : 249247

‎Maria Pharmakes ed.‎

‎Mnemeion mnemes. He photographike apeikonisi ton mnemeion tes Athenas kata ton 19o aeona‎

‎<p><em><strong>The Photographic Depiction of the Monuments of Athens in the 19th Century</strong></em></p><p>Thessalonica: Photography Museum 2016. Brand new. In Greek. Hard cover 27X27 cm 300 pp. ill. ISBN 978-960-87946-3-4.</p><p>==============================================================</p><p><strong><em>IMPORTANT:</em></strong></p><ul><li>The shipping cost estimated by the system covers books weighing up to 750 gr.; a surcharge depending on the actual weight and destination applies for heavier books. You can also choose an international transporter and pay the shipping cost at delivery in your country.</li></ul><ul><li>Insurance of the shipment may also be necessary for some destinations.</li></ul> Photography Museum hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 213191 ???????? : 9608794633 9789608794634

‎Wunderlich HG. H. G.‎

‎The Secret of Crete‎

‎Collins 1976. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. With usual stamps and markings In fair condition suitable as a study copy. 250grams ISBN:0006339051 Collins paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : 6613227

‎Edwards Robert‎

‎Australian Aboriginal Art: The Art of the Alligator Rivers Region Northern Territory‎

‎<p>Fine HC in Near Fine DJ. Orange cloth over boards white titles on spine. Bright clean covers and spine; tightly bound and square in case; bright crisp clean interior. DJ is bright clean and complete; lightly scuffed; price labels on rear cover. 8vo 202 pp; biblio; many illustrations.</p> Canberra City/Highlands, NJ: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies/ Humanities Press hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 18195 ???????? : 0855751061 9780855751067

‎Donald E. Weaver Jr.‎

‎Hieroglyphic Canyon: A Petroglyph Record of a Changing Subsistence Pattern‎

‎<p>Very Good softcover. Card covers staple-bound. Bright clean front cover; rear cover clean but for few small stains near top edge; tightly bound; bright clean interior. 'Monograph No. 1'. 4to 34 pp; illustrated. Cf OCLC #22611342.</p> El Toro CA: American Rock Art Research Association paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : 18189

‎Th. Stephanidou Tiveriou et al eds.‎

‎Classike paradose kai neoterika stoicheia sten plastike tes romaikes Helladas‎

‎<p><em><strong>Classical Tradition and Neoteric Trends in the Plastic of Roman Greece</strong></em></p><p>Hard cover 28 cm 536 pp. ill.; net weight 2090 gr. Papers in Greek English German French Italian. ISBN 978-960-12-2084-0.</p><p>Based on the proceedings of an international conference this volume contains contributions by a number of scholars regarding sculpture in Roman Greece that is from the late Hellenistic period to late antiquity 2nd ce. B.C. – 5th ce. A.D. Numerous new finds are presented studied alongside earlier ones suggesting that sculpture workshops in Greece had a significant production during that period. Artistic tradition remains alive in Greece during those years and even survives the influx of new iconographic motifs and artistic trends imported from the West notably Rome. An interesting aspect of this issue is the function of sculptures either within the architectural context where they were placed for example in theatre edifices or within the context of religious sites or cemeteries. Finally a number of papers present significant finds of recent years from excavations outside Greece.</p><p><strong>CONTENTS:</strong></p><ul><li>Roland R. R. Smith The second lives of classical monuments in late antique Aphrodisias</li><li>Olga Palagia The peplos figure Athens National Museum 3890: Roman copy of a classical Îœedea</li><li>Hans Rupprecht Goette Klassisches Original oder klassizistische Τradition in der Kaiserzeit Zum Relief Αthen Îationalmuseum Inv. 226 aus Mantineia</li><li>Margherita Bonanno Aravantinos La scultura di eta romana nella Beozia: importazioni e produzioni locali</li><li>V. Gaggadis-Robin Sculptures romaines de Bouthrote</li><li>Bernard Holtzmann Les medaillons funeraires de Thasos</li><li>F. Queyrel Modes de representation des Julio-Claudiens dans les Cyclades - Τraditions regionales et reprises de schemas iconographiques</li><li>Katja Sporn Romische Grabreliefs auf Kreta. Alte Traditionen und neue Wege</li><li>Katia ManninoBronzi antichi dall’Adriatico: una statua di Polydeukion da Punta del Serrone Brindisi</li><li>Elisa Chiara Portale Una "nuova" Livia da Leptis Magna. Osservazioni sul contributo delle botteghe attiche nell’elaborazione e diffusione dell’immaginario imperiale</li><li>Thoralf Schroder Im Angesichte Roms. Uberlegungen zu kaiserzeitlichen mannlichen Portrats aus Αthen Thessaloniki und Korinth</li><li>Marco Galli Antinoos heros e gli eroi della Seconda Sofistica</li><li><em>FOR THE GREEK PAPERS SEE THE ATTACHED IMAGES.</em></li></ul><p>==============================================================</p><p><strong><em><strong>IMPORTANT:</strong></em></strong></p><ul><li>The shipping cost estimated by the system covers books weighing up to 750 gr.; a surcharge depending on the actual weight and destination applies for heavier books. You can also choose an international transporter and pay the shipping cost at delivery in your country.</li><li>Insurance of the shipment may also be necessary for some destinations.</li></ul> USP hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 178282 ???????? : 9601220844 9789601220840

‎Basil Ch. Petrakos‎

‎He en Athenais Archaeologike Hetaireia - Oi archaeologoi kai oi anascaphes‎

‎<p><strong>The Archaeological Society at Athens - The Archaeologists and the Excavations 1837-2011</strong></p><p>The Archaeological Society at Athens Library Series No. 270. In greek. Soft cover 24 cm 190 pp. ill. A short richly illustrated history of the Society.</p><p><strong>CONTENTS:</strong></p><ul><li><em>ΠεÏίγÏαμμα της ιστοÏίας της Ελληνικής ΑÏχαιολογίας 7-44</em></li><li><em>Οι αÏχαιολόγοι και οι ανασκαφές της ΑÏχαιολογικής ΕταιÏείας φωτογÏαφίες 45-108</em></li><li><em>Οι συνεÏγάτες της ΑÏχαιολογικής ΕταιÏείας 109-146</em></li><li><em>Οι ανασκαφές της ΑÏχαιολογικής ΕταιÏείας 147-172</em></li><li><em>Γενική βιβλιογÏαφία 173-174</em></li><li><em>Index 175-185</em></li><li><em>Οι αÏχαιολόγοι σχεδιάζουν 188-190</em></li></ul> Archaeological Society paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : S9437 ???????? : 9608145864 9789608145863

‎Shinnie PL.; Editor P. L.‎

‎Canadian Archaeology Abroad. Papers From the Conference Held at the University of Calgary November 23 24 25 1973‎

‎Calgary: University of Calgary Press 1976 First edition in trade paperback. 281 pp. Photographs maps drawings. Small crease to the bottom corner of the front cover some age toning on rear cover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. LR1-2x2. University of Calgary Press paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : 250445

‎Renfrew C & Bahn P‎

‎Archaeology‎

‎Thames and Hudson 2001. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. With usual stamps and markings In good all round condition. 1350grams ISBN:9780500281475 Thames and Hudson paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : 6423114 ???????? : 0500281475 9780500281475

‎Richard A .Gould‎

‎PUNTUTJARPA ROCKSHELTER AND THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT CULTURE‎

‎<p>This is a very clean and nice copy that once belonged to Tennessee archaeologist Dorothy Humpf.</p><p>Photos on request.</p> American Museum Of Narural History paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : biblio1301

‎Mousseau Claire‎

‎L'Evolution Fonctionnelle De La Forge Haute a Travers La Transformation Des Ouvrages 1739-1883‎

‎Ottawa ON: Parcs Canada. 1979 First printing in tall card covers. Travail Inedit Numbero 398. Manuscript Report Number 328. 106 pp. Fold-out drawings plates footnotes. " Reference Copy do not Remove" stamp on the front cover. Very light wear to covers. Very Good. . Soft Cover. Very Good. Bin 100. Parcs Canada. paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : 250394

‎Blitz John Howard‎

‎An Archaeological Study of the Mississippi Choctaw Indians‎

‎vi115 pages with diagrams plates maps charts and appendix. Quarto 11" x 8 1/2" issued in original publisher's wrappers. Mississippi Department of Archives and History Archaeological Report number 16. Errata laid in. First edition.<br /><br />Because previous archaeological investigation of the Choctaw was minimal the research has focused on the collection of basic archaeological data. The principal goals of the present research was to locate a representative sample of Choctaw sites; use the available historical and archaeological data to confirm the ethnic identity of the sites and associated artifacts as Choctaw; and analyze the site location data for patterns that could be interpreted with historical descriptions of Choctaw settlements. The study is organized in the following manner. Chapter 2 is ethnographic profile of early historic Choctaw society. Choctaw political institutions social organization and subsistence patterns are summarized and the effects of Euro-American acculturation examined. Chapter 3 reviews previous archaeological and historical research relevant to Choctaw society and prehistory. Chapter 4 presents the results of an archaeological survey in the traditional Choctaw Homeland in east-central Mississippi. Chapter 5 a Choctaw ceramic complex for the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century is proposed. In Chapter 6 the research results of the study are summarized and evaluated. Finally Appendix A presents descriptions of artifacts associated with Choctaw archaeological sites and Appendix B presents a copy of Tribal Resolution 141-81 of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />A near fine copy with old price sticker partially removed from back wrapper. Mississippi Department of Archives and History paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : A0532 ???????? : 093889644X 9780938896449

‎Spence Michael W. Jeffrey R. Parsons and Mary Hrones Parsons‎

‎Miscellaneous Studies in Mexican Prehistory‎

‎6" x 9". No. 45 of Anthropological Papers Museum of Anthropology University of Michigan. 170 pp. including two fold-out tables and numerous plates. Pages clean binding tight. Cover has slight discoloration near spine but is in excellent condition due to a clear plastic dust jacket. Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : JA3028

‎Bernal Ignacio 1910 1992 etal from the library of professor Robert V Kemper‎

‎Teotihuacan. Onceava Mesa Redonda‎

‎viii279 pages with maps plates diagrams tables charts figures and bibliographies. Royal octavo 9 1/4" x 7" bound in original wrappers. From the library of Professor Robert "Van" Kemper. First edition limited to 1000 copies.<br /><br />Contents: Cronologia y periodificacion: Datos estratigraficos sobre periodos ceramicos y sus relaciones con la pintura mural by Rene Millon; Chronology and periodization: Continuity and chance in the Teotihuacan ceramic tradition by James Bennyhoff; Secuencia ceramic de Teotihuacan by Florencia Muller; Una claificacion tentative de los monumentos arqueologicos de Teotihuacan by Jorge Acosta; Extension y poblacion de la ciudad de Teotihuacan en sus diferentes periodos: Un calculo provisional by Rene Million; Planeacion en la Antigua ciudad de teotihuacan by Bruce Drewitt; Evaluacion preliminary de la aplicacion de metodos a maquinas computadoras a los datos del Mapa de Teotihuacan by George Cowgill; the Calle de los Muertos complex: A possible macro-complex of structures near the center of Teotihuacan by Matthew Wallrath; Life in a classic village by William Sanders; El problema de integracion en la sociedad teotihuacana by Rene Million; Sobre sistemas y materiales de construccion en Teotihuacan by Carlos Margain; Los talleres de obsidian de Teotihuacan by Michael Spence; La periodificacion del material litico de Teotihuacan by Florencia Muller; Instrumental y armas by Florencia Muller; La pequena camara oculta de Yayauhtla by Horacio Corona Olea; Dioses y signos teotihuacanos by Alfonso Caso.<br /><br />Robert V. Kemper born in San Diego California on November 21 1945 resided in Dallas Texas where he was Professor of Anthropology at Southern Methodist University. He received his Ph.D. in Anthropology in 1971 from the University of California at Berkeley and spent the academic year 1971-1972 there as a National Endowment for the Humanities Post-Doctoral Fellow in Mexican American Studies before joining the SMU faculty. At SMU he served as Chair of the Department of Anthropology President of the Faculty Senate and member of the University Board of Trustees. His research interests included migration and urbanization history of anthropology community development tourism Mexico and the United States. His numerous publications include Anthropologists in Cities 1974 Migration and Adaptation: Tzintzuntzan Peasants in Mexico City 1977 Migration Across Frontiers: Mexico and the United States 1979 Chronicling Cultures: Long-Term Field Research in Anthropology 2002 and Urban Life 5th ed. 2010. He has served as President of the Society for Latin American Anthropology and the Society for Urban Anthropology as well as editor of Human Organization editor for Social-Cultural Anthropology of the American Anthropologist and associate editor for Urban Anthropology.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Kemper's name on front end paper light edge wear and soiling else a very good copy. Sociedad Mexicana de Antropologia paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : A0819

‎Fields Virginia M 1953 2011 and Dorie Reents Budet‎

‎Lords of Creation: The Origins of Sacred Maya Kingship‎

‎287 pages with frontispiece black and white plates figures diagrams color plates map and index. Folio 11 1/2" x 9 1/4" bound in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Preface by Enrique Florescano. Forewords by Sari Bermudez Luciano Cedillo and Manuel de Jesus Salazar Tetzaguic. Sponsor's statement by Emilio Azcarraga Jean. Contributions by Ricardo Agurcia Fasquelle Jeremy R Bauer Ellen E Bell M Kathryn Brown Ramon Carrasco Vargas Allen J Christenson Constance Cortez Federico Fahsen Enrique Florescano David A Freidel James F Garber Nikolai Grube Stanley P Guenter Julia Guernsey Richard D Hansen Michael Love simon Martin F Kent Reilly III Robert J Sharer and Juan Antionio Valdes. First edition.Divinely sanctioned kingship is found among acnient civilizations throughout the world including Asia West Africa and Europe but it has been a largely unexplored process in ancient Mesocamerica. Sacred kings who played key roles in the emergence of complex urban society first appeared among the Olmec on the Gulf Coast of Mexico around 900 BC but the full flowering of this phenomenon subsequently occurred in southern Mexico Guatemala Belize and western Honduras among the most brilliant of the New World civilizations the Maya. This book was published to accompany a traveling exhibition organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and breaks new ground by documenting the development and exploring the manifestations of royal authority among the ancient Maya as well as their descendants as revealed by the religious beliefs and ceremonies of the Maya today. Drawing on the most current archaeological epigraphic and art historical research of an impressive roster of Maya scholars Lords of Creation addresses specific aspects of the central historical issues and seminal artworks that exemplify the primary characteristic of Maya divine kingship the capacity of rulers to intercede between gods and menCondition:Some occasional marginalia and yellow marks-a-lot else a very good copy in a fine jacket. Los Angeles County Museum of Art hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : A0605 ???????? : 1857593863 9781857593860

‎Arroyo de Anda Luis Aveleyra‎

‎Obras selectas del Arte Prehispanico‎

‎unpaginated with numerous black and white plates. Large quarto 11 3/4" x 9 1/2" bound in gray cloth with black lettering to cover. Photographs by Irmgard Groth-Kimball. Prefaces by Ignacio Marquina and Ignacio Bernal. From the library of George M Foster. First edition.This work contains a presentations of some of the most premium works in the holdings of the museum. Designed in 1963 by Pedro Ramírez Vázquez Jorge Campuzano and Rafael Mijares it has an impressive architecture with exhibition halls surrounding a patio with a huge pond and a vast square concrete umbrella supported by a single slender pillar known as "el paraguas" Spanish for "the umbrella" around which splashes an artificial cascade. The halls are ringed by gardens many of which contain outdoor exhibits. The museum has 23 rooms for exhibits and covers an area of 79700 square meters almost 8 hectares or 857890 square feet almost 20 acres. Opened in 1964 by President Adolfo López Mateos the museum has a number of significant exhibits such as the Stone of the Sun giant stone heads of the Olmec civilization that were found in the jungles of Tabasco and Veracruz treasures recovered from the Maya civilization at the Sacred Cenote at Chichen Itza a replica of the sarcophagal lid from Pacal's tomb at Palenque and ethnological displays of contemporary rural Mexican life. It also has a model of the location and layout of the former Aztec capital Tenochtitlan the site of which is now occupied by the central area of modern-day Mexico City itself.George McClelland Foster Jr born in Sioux Falls South Dakota on October 9 1913 died on May 18 2006 at his home in the hills above the campus of the University of California Berkeley where he served as a professor from 1953 to his retirement in 1979 when he became professor emeritus. His contributions to anthropological theory and practice still challenge us; in more than 300 publications his writings encompass a wide diversity of topics including acculturation long-term fieldwork peasant economies pottery making public health social structure symbolic systems technological change theories of illness and wellness humoral medicine in Latin America and worldview. The quantity quality and long-term value of his scholarly work led to his election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1976. Virtually all of his major publications have been reprinted and/or translated. Provenance from the executor of Foster's library laid in.Condition:Corners gently bumped foster's name on front end paper and date of acquiry on front paste down. Jacket heavily rubbed at edges hinges and fold over edges with some chipping and occasional loss else a very good copy in a good jacket. Museo Nacional de Antropologia hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : A0759

‎Berrin Kathleen editor‎

‎The Spirit of Ancient Peru: Treasures from the Museo Arqueologico Rafael Larco Herrera‎

‎London: Thames and Hudson 1998 216 pages with plates diagrams maps illustrations bibliography and index. Quarto 11 1/4" x 9" issued in brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine decorative vignette to front cover. Preface by Isabel Larco de Alvarez-Calderon. Foreword by Harry S Parker. 1st edition. Contents: The Spirit of Rafael Larco Hoyle: An Introduction by Kathleen Berrin; Rafael Larco Hoyle 1901-1966 by Clifford Evans; Life and Afterlife in Pre-Hispanic Pru: Contextualizing the masterworks of the Museo of Arqueologico Rafael Larco Herrera by Richard L Burger; The Coastal Islands of Peru: Myths and Natural Resources by Maria Rostworowski de Diez Canseco; Moche Art: Myth History and Rite by Elizabeth P Benson; Deer Hunting and Combat: Parallel Activities in the Moche World by Christopher B Donnan; Andean Aesthetics by Esther Paztory; Catalogue of Objects by Elizabeth P Benson Susan E Bergh Richard L Burger Heidi King and Joanne Pillsbury. Condition: Jacket price clipped small chip at spine head else a near fine copy in like jacket. First Edition. Original Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Quarto. Thames and Hudson hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : A0027

‎Walthall John A and Emerson Thomas F editors‎

‎Calumet Fleur-De-Lys: Archaeology of French Indian Contact in the Midcontent‎

‎viii307 pages with tables maps plates figures and charts. Royal octavo 9 1/4" x 6 1/4" bound in original green publisher's cloth with silver lettering to spine. First edition. Despite increased research interest in the interaction of native North American peoples and Europeans little attention has been directed toward Indian-Franch interactions-even though for more than a century the French controlled an area of the interior more than twice the size of the combined North American territories of Great Britain and Spain. <i>Calumet and Fluer-de-Lys</i> focuses on historic Native American sites and archaeological evidence of native interaction with the French from the landing of Jean Nicollet in Green Bay in 1634 to the surrender of French America to the British in 1765. It integrates for the first time historical documents of the French politicians explores priests and traders with the archaeological record of numerous mid-continental native and French colonial sites. The essays cover the full range of French America-from the mouth of the Mississippi to the Great lakes region-and examine topics as diverse as the protohistoric native cultures of the Midwest French traders among the Sioux of northern Minnesota Indian-French military relations in Louisiana and the Wabash the Indian deerskin trade of the Southeasts Huron refugees in Michigan and Illini hunting camps and villages in illinois. Most previous research into French America including Francis Parkman's classic histories has centered on "great men" -LaSalle Marquette Joliet and Nicollet. This work demonstrates the potential of the archaeological record to expand the history of native cultures and Indian-French relations in the contact era. Condition: Jacket fold over flap creased else a near fine copy in like jacket. Smithsonian Institution Press hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : BOOKS005141 ???????? : 156098158X 9781560981589

‎Bernal Ignacio 1910 1992 from the library of Dr Donald Wocester‎

‎The Olmec World‎

‎xiv273 pages with 103 plates numerous black and white figures and index. Quarto 11 1/4" 8 3/4" bound in original publisher's beige cloth with black lettering to spine dust jacket reddish brown with black and white lettering to spine and front cover and white decorative Olmec design on front and back. Translated from the Spanish by Doris Heyden and Fernando Horcaitas. From the library of Professor Donald Wocerster. First American edition.<br /><br />In 1862 a colossal stone head was discovered in the state of Veracruz along the steaming Gulf Coast of Mexico. In the years to come artifacts from the culture later termed Olmec turned up at widespread sites in Mexico and adjacent Central America with the greatest number of characteristic themes being present in the region of the original discovery. Monuments were also an important characteristic of Olmec centers. Today they provide us with some idea of the nature of Olmec ideology. The colossal heads are commanding portraits of individual Olmec rulers and the large symbol displayed on the 'helmet' of each colossal head appears to be an identification motif for that person. Colossal heads glorified the rulers while they were alive and commemorated them as revered ancestors after their death. Altars were actually the thrones of Olmec rulers. The carving on the front of the throne shows the identified ruler sitting in a niche that symbolizes a cave entrance to the supernatural powers of the underworld. That scene communicated to the people their ruler's association with cosmological power. The magnificent colossal stone heads massive altars and sophisticated anthropomorphic and zoomorphic statues found at Olmec sites in southern Veracruz and Tabasco are the oldest known monuments in Prehispanic Mexico. In 1939 a carving was discovered near the gigantic head with a characteristic Olmec design on one side and a date symbol on the other. This revealed a shocking truth: the Olmecs had a far greater right to be considered the mother culture. Hundreds of years earlier than anyone had imagined simple villages had given way to a complex society governed by kings and priests with impressive ceremonial centers and artworks. Today many find the term "mother culture" misleading but clearly the Olmecs came first. Other megalithic heads were discovered in the intervening years all with African facial features. This is not necessarily to suggest that the founders or leaders of Olmec civilization came directly from Africa since many original populations of countries like Cambodia and the Philippines have similar characteristics. These might have been brought along when the first humans entered the Americas from Asia. At La Venta Stirling and Philip Drucker began excavations in a plaza area Complex A on the north side of La Venta's 32 meter-tall 106 ft. earthen pyramid mound. They soon made astonishing discoveries. Their trenches uncovered caches of polished jade celts colored clay floors and several royal burials. One burial was in a large sandstone sarcophagus carved to depict a supernatural caiman. Two other burials occurred in a tomb chamber constructed from basalt columns. All the burials included offerings of beautiful greenstone figures jewelry and celts. When Stirling presented his discoveries at the meeting held by the Mexican Society of Anthropology Sociedad Mexicana de Antropologia at Tuxtla Gutierrez in 1942 disagreements immediately arose over the dating of La Venta and the Olmec. Drucker believed that La Venta was contemporaneous with Classic period Maya civilization while Alfonso Caso and Miguel Covarrubias eloquently argued that the Olmec precede the Maya and Mexico's other great civilizations. Stirling agreed with Caso and Covarrubias. Because the meeting had raised so many questions about the Olmec historian Wigberto Jimenez Moreno wrote that same year about "El enigma de los olmecas." It took another 15 years to resolve the question of the antiquity of the Olmec. In 1957 the first radiocarbon dates from La Venta 800-400 B.C. proved Caso Covarrubias and Stirling to be correct and recent research and radiocarbon dating now places the time range of the Olmec from 1200 to 1500 B.C. Today the forest is gone at La Venta and a large Pemex refinery is located near the site but archaeologists now have a clearer understanding of the Olmec. The Olmec no longer seem as enigmatic as they did in 1942. Much of the Olmec monumental art is found damaged and mutilated. The portrait statues of rulers are decapitated and massive fragments are missing from the corners of altars. Only the colossal portrait heads survived relatively unharmed. Although that damage was once blamed on invaders or internal revolutions it was an action that occurred repeatedly throughout the 700 years that the Olmec created monuments. Therefore most scholars now believe that monument mutilation was carried out by the Olmec themselves for sacred or ritual reasons. Perhaps when a ruler died his monuments were destroyed. New evidence indicates that some monuments were broken and the pieces recarved to make other monuments. It is now known that two colossal stone heads from San Lorenzo had originally been large rectangular altars that were later resculpted into colossal heads. When a ruler died was he venerated by converting his throne into his colossal portrait head. Geologists have determined that the basalt used to make most of the monuments at San Lorenzo and La Venta came from the area of the Tuxtlas Mountains. In 1960 archaeologist Alfonso Medellin Zenil discovered Llano del Jicaro an Olmec basalt quarry site and monument workshop. The quarry near the Tuxtla Mountains is only 7 kilometers 4 miles from the Olmec center of Laguna de los Cerros and was controlled by it. Excavations at Llano del Jicaro in 1991 provided data on the process of monument manufacture. A large unfinished altar there demonstrates that the monuments were given their basic shape at the quarry site and then transported to the centers for finishing. Although archaeology has answered many questions about the Olmec many more still remain. Research has concentrated primarily on the centers of San Lorenzo and La Venta and very little is known about Laguna de los Cerros or smaller Olmec centers or Olmec life in small farming hamlets. We also have very little archaeological information about the 500-300 B.C. time period in southern Veracruz and Tabasco and therefore we do not know how the Olmec culture ended. San Lorenzo and La Venta declined in importance perhaps due to major change in the river systems that helped support those centers. However in the northern area of the Olmec domain there was some cultural continuity long after 500 B.C. Tres Zapotes became an important post-Olmec center and Laguna de los Cerros continued as a major center into the Classic period. One of the huge Olmec sculptures found at La Venta - This head is approximately 6 feet tall and 5 feet across. The stone it was cut from was quarried more than 50 miles from where it was discovered prompting speculation about how it was transported.<br /><br />Donald E. Worcester 1915-2003 was an American historian who specialized in Southwestern United States and Latin American history. He was president of the Western History Association from 1974-1975. Worcester graduated from Bard College in 1939. He received an M.A. from the University of California Berkeley in 1941. He then served in the US Naval Reserve in World War II. He received a PhD. from Berkeley in 1947. From 1947 until 1963 he was a professor at the University of Florida. He then was a professor at Texas Christian University and history department chair. From 1960 until 1965 he was managing editor of the Hispanic American Historical Review. Worcester's view that history is made of complexities not dualities is seen as foundational for much of the understanding by later scholars of Southwest United States history.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Review copy from Donald Worcester library with his name on front end paper. Review notice laid in. Light rubbing to jacket else a better than very good copy in a very good to fine dust jacket. University of California Press hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : BOOKS005708

‎Cleveland Ray L‎

‎An Ancient South Arabian Necropolis: Objects from the Second Campaign 1951 in the Timna' Cemetery‎

‎xi187xi pages with 120 plates appendices and index. Quarto 11 1/4" x 8 3/4" bound in quarter black cloth with gilt lettering over red paste boards with gilt monogram. Foreword by Wendell Phillips. Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man volume IV. First edition. This volume presents objects other than pottery which were discovered in the early months of 1951 in the ancient necropolis known to South-Arabian archaeologists as the Timna' Cemetery. Condition: Shelf wear else a very good copy. John Hopkins Press hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : BOOKS003371

‎John E Clark‎

‎The Lithic Artifacts of La Libertad Chiapas Mexico: An Economic Perspective‎

‎xx286 pages with frontispiece 96 figures 175 tables and appendixes. Quarto 10 1/2" x 7 3/4" issued in wrappers. Appendix by Fred W Nelson. Papers of the New World Archaeological Foundation number 52. 1st edition. The lithic artifacts presented in this report were excavated at La Libertad Chiapas Mexico in 1975-76 and first made available in 1977; a preliminary study of the obsidian was completed in 1978. As in any work of this extensive nature research was conducted and descriptions compiled over a number of years. In several cases collections were analyzed repeatedly in order to bring analysis more up to date. In 1978 the author analyzed the obsidian for an MA thesis and subsequent research made clear that technological analysis of the obsidian needed revision. One goal of the study has been to move beyond basic description and to show that data significant for resolving wider problems of economic and cultural evolution can be delivered from utilitarian stone artifacts. Condition: Previous owner's name on front end paper lightly soiled edge wear else a very good copy. Brigham Young University Press paperback‎

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‎Alfonso Caso 1896 1970‎

‎El Tesoro de Monte Alban‎

‎406 pages with plates including frontispiece maps many folding out figures and tables. Quarto 12" x 9" issued in brown cloth. Color photographs by Jaime Valdes. With 13 page pamphlet The Monte Alban Treasure published by the Chicago Museum special exhibit in 1933. Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia Memoria number 3 2 volumes in one. First edition.<br /><br />Monte Albán is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. The site is located on a low mountainous range rising above the plain in the central section of the Valley of Oaxaca where the latter's northern Etla eastern Tlacolula and southern Zimatlán/Ocotlán or Valle Grande branches meet. The present-day state capital Oaxaca City is located approximately 9 km 5.6 mi east of Monte Albán. The civic-ceremonial center of the Monte Albán site is situated atop an artificially-leveled ridge which with an elevation of about 1940 m 6368 ft above mean sea level rises some 400 m 1312 ft from the valley floor. In addition to the aforementioned monumental core the site is characterized by several hundred artificial terraces and a dozen clusters of mounded architecture covering the entire ridge line and surrounding flanks Blanton 1978. The archaeological ruins on the nearby Atzompa and El Gallo hills to the north are traditionally considered to be an integral part of the ancient city as well. Besides being one of the earliest cities of Mesoamerica Monte Albán's importance stems also from its role as the pre-eminent Zapotec socio-political and economic center for close to a thousand years. Founded toward the end of the Middle Formative period at around 500 BC by the Terminal Formative ca.100 BC-AD 200 Monte Albán had become the capital of a large-scale expansionist polity that dominated much of the Oaxacan highlands and interacted with other Mesoamerican regional states such as Teotihuacan to the north Paddock 1983; Marcus 1983. The city had lost its political pre-eminence by the end of the Late Classic ca. AD 500-750 and soon thereafter was largely abandoned. Small-scale reoccupation opportunistic reutilization of earlier structures and tombs and ritual visitations marked the archaeological history of the site into the Colonial period. The etymology of the site's present-day name is unclear and tentative suggestions regarding its origin range from a presumed corruption of a native Zapotec name such as "Danibaan" Sacred Hill to a colonial-era reference to a Spanish soldier by the name Montalbán or to the Alban Hills of Italy. The ancient Zapotec name of the city is not known as abandonment occurred centuries before the writing of the earliest available ethnohistorical sources.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Previous owner's name on half title lacks front end paper one map separated at fold small pin size hole through some pages. Jacket light edge wear with small closed tears and light chips. Overall about a very good copy in a better than very good jacket. Instituto Nacional de Antropologi�a e Historia (INAH) hardcover‎

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‎Frederick Fyvie Bruce 1910 1990‎

‎Second Thoughts on the Dead Sea Scrolls‎

‎144 pages with index. Octavo 8 3/4" x 5 3/4" bound in original publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original jacket.In this present work F F Bruce has sifted all the evidence at present available good band and indifferent and has given us the fruit of his own insight into the interpretation of the light that these discoveries cast upon the Word of God and especially upon the happenings in the obscure Roman province of Judea at the time when the Word became flesh and pitched His tent among men. In this book Bruce wears his learning lightly and has presented an eminently readable and thoroughly reliable account of these outstanding discoveries. Condition: Corners bumped spine ends rubbed previous owner's stamp on front end paper some occasional pencil underlining. Jacket corners and spine ends chipped else a very good copy in like jacket. Wm B Eerdmans Publishing Co hardcover‎

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