The place of stone monuments : context, use, and meaning in Mesoamerica's preclassic transition / Julia Guernsey, John E. Clark, and Bâarbara Arroyo, editors.
"Volume based on papers presented at the symposium "The place of sculpture in Mesoamerica's preclassic transition : context, use, and meaning," organized by the Pre-Columbian Studies program at Dumbarton Oaks. The symposium was held in Antigua, Guatemala, on October 5-6, 2007"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Foreword / Joanne Pillsbury -- Preface / Julia Guernsey, John E. Clark, and Bâarbara Arroyo -- Stone monuments and preclassic civilization / John E. Clark, Julia Guernsey, and Bâarbara Arroyo -- Iconography of the Nahual : human-animal transformations in preclassic Guerrero and Morelos / Gerardo Gutierrez and Mary E. Pye -- Sculpture from Teopantecuanitlan, Guerrero / Guadalupe Martinez Donjuan -- Zazacatla in the framework of Olmec Mesoamerica / Giselle Canto Aguilar and Victor M. Castro Mendoza -- Stone monuments and earthen mounds : polity and placemaking at Tres Zapotes, Veracruz / Christopher A. Pool -- The architectural setting of Olmec sculpture clusters at La Venta, Tabasco / Rebecca B. Gonzâalez Lauck -- Thinking outside the plaza : varieties of preclassic sculpture in Pacific Guatemala and their potential political significance / Michael W. Love -- Preclassic Olmec and Maya monuments and architecture at Takalik Abaj / Christa Schieber de Lavarreda and Miguel Orrego Corzo -- Rulers, gods, and potbellies : a consideration of sculptural forms and themes from the preclassic Pacific coast and piedmont of Mesoamerica / Julia Guernsey -- Preclassic stone sculpture in the Guatemalan highlands : broken monuments and foreign scripts / Federico Fahsen -- Revisiting Kaminaljuyu Monument 65 in three-dimensional high definition / Travis F. Doering and Lori D. Collins -- Shining stones : observations on the ritual meaning of early Maya stelae / David Stuart.
Series:
Dumbarton Oaks pre-Columbian symposia and colloquia.
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