Secrets of Casas Grandes : Precolumbian art & archaeology of northern Mexico /
Secrets of Casas Grandes : Precolumbian art & archaeology of northern Mexico /
edited by Melissa S. Powell ; photography by Blair Clark
- Santa Fe : Museum of New Mexico Press, c2006
- 135 p. : illus. ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
The secrets of Casas Grandes / Melissa S. Powell -- The specialist potters of Casas Grandes / Maria Sprehn -- Casas Grandes cosmology / Christine S. VanPool and Todd L. VanPool -- The Casas Grandes border / Timothy D. Maxwell.
This catalog explores the acclaimed ceramic traditions of the largest pre-Columbian civilization in northern Mexico. Casas Grandes, located in present-day Chihuahua, was a major regional center during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries that blended elements of the Pueblo culture to the north and Mesoamerican civilizations to the south. Leading archaeologists discuss the geometric polychrome vessels, representational pots, and effigy pots that display a spectacular ceramic artistry and give rare insight into an ancient culture just beginning to receive its archaeological due.
English
9780890134955
Casas Grandes culture
Casas Grandes pottery
Casas Grandes Site (Mexico)
Mexico--Antiquities
972.16 SEC
Includes bibliographical references.
The secrets of Casas Grandes / Melissa S. Powell -- The specialist potters of Casas Grandes / Maria Sprehn -- Casas Grandes cosmology / Christine S. VanPool and Todd L. VanPool -- The Casas Grandes border / Timothy D. Maxwell.
This catalog explores the acclaimed ceramic traditions of the largest pre-Columbian civilization in northern Mexico. Casas Grandes, located in present-day Chihuahua, was a major regional center during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries that blended elements of the Pueblo culture to the north and Mesoamerican civilizations to the south. Leading archaeologists discuss the geometric polychrome vessels, representational pots, and effigy pots that display a spectacular ceramic artistry and give rare insight into an ancient culture just beginning to receive its archaeological due.
English
9780890134955
Casas Grandes culture
Casas Grandes pottery
Casas Grandes Site (Mexico)
Mexico--Antiquities
972.16 SEC
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