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Secrets of Casas Grandes : Precolumbian art & archaeology of northern Mexico / edited by Melissa S. Powell ; photography by Blair Clark

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Santa Fe : Museum of New Mexico Press, c2006Description: 135 p. : illus. ; 26 cmISBN:

9780890134955

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DDC classification:

972.16 SEC

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	972.16 SEC (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	non fiction		007157

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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.

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