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Author | : Nancy L Kelker |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2016-07-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1315428598 |
Crystal skulls, imaginative codices, dubious Olmec heads and cute Colima dogs. Fakes and forgeries run rampant in the Mesoamerican art collections of international museums and private individuals. Authors Nancy Kelker and Karen Bruhns examine the phenomenon in this eye-opening volume. They discuss the most commonly forged classes and styles of artifacts, many of which were being duplicated as early as the 19th century. More important, they describe the system whereby these objects get made, purchased, authenticated, and placed in major museums as well as the complicity of forgers, dealers, curators, and collectors in this system. Unique to this volume are biographies of several of the forgers, who describe their craft and how they are able to effectively fool connoisseurs and specialists. An important, accessible introduction to pre-Columbian art fraud for archaeologists, art historians, and museum professionals alike. A parallel volume by the same authors discusses fakes in Andean archaeology.
Author | : Nancy L Kelker |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2016-07 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1315428601 |
This is an important accessible introduction to pre-Columbian art fraud of Central Americafor archaeologists, art historians, and museum professionals alike.
Author | : Ross Hassig |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 1992-08-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520077342 |
In this study of warfare in ancient Mesoamerica, Ross Hassig offers new insight into three thousand years of Mesoamerican history, from roughly 1500 B.C. to the Spanish conquest. He examines the methods, purposes, and values of warfare as practiced by the major pre-Columbian societies and shows how warfare affected the rise of the state.
Author | : Abbie Mercer |
Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 2015-12-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1499437633 |
Bloody sacrifices, disgusting diets, and shocking religious rituals are some of the gruesome aspects of the totally gross history of Mesoamerica. Concise and entertaining, this text covers some of the more nauseating facts about pre-Columbian Mesoamerica (the region spanning Central America). The gruesome details about the Mesoamerican diet, religion, and medicine will shock readers. But beyond the ickiness, this fascinating title also introduces its audience to the significant contributions of this important culture, as well as the tools that historians and archaeologists use to study ancient life.
Author | : Karen O Bruhns |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2016-09-16 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1315428555 |
Nasca pots, Quimbaya figurines, Moche porn figures, stone shamans. Fakes and forgeries run rampant in the Andean art collections of international museums and private individuals. Authors Karen Bruhns and Nancy Kelker examine the phenomenon in this eye-opening volume. They discuss the most commonly forged classes and styles of artifacts, many of which were being duplicated as early as the 19th century. More important, they describe the system whereby these objects get made, purchased, authenticated, and placed in major museums as well as the complicity of forgers, dealers, curators, and collectors in this system. Unique to this volume are biographies of several of the forgers, who describe their craft and how they are able to effectively fool connoisseurs and specialists. This is an important accessible introduction to pre-Columbian art fraud for archaeologists, art historians, and museum professionals alike. A parallel volume by the same authors discusses fakes in Mesoamerican archaeology.
Author | : Margaret Bunson |
Publisher | : New York : Facts on File |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780816024025 |
Provides detailed entries on the antiquities of pre-Columbian Central America and the civilizations of region's peoples
Author | : Lynn Peppas |
Publisher | : Crabtree Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780778720393 |
There are great mysteries that surround the earliest peoples that settled in the rainforests and coastal areas of Central America. Life in Ancient Mesoamerica explores the Olmec peoples and their massive stone sculptures, the great architecture, language, and art of the Maya, and the military achievement of the Aztec civilization. The book also features the many gods and goddesses of Mesoamerica, the role of religion in the daily life of the people, and what is known about each civilization's decline.
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Central America |
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Author | : Jackie Maloy |
Publisher | : C. Press/F. Watts Trade |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780531241103 |
Provides information about the ancient Maya, discussing farming, daily life, beliefs, and other related topics.
Author | : John Allen Graham |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 1970 |
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