Making value, making meaning : techné in the pre-Columbian world /
Pre-Columbian Studies Symposium "Making Value, Making Meaning : Techné in the Pre-Columbian World"(2010 :Washington, D.C.)author.
Costin, Cathy Lynne,editor.
Dumbarton Oaks,issuing body.
Publication date from publisher's website.
"Volume based on papers presented at the Pre-Columbian Studies symposium "Making Value, Making Meaning: Techné in the Pre-Columbian World," held at the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C., on October 11-12, 2013."--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Making value, making meaning: techné in the pre-Columbian world / Cathy Lynne Costin -- Lustrous surfaces and shades of green: value and meaning in three Mesoamerican lapidary ensembles from Teotihuacan, Palenque, and La Venta / Laura Filloy Nadal -- The eloquence of color: material and meaning in the Cacaxtla murals / Claudia Brittenham and Diana Magaloni Kerpel -- Telluric techné and the lithic production of Tiwanaku / John W. Janusek and Patrick Ryan Williams -- Encoded process, embodied meaning in Paracas post-fired ceramics / Lisa DeLeonardis -- Valuing the local: Inka metal production in the Tarapacá Valley of northern Chile / Colleen Zori -- New world metallurgy: a comparative study of copper production in the south central Andes and west Mexico / Blanca Maldonado -- Spondylus and the Inka empire on the far north coast of Peru: recent excavations at Taller Conchales, Cabeza de Vaca, Tumbes / Jerry D. Moore and Carolina Maria Vílchez -- The artistry of Moche mural painting and the ephemerality of monuments / Lisa Trever -- Techné and ceramic social valuables of the late preclassic Maya lowlands / Michael G. Callaghan -- Crafting identities deep and broad: hybrid ceramics on the late prehispanic north coast of Peru / Cathy Lynne Costin -- Shaping local and regional identities: techné in the Moche presence at Cerro Castillo, Nepeña Valley, Peru / Carlos Rengifo -- Crafting credit: authorship among classic Maya painters and sculptors / Stephen Houston -- Textile techné: classic Maya translucent cloth and the making of value / Christina T. Halperin.
Indians of Central America
Indians of South America
Indians of Central America
Indians of South America
Indian artisans
Indian artisans
Social archaeology
Social archaeology