Title: Kingdoms of gold, kingdoms of jade :
Authors: Fagan, Brian M.
Date: 1991
Publisher: Thames and Hudson,
Physical description: 240 p. : ill., (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: E
Abstract: A compelling account of pre-Columbian America covering topics such as history and mythology, archaeology and ethnography, all in a magnificent narrative of the rise and fall of America's ancient civilizations.
Contents: The civilizations of 1492. The world of the fifth sun : the Aztecs of Mexico -- Land of the four quarters : the Incas of Peru -- The first Americans. The big-game hunters : Clovis and the bison hunters -- The fisherfolk : coastal peoples of the far west and north -- The farmers : the story of the miracle crops -- Civilizations of ancient Mesoamerica. The jaguar and the shaman : Olmecs of the Gulf Coast -- The gullet of the vision serpent: discovering the Maya -- Maya lords : classic Maya civilization -- Before the Aztecs : Monte Albán, Teotihuacan, and the Toltecs -- Civilizations of the Andes. The Chavin cult: the rise of Andean civilization -- The golden Moche : lords of Peru's north coast -- Before the Incas : Nazca, Tiwanaku, Huari, and Chimor -- Chiefdoms of North America. Pueblos and moundbuilders : cultures of the Southwest and East.
Subject headings (LCSH): America--Antiquities.; America--Discovery and exploration--Pre-Columbian.; Indians--Antiquities