Pre-Columbian art
By: José Alcina Franch ; translated from the French by I. Mark Paris.
Publisher: H.N. Abrams
Published: 1983
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 614
Subjects: Indian art.; Indians -- Antiquities.; Latin America -- Antiquities.
Description: Pre-Columbian art. Introduction ; In search of Pre-Columbian art ; Art and anthropology ; The American landscape ; Peoples, languages, cultures ; Origins and cultural evolution ; Paleolithic art ; Olmec art ; Chavin art ; The classic period : Teotihuacan and Monte Alban ; The classic period : Maya art ; The classic period : the Andes ; End of the classic period ; Postclassic art --The image as document. Documentary illustrations --Principal archaeological sites. Maps: Geography and races ; Principal Maya and Aztec deities in glyphs ; Deities and rulers ; Chronological table.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 595-605.
Translation of: L'art précolombien.
Includes index.