Faking ancient Mesoamerica
By: Nancy L. Kelker, Karen O. Bruhns.
Contributors: Bruhns, Karen Olsen.
Publisher: Left Coast Press; Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Walnut Creek, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781598741506; 9781598741490
Subjects: Indian art -- Forgeries -- Mexico; Indian art -- Forgeries -- Central America; Forgery of antiquities -- Mexico; Forgery of antiquities -- Central America; Indians of Mexico -- Antiquities; Indians of Central America -- Antiquities; Indian art -- Mexico; Indian art -- Central America
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Secret lies of fakes; title: Faking is not just a modern art; title: The nine lives of fakes; title: A rogues gallery of forgers, fakers & facilitators; title: Escaping de Landa's bonfire of the vanities; title: Between a rock and a hard fake; title: Feat of clay; title: The lapidary's lament; title: Skullduggery; title: Wooden men, golden gods and tales on the wall.