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Mexico(8th Edition)
From the Olmecs to the Aztecs (Eighth Edition)
by Michael D. Coe, Javier Urcid, Rex Koontz
Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2019 by Thames & Hudson
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-84178-5, ISBN: 0-500-84178-0

"An extensive update to the authoritative introduction to Mexico’s ancient civilizations.“Masterly. . . . The complexities of Mexico’s ancient cultures are perceptively presented and interpreted.” ?Library Journal“A must for anyone interested in archaeology and history.” ―DIGMexico arrives in its eighth edition with a new look and the most recent discoveries. This is the story of the pre-Spanish people of Mexico, who, with their neighbor ..."






Mexico(1st Edition)
From the Olmecs to the Aztecs
by Michael D. Coe, Rex Koontz, Javier Urcid
Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2019 by Thames & Hudson
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-29373-7, ISBN: 0-500-29373-2

"This authoritative volume has been revised throughout and expanded, with stunning new images and accounts of the major discoveries of recent years."






Blood and Beauty(Illustrated)
Organized Violence in the Art and Archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America (Ideas, Debates, and Perspectives (Paperback))
by Heather Orr, Rex Koontz
Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2009 by The Cotsen Institute Of Archaeology Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-931745-58-1, ISBN: 1-931745-58-7

"Warfare, ritual human sacrifice, and the rubber ballgame have been the traditional categories through which scholars have examined organised violence in the artistic and material records of ancient Mesoamerica and Central America. This volume expands those traditional categories to include such concerns as gladiatorial-like boxing combats, investiture rites, trophy-head taking and display, dark shamanism, and the subjective pain inheren ..."






Lightning Gods and Feathered Serpents
The Public Sculpture of El Tajín (The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies)
by Rex Koontz
Hardcover, 151 Pages, Published 2009 by University Of Texas Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-292-71899-9, ISBN: 0-292-71899-3

"El Tajin, an ancient Mesoamerican capital in Veracruz, Mexico, has long been admired for its stunning pyramids and ballcourts decorated with extensive sculptural programs. Yet the city's singularity as the only center in the region with such a wealth of sculpture and fine architecture has hindered attempts to place it more firmly in the context of Mesoamerican history. In Lightning Gods and Feathered Serpents, Rex Koontz undertakes the ..."






Landscape And Power In Ancient Mesoamerica(1st Edition)
by Rex Koontz, Kathryn Reese-Taylor, Annabeth Headrick
Paperback, 410 Pages, Published 2001 by Westview Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8133-3732-6, ISBN: 0-8133-3732-1

"The authors of this volume investigate the meaning of Ancient Mesoamerican space, specifically, how the elements of urban landscape were related to each other, and to other fundamental aspects of Ancient Mesoamericans. Essays in this volume highlight the importance of performance, poetics, and politics in the construction of meaningful space and its deployment in performance. In Landscape and Power in Ancient Mesoamerica, Rex Koontz, ..."






The Complete Codex Zouche-Nuttall(1st Edition)
Mixtec Lineage Histories and Political Biographies (The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies)
by Robert Lloyd Williams, Rex Koontz
Hardcover, 456 Pages, Published 2013 by University Of Texas Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-292-74438-7, ISBN: 0-292-74438-2

"The pre-Hispanic Mixtec people of Mexico recorded political and religious history, including the biographies and genealogies of their rulers, in pictograms on hand-painted, screen-fold manuscripts known as codices. Functioning rather like movie production storyboards, the codices served as outlines of oral traditions to stimulate the memories of bards who knew the complete narratives, which were sung, danced, and performed at elite func ..."






Mexico(7th Edition)
From the Olmecs to the Aztecs (Ancient Peoples and Places)
by Michael D. Coe, Rex Koontz
Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2013 by Thames & Hudson
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-29076-7, ISBN: 0-500-29076-8

"“Masterly. . . . The complexities of Mexico’s ancient cultures are perceptively presented and interpreted.” —Library Journal Michael D. Coe’s Mexico has long been recognized as the most readable and authoritative introduction to the region’s ancient civilizations. This companion to his best-selling The Maya has now been revised by Professor Coe and Rex Koontz. The seventh edition incorporates new findings in a number of disciplines. Th ..."






Ideas, Debates and Perspectives
Blood and Beauty : Organized Violence in the Art and Archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America 4
by Heather Orr, Rex Koontz
Hardcover, 398 Pages, Published 2009 by Cotsen Institute Of Archaeology Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-931745-80-2, ISBN: 1-931745-80-3

"Warfare, ritual human sacrifice, and the rubber ballgame have been the traditional categories through which scholars have examined organized violence in the artistic and material records of ancient Mesoamerica and Central America. This volume expands those traditional categories to include such concerns as gladiatorial-like boxing combats, investiture rites, trophy-head taking and display, dark shamanism, and the subjective pain inheren ..."






The History of Art
A Global View: 1300 to the Present
by Jean Robertson, Deborah Hutton, Cynthia Colburn, Ömür Harmansah, Eric Kjellgren, Rex Koontz, De-Nin Lee, Henry Luttikhuizen, Allison Lee Palmer, Stacey Sloboda, Monica Blackmun Visonà
Paperback, 672 Pages, Published 2021 by Thames & Hudson
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-29356-0, ISBN: 0-500-29356-2






Mexico(5th Edition)
From the Olmecs to the Aztecs, Fifth Edition
by Michael Douglas Coe, Rex Koontz, Coe Koontz
Paperback, 248 Pages, Published 2002 by Thames & Hudson
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-28346-2, ISBN: 0-500-28346-X

"Michael D. Coe's Mexico has long been recognized as the most readable and authoritative introduction to the region's ancient civilizations. This companion to his bestselling The Maya has now been completely revised and expanded for the fifth edition by Professor Coe and Rex Koontz. A new chapter covers the Classic period collapse and its aftermath, including the exploration of newly discovered cities. The history of the northern frontie ..."






The History of Art
A Global View: Prehistory to the Present [Hardcover] Robertson Jean; Hutton Deborah; Colburn Cynthia; Harmansah
by Eric Kjellgren, Rex Koontz, Cynthia S. Colburn, Jean Robertson, Deborah Hutton, De-Nin Lee, Henry Luttikhuizen, Allison Lee Palmer, Stacey Sloboda, Ömür Harmansah, Monica Blackmun Visonà, Omur Harmansah
Hardcover, 1,264 Pages, Published 2021 by Thames & Hudson
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-02237-5, ISBN: 0-500-02237-2






Landscape And Power In Ancient Mesoamerica
(Hardback)
by Rex Koontz
Hardcover, 416 Pages, Published 2019 by Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom
ISBN-13: 978-0-367-09644-1, ISBN: 0-367-09644-7






Mexico(6th Edition)
From the Olmecs to the Aztecs (Sixth Edition) (Ancient Peoples and Places)
by Michael D. Coe, Rex Coe Koontz
Paperback, 248 Pages, Published 2008 by Thames & Hudson
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-28755-2, ISBN: 0-500-28755-4






Lightning Gods and Feathered Serpents
The Public Sculpture of El Tajín
by Rex Koontz
151 Pages, Published 2010 by University Of Texas Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-292-77988-4, ISBN: 0-292-77988-7

"​the​divine​BaLLCourt. The lower monumental center of El Tajín contains numerous ballcourts for the playing of the rubber ballgame and the performance of its attendant rites. Eleven courts have been identified in the heart of the site ( Fig. 1.2; see Raes- feld 1992; Brüggemann 1992a:20), and six more in the immediate surrounding area (Lira López 1997:819). Ballcourts were a fixture of Classic Veracruz centers from the end of the La ..."






Ideas, Debates, and Perspectives Ser.
Blood and Beauty : Organized Violence in the Art and Archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America
by Rex Koontz, Heather S. Orr
Paperback, 490 Pages, Published 2009 by Cotsen Institute Of Archaeology
ISBN-13: 978-1-931745-03-1, ISBN: 1-931745-03-X

"The volume endeavors to contextualize violence and violent acts within the matrix of indigenous thought and culture."






Landscape and Power in Ancient Mesoamerica
by Annabeth Headrick, Rex Koontz, Kathryn Reese-Taylor
256 Pages, Published 2008 by Westview Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7867-4245-5, ISBN: 0-7867-4245-3

"Based on Linda Manzanilla et al.'s recent reinterpretation, the cave beneath the Pyramid was originally a mineshaft for procuring building materials for pyramid construction. It was culturally modified into the shape of a four-petaled flower with  ..."






The History of Art
A Global View: 1300 to the Present [No Binding ]
by Jean Robertson, Deborah Hutton, Cynthia S. Colburn, Eric Kjellgren, Ömür Harmansah, Rex Koontz, De-Nin Lee, Henry Luttikhuizen, Allison Lee Palmer, Stacey Sloboda, Monica Blackmun Visonà
Paperback, 672 Pages, Published 2022 by Thames & Hudson
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-84422-9, ISBN: 0-500-84422-4

"Headed by authors Jean Robertson and Deborah Hutton, this community of scholars cohered around the shared goal of bringing multiple perspectives to a worldwide narrative."






The History of Art
A Global View: Prehistory to 1500
by Jean Robertson, Deborah Hutton, Cynthia Colburn, Ömür Harmansah, Eric Kjellgren, Rex Koontz, De-Nin Lee, Henry Luttikhuizen, Allison Lee Palmer, Stacey Sloboda, Monica Blackmun Visonà
668 Pages, Published 2021 by Thames & Hudson
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-84421-2, ISBN: 0-500-84421-6

"A more global, flexible way to teach art history"






Mexico
From the Olmecs to the Aztecs (Eighth Edition)
by Michael D. Coe, Javier Urcid, Rex Koontz
Published 2019 by Thames & Hudson
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-84282-9, ISBN: 0-500-84282-5

"Michael D. Coe, Javier Urcid, Rex Koontz. Hirth, Kenneth G. Archaeological Research ... “A Study of Olmec Iconography,” Dumbarton Oaks Studies in Pre- Columbian Art and Iconography, no ... Joyce, Arthur. Mixtecs, Zapotecs, and Chatinos: The Ancient Peoples of Southern Mexico. ... Milan: Jaca Book, 1995. ( Summary of ..."






Landscape And Power In Ancient Mesoamerica
by Rex Koontz
416 Pages, Published 2018 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-429-97904-0, ISBN: 0-429-97904-5

"Finally, we would like to acknowledge the assistance of many of our colleagues during the process of editing this volume. Our sincere thanks go to Laura Jankowsky and Eva de la Riva Lopez for keeping us organized and on track with this project. Also, we would like to acknowledge the guidance and patience of our editor, Karl Yambert, during this process. The chapters included within this volume were first presented at two separate s ..."



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