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Pre-Columbian Art & Archaeology
Essays in Honor of Frederick R. Mayer (Symposium Series)
by Margaret Young-Sanchez, Michael Coe, Frederick W. Lange, Ronald L. Bishop, Michael J. Snarskis, Warwick Bray, Carol Mackey, Joanne. Pillsbury, Jane Doe
Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2013 by Denver Art Museum
ISBN-13: 978-0-914738-82-4, ISBN: 0-914738-82-8

"Symposia presented at the Denver Art Museum in 2002 and 2007 focused, respectively, on pre-Columbian art in the museum collection and the art and archaeology of ancient Costa Rica. Edited by Denver Art Museum curator Margaret Young-Sanchez, this lavishly illustrated volume brings together newly revised and expanded symposium papers from pre-Columbian scholars, while paying tribute to the legacy of Denver philanthropist Frederick R. Maye ..."






Merchants, Markets, and Exchange in the Pre-Columbian World
(Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia)
by Joanne Pillsbury, Dmitri Beliaev, Brigitte Kovacevich, Enrique Mayer, Charles Stanish, Alexandre Tokovinine, Kenneth G. Hirth, Richard E. Blanton, Richard L. Burger, Gerardo Gutiérrez, Lawrence S. Coben, Paul S. Goldstein, David M. Carballo, Tom D. Dillehay, David A. Freidel, Barry L. Isaac, Patricia A. Mcanany, Axel E. Nielsen, John R. Topic, Marilyn A. Masson, Deborah L. Nichols, Prof Joanne Pillsbury
Hardcover, 480 Pages, Published 2013 by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library And Collection
ISBN-13: 978-0-88402-386-9, ISBN: 0-88402-386-9

""Merchants, Markets, and Exchange in the Pre-Columbian World" examines the structure, scale, and complexity of economic systems in the pre-Hispanic Americas, with a focus on the central highlands of Mexico, the Maya Lowlands, and the central Andes. Civilization in each region was characterized by complex political and religious institutions, highly skilled craft production, and the long-distance movement of finished goods. Scholars have ..."






Ancient Maya Art at Dumbarton Oaks
(Pre-Columbian Art at Dumbarton Oaks)
by Joanne Pillsbury, Miriam Doutriaux, Barbara Arroyo, Reiko Ishihara-Brito, Alexandre Tokovinine, Ronald L. Bishop, Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos, John E. Clark, Barbara W. Fash, Virginia M. Fields, Megan O'neil, Simon Martin, Stephen D. Houston, Fred W. Nelson, Dorie Reents-Budet, Karl A. Taube, Gene L. Titmus, Loa P. Traxler, Adrián Velázquez Castro, Prof Joanne Pillsbury, Virginia Fields, Aa. Vv., Exhibition Miriam Doutriaux
Hardcover, 584 Pages, Published 2012 by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library And Collection
ISBN-13: 978-0-88402-375-3, ISBN: 0-88402-375-3

"Based on the comprehensive study of one of the most important collections of Maya art in the United States, "Ancient Maya Art at Dumbarton Oaks" is a scholarly introduction to one of the great traditions of sculpture and painting in ancient America. Assembled by Robert Woods Bliss between 1935 and 1962, the collection is historically important, as it was one of the first to be established on the basis of aesthetic criteria. The catalogu ..."






Past Presented
Archaeological Illustration and the Ancient Americas (Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia)
by Joanne Pillsbury, Alain Schnapp, Stephen D. Houston, Scott R. Hutson, Barbara W. Fash, Bryan R. Just, Jason Weems, John W. Rick, Adam T. Sellen, Leonardo López Luján, Khristaan D. Villela, Byron Ellsworth Hamann, Lisa Trever
Hardcover, 520 Pages, Published 2012 by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library And Collection
ISBN-13: 978-0-88402-380-7, ISBN: 0-88402-380-X

"Illustrations remain one of the fundamental tools of archaeology, a means by which we share information and build ideas. Often treated as if they were neutral representations, archaeological illustrations are the convergence of science and the imagination. This volume, a collection of fourteen essays addressing the visual presentation of the Pre-Columbian past from the fifteenth century to the present day, explores and contextualizes th ..."






Palaces of the Ancient New World
(Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia)
by Joanne Pillsbury, David Webster, Takeshi Inomata, Craig Morris, Susan Toby Evans, Lucy C. Salazar, Ben A. Nelson, E. Wyllys Andrews, William H. Isbell, Stephen D. Houston, Prof Joanne Pillsbury
Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 2009 by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library And Collection
ISBN-13: 978-0-88402-341-8, ISBN: 0-88402-341-9

" Among the most sumptuous buildings of antiquity were royal palaces. As in the Old World, kings and nobles of ancient Mexico and Peru had luxurious administrative quarters in cities, and exquisite pleasure palaces in the countryside. This volume explores the great houses of the ancient New World, from palaces of the Aztecs and Incas, looted by the Spanish conquistadors, to those lost high in the Andes and deep in the jungle. This volume ..."






Variations in the Expressions of Inka Power
(Dumbarton Oaks Other Titles in Pre-Columbian Studies)
by Craig Morris, Richard L. Burger, Contributor-Joanne Pillsbury, Ramiro Matos, Contributor-Robert Batson, Ramiro Matos Mendieta, Contributor-Gary Urton, Contributor-Tom Cummins, Contributor-Terence D'altroy, Contributor-Heather Lechtman, Contributor-Carmen Arellano, Contributor-Albert Meyers, Contributor-Charles Stanish, Jeffrey Quilter, Brian S. Bauer, Ana Maria Lorandi, Susan A. Niles, Prof Joanne Pillsbury, Carrie J. Brezine, Lucy C. Salazar, Julian I. Santillana, Rebecca Rollins Stone, Veronica Isabel Williams, Carmen Arellano, Ramiros M. Mendieta
Hardcover, 640 Pages, Published 2008 by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library And Collection
ISBN-13: 978-0-88402-351-7, ISBN: 0-88402-351-6

" Download a corrected version of the map of the Lake Titicaca region. Download a corrected version of page 83. Download a corrected version of the map of the Huatanuay and Vilcanota-Urubama Valley region. Until recently, little archaeological investigation has been dedicated to the Inka, the last great culture to flourish in Andean South America before the sixteenth-century arrival of the Spaniards. While the Inka have been tr ..."






Ancient Mexican Art at Dumbarton Oaks(100th Edition)
(Pre-Columbian Art at Dumbarton Oaks)
by Susan Toby Evans, Javier Urcid, Jeffrey Quilter, Joanne Pillsbury, Dumbarton Oaks
Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2010 by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library And Collection
ISBN-13: 978-0-88402-345-6, ISBN: 0-88402-345-1

" This volume, the third in a series of catalogues of Pre-Columbian art at Dumbarton Oaks, presents the outstanding collection of Aztec, Mixtec, Zapotec, Teotihuacan, and Classic Veracruz sculpture, jewelry, and painting. Four leading scholars present essays on the ancient art and archaeology of Mexico’s Central Highlands, Southwestern Highlands, and Gulf Lowlands as well as extensive catalogue entries of over one hundred objects of jad ..."






Script and Glyph
Pre-Hispanic History, Colonial Bookmaking, and the Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca (Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Art and Archaeology Studies Series)
by Professor Dana Leibsohn, Joanne Pillsbury, Grace Morsberger, Dumbarton Oaks
Paperback, 250 Pages, Published 2009 by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library And Collection
ISBN-13: 978-0-88402-342-5, ISBN: 0-88402-342-7

" The Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca was created at a pivotal transitional moment, bridging an era when pictorial manuscripts dominated and one that witnessed the rising hegemony of alphabetic texts. The Historia was composed using both systems, yet, as Dana Leibsohn notes, neither was fully trusted. Leibsohn analyzes the choices made by the patron, don Alonso de Castañeda, and tlacuilos enlisted to create the manuscript. How does one crea ..."






Landscape Body Dwelling
Charles Simonds at Dumbarton Oaks (Dumbarton Oaks Titles in Garden History)
by John Beardsley, Germano Celant, Joanne Pillsbury, Linda Lott, Ann E. Reynolds, Ann Reynolds, Germano Lott, Charles Simmonds, Charles Simonds
Paperback, 116 Pages, Published 2012 by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library And Collection
ISBN-13: 978-0-88402-371-5, ISBN: 0-88402-371-0

"In spring 2009, Dumbarton Oaks inaugurated an occasional series of contemporary art installations intended to provide unexpected experiences and fresh interpretations of its gardens and collections. The first artist selected was the American sculptor Charles Simonds, who is well known for clay sculptures that document the wanderings of a fantastical civilization of Little People whose landscapes, architectures, and rituals have been ima ..."

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