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  | | 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 ..." |
 | | 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 ..." |
 | | 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 ..." |
 | | 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 ..." |
 | | Blood and Beauty 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 by Rex Koontz 151 Pages, Published 2010 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-77988-4, ISBN: 0-292-77988-7 "thedivineBaLLCourt. 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." |
 | | Mexico From the Olmecs to the Aztecs by Michael D. Coe, Rex Koontz 256 Pages, Published 2013 by Thames & Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-500-77159-4, ISBN: 0-500-77159-6 "Robert Heizer calculated that this elite center must have been supported by a hinterland population of at least 18,000 people; the main pyramid alone probably took some 800,000 persondays to construct. Heizer and his colleague Philip Drucker once wrote that the ... brandishing war clubs. Also typical are the socalled “altars.” The finest is Altar 5, on which the central figure emerges from the niche holding a jaguar baby in his arm ..." |
 | | Mexico From the Olmecs to the Aztecs by Michael D. Coe, Rex Koontz 256 Pages, Published 2013 by Thames & Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-500-77082-5, ISBN: 0-500-77082-4 ""This authoritative volume has been revised throughout and expanded, with new images and accounts of the major discoveries of recent years." |
 | | The Art of Urbanism How Mesoamerican Kingdoms Represented Themselves in Architecture and Imagery (Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia) by William L. Fash, Ann Cyphers, Robert H. Cobean, Leonardo López Luján, Contributor-Susan Gillespie, Anna Di Castro, Barbara W. Fash, David C. Grove, Dan Healan, Amparo Robles, Dr Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, Rex Koontz, Alfredo Lopez Austin, Joyce Marcus, Patricia Plunket, William Ringle, William Saturno, Alexandre Tokovinine, Gabriela Urunuela, Zoltan Paulinyi, George J. Bey, Leonardo Lâ¢Pez Lujân, Leonardo L¢Pez Lujn, William Leonard Fash Paperback, 488 Pages, Published 2012 by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library And Collection ISBN-13: 978-0-88402-378-4, ISBN: 0-88402-378-8 "The Art of Urbanism explores how the royal courts of powerful Mesoamerican centers represented their kingdoms in architectural, iconographic, and cosmological terms. Through an investigation of the ecological contexts and environmental opportunities of urban centers, the contributors consider how ancient Mesoamerican cities defined themselves and reflected upon their physical—and metaphysical—place via their built environment. Themes in ..." |
 | | Lightning Gods and Feathered Serpents The Public Sculpture of el Tajín by Rex Koontz Published 2010 ISBN-13: 978-0-292-79361-3, ISBN: 0-292-79361-8 |
 | | The Art of Urbanism(9th Edition) How Mesoamerican Kingdoms Represented Themselves in Architecture and Imagery (Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia) by Leonardo López Luján, William Leonard Fash, Contributor-Ann Cyphers, William L. Fash, Robert H. Cobean, Anna Di Castro, Barbara W. Fash, Susan Gillespie, David C. Grove, Dan Healan, Rex Koontz, Alfredo Lopez Austin, Joyce Marcus, Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, Patricia Plunket, William Ringle, Amparo Robles, William Saturno, Alexandre Tokovinine, Gabriela Urunuela, Zoltan Paulinyi, George J. Bey Hardcover, 488 Pages, Published 2009 by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library And Collection ISBN-13: 978-0-88402-344-9, ISBN: 0-88402-344-3 " This volume explores how the royal courts of powerful Mesoamerican centers represented their kingdoms in architectural, iconographic, and cosmological terms. Through an investigation of the ecological contexts and environmental opportunities of urban centers, the contributors to this volume consider how ancient Mesoamerican cities defined themselves and reflected upon their physical—and metaphysical—place via their built environment. T ..." |
 | | Ideas, Debates, and Perspectives Ser. Blood and Beauty : Organized Violence in the Art and Archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America by Rex Koontz, Heather Orr 400 Pages, Published 2009 by Isd Llc ISBN-13: 978-1-938770-43-2, ISBN: 1-938770-43-9 "Organized Violence in the Art and Archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America Rex Koontz, Heather Orr ... are reported in the ethnographies as being the highest ranking members of Costa Rican society (see also Hoopes and Mora- Marín this volume, Chapter 11). ... Documented examples of these small-scale sculptures have been found in elaborate graves and nearby monumental architecture ..." |
 | | Blood and Beauty Organized Violence in the Art and Archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America by Heather S. Orr, Rex Koontz Paperback, Published 2009 by Cotsen Institute Of Archaeology ISBN-13: 978-1-931745-25-3, ISBN: 1-931745-25-0 |
 | | The Mystery Fancier July 1977 by Guy M. Townsend, Dean R. Koontz, Rex Stout, Borgo Press Paperback, 64 Pages, Published 2010 by Borgo Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4344-0375-9, ISBN: 1-4344-0375-0 |