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Author Kubler, George, 1912-1996.

Title The art and architecture of ancient America : the Mexican, Maya, and Andean peoples / George Kubler.

Publication Info. New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 1993.
©1990

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Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  709.8 K95A    Check Shelf
Edition Third edition.
Description 576 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
Series The Pelican history of art
Pelican history of art.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [525]-542.
Note Includes index.
Contents Foreword to the first edition -- Foreword to the second edition -- Foreword to the third edition -- Map of Mexico -- Maps of Central America -- Map of Peru -- Note on chronologies -- Chronological tables -- 1. Introduction -- Pt. I. The Mexican civilizations. 2. Early central Mexico ; 3. Central Mexico after A.D. 800 ; 4. The Gulf coast ; 5. Southern Mexico ; 6. Western Mexico -- Pt. II. The Maya and their neighbours. 7. The Maya tradition: architecture ; 8. The Maya tradition: sculpture and painting ; 9. From the Toltec Maya to the Spaniards ; 10. The neighbours of the Maya -- Pt. III. The Andean civilizations. 11. The northern Andes: Colombia and Ecuador ; 12. The central Andes: early northern Peru ; 13. The upper north: Mochica and Chimu ; 14. Central Peru ; 15. The south coast valleys ; 16. The south highlands -- List of principal abbreviations -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Publications since 1980: a narrative bibliography -- List of illustrations -- Index.
Subject Indian art -- Latin America
Indian architecture -- Latin America.
Indians -- Antiquities -- Latin America.
Local Subject Indigenous art -- Latin America.
Indigenous architecture -- Latin America.
Indigenous people -- Antiquities -- Latin America.
Subject Latin America -- Antiquities.
ISBN 0300053258: $21.25
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