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Past Presented

Archaeological Illustration and the Ancient Americas

Past Presented( )
Editor: Pillsbury, Joanne
Contribution by: Fash, Barbara W.
Houston, Stephen D.
Hutson, Scott R.
Just, Bryan R.
López Luján, Leonardo
Rick, John W.
Schnapp, Alain
Sellen, Adam T.
Villacorta Ostolaza, Luis Felipe
Villela, Khristaan D.
Weems, Jason
Series title:Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia Ser.
ISBN:978-0-88402-380-7
Publication Date:Nov 2012
Publisher:Dumbarton Oaks
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $65.00
Book Description:

Archaeological illustrations are often treated as neutral representations. This volume considers them instead as products of time and place that actively shape the construction of knowledge. Taking the visual presentation of the Pre-Columbian past from the fifteenth century to today, these essays explore the culture of archaeological illustration.

Book Details
Pages:520
Detailed Subjects: History / Indigenous / General
Social Science / Archaeology
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):8.5 x 11 x 1.6 Inches
Book Weight:5.35 Pounds
Author Biography
(Editor)
Stephen D. Houston, University Professor of Anthropology at Brigham Young University, is the author of "Reading the Past: Maya Glyphs, Hieroglyphs & History at Dos Pilas: Dynastic Politics of the Classic Maya" & coauthor of "Classic Maya Place Names".

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