power and symbolic imagery of this artistic tradition still fascinates today. Archaeologists, art historians, collectors, and artists alike will welcome the return of this long out-of-print classic.
power and symbolic imagery of this artistic tradition still fascinates today. Archaeologists, art historians, collectors, and artists alike will welco...
In late prehistory, the ancestors of Hopi in Arizona created a unique and spectacular painted pottery tradition referred to as Hopi Yellow Ware. This book calls into question deep-seated assumptions about pottery production and specialisation in the pre-contact American Southwest.
In late prehistory, the ancestors of Hopi in Arizona created a unique and spectacular painted pottery tradition referred to as Hopi Yellow Ware. This ...
Alfred V. Kidder s excavations at Pecos Pueblo in New Mexico between 1914 and 1929 set a new standard for archaeological fieldwork and interpretation. Among his other innovations, Kidder recognized that skeletal remains were a valuable source of information, and today the Pecos sample is used in comparative studies of fossil hominins and recent populations alike.
In the 1990s, while documenting this historic collection in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act before the remains were returned to the Pueblo of Jemez and reinterred at Pecos Pueblo,...
Alfred V. Kidder s excavations at Pecos Pueblo in New Mexico between 1914 and 1929 set a new standard for archaeological fieldwork and interpretat...
After more than eighty years of international research on the Indus Civilization, this geographically extensive ancient society remains deeply enigmatic. With no known monumental art or deciphered texts, the largest category of representational art recovered from many Indus sites is terracotta figurines. In this detailed research report, archaeologist Sharri R. Clark examines and recontextualizes a rich and diverse corpus of hundreds of figurines from the urban site of Harappa (ca. 3300 1700 BC) to reveal new information about Indus ideology and society. The hand-modeled figurines including...
After more than eighty years of international research on the Indus Civilization, this geographically extensive ancient society remains deeply enigmat...
