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Visions of ancient America
by Roberts Schezen  Book News Annotation The ancient peoples of Mesoamerica were the builders of magnificent civilizations. Their cities and monuments have survived the centuries and serve as testimony to their architectural genius and their refined concepts of beauty. Architectural...
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The Olmec & their neighbors :essays in memory of Matthew W. Stirling
by Michael D Coe Publisher Comments Twenty-one papers on the Olmec were written for thisvolume in tribute to Matthew W. Stirling, "pioneer archaeologist, ethnologist, and thediscoverer of the Olmec civilization."...
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Kingdom of the Sun God :a history of the Andes and their people
by Ian Cameron Book News Annotation A passionate and compassionate account of the mountains themselves and their human inhabitants, from the earliest hunter-gatherers, through the pre-Incan and Incan civilizations, the horror of the Spanish conquest, the travels of the great naturalists,...
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Ancient Mesoamerica: A Comparison of Change in Three Regions
by Richard E Blanton Publisher Comments Mesoamerica has become one of the world's most important areas for research into the emergence of complex human societies. Between 10,000 years ago and the arrival of the Spanish in 1521, some of the most significant changes in the evolution of human...
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The Last Cannibals: a South American Oral History
by Ellen B Basso Publisher Comments The Kalapalo are a Carib-speaking group of Brazilian Indians who live in the Alto (Upper) Xingu region around the headwaters of the Xingu River, a tributary of the Amazon. In this major discourse-centered study of their culture, Ellen Basso transcribes...
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Pre-Columbian Man Finds Central America: The Archaeological Bridge
by Doris Stone Publisher Comments This presentation of the pre-contact history of Central America is an introduction and guide for visitors to the region and also illustrates hundreds of the museum's lesser-known holdings. Doris Stone spent decades working and traveling throughout...
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Guide to Ancient Maya Ruins
by C Bruce Hunter Publisher Comments "Organized by geographic regions, this guide discusses the major tourist destinations. ... Interesting remarks on the Maya civilization are spread throughout". -- Natural History....
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Narrative of the Incas
by Juan De Betranzos Publisher Comments One of the earliest chronicles of the Inca empire was written in the 1550s by Juan de Betanzos. Although scholars have long known of this work, only eighteen chapters were actually available until the 1980s when the remaining sixty-four chapters were...
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Beyond Death: The Chinchorro Mummies of Ancient Chile
by Bernardo T Arriaza Synopsis Thousands of years before ancient Egyptians mummified their dead elite, the South American Chinchorros performed elaborate mummification rituals for deceased members of every level and age of their society. In Beyond Death, Arriaza offers new...
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Aztecs: An Interpretation
by Inga Clendinnen Publisher Comments In considering the extraordinary culture of the Aztecs of Mexico it is impossible to ignore the extravagance of their practice of the ritual killing of humans. Inga Clendinnen renders those killings intelligible through investigation of a wide field of...
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Child of the Dark the Diary of Carolina
by Carolina De Jesus Publisher Comments A powerful first-hand account of life in the streets of So Paulo from 1955 to 1960 that drew international attention to the plight of the poor....
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Remarkable Remains of the Ancient Peoples of Guatemala
by Jacques Vankirk Publisher Comments This lavishly illustrated book provides a photo record of numerous sites and objects left behind by the Maya and other pre-Columbian peoples in Guatemala. Jacques VanKirk and Parney Bassett-VanKirk settled in El Peten, Guatemala, in the early 1960s...
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Pre-Columbian Jamaica (Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory)
by P Allsworth Jones
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Youth and the City in the Global South (Tracking Globalization)
by Karen Tranberg Hansen
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Remarkable Remains Of The Ancient Peoples Of Guatemala
by Jacques Van Kirk
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Prehistoric Mesoamerica
by Richard E W Adams
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The world of the ancient Maya
by John S Henderson
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Xochicalco Mapping Project Volume 2
by Kenneth Hirth TOC v. 1. Ancient urbanism at Xochicalco : the evolution and organization of a pre-Hispanic society / Kenneth Hirth -- v. 2. The Xochicalco mapping project / edited by Kenneth Hirth....
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From Spaniard to Creole: The Archaeology of Cultural Formation at Puerto Real, Haiti
by Charles R Ewen Description Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-152) and index....
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