Heritage of Power: Ancient Sculpture from West Mexico The Andrall E. Pearson Family Collection

Name: Heritage of Power: Ancient Sculpture from West Mexico The Andrall E. Pearson Family Collection
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ISBN: 9780300104882

ISBN-10: 030010488X

ISBN-13: 9780300104882

Edition: 2004

Authors: Kristi Butterwick

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During the years between 300 B.C.E. and 400 C.E., peoples in a western region of Mexico lived in small, economically successful communities in a land of abundant natural resources. In these communities—now the modern Mexican states of Colima, Jalisco, and Nayarit—family lineage was important and burial sites were often conjoined to hold numerous relatives. Ceramic objects were also buried to testify to the family’s wealth; some of these were large three-dimensional human figures. These compelling figural sculptures are the focus of this book. Heritage of Power features forty sculptures from the three major stylistic areas of West Mexican ceramic sculpture, each named for one of the modern…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 10/11/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 96
Size: 0.87" wide x 1.10" long x 0.04" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Director's Foreword


Collector's Note


Acknowledgments


Heritage of Power in Ancient West Mexico



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