Format:
viii, 489 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
,
29 cm
ISBN:
9780884024156
Series Statement:
Dumbarton Oaks pre-Columbian symposia and colloquia
Content:
Introduction: Making value, making meaning : techné in the pre-Columbian world / Cathy Lynne Costin -- Lustrous surfaces and shades of green : value and meaning in three Mesoamerican lapidary ensembles from Teotihuacan, Palenque, and La Venta / Laura Filloy Nadal -- The eloquence of color : material and meaning in the Cacaxtla murals / Claudia Brittenham and Diana Magaloni Kerpel -- Telluric techné and the lithic production of Tiwanaku / John W. Janusek and Patrick Ryan Williams -- Encoded process, embodied meaning in paracas post-fired ceramics / Lisa DeLeonardis -- Valuing the local : Inka metal production in the Tarapacá Valley of northern Chile / Colleen Zori -- New world metallurgy : a comparative study of copper production in the south central Andes and West Mexico / Blanca Maldonado -- Spondylus and the Inka empire on the far north coast of Peru : recent excavations at Taller Conchales, Cabeza de Vaca, Tumbes / Jerry D. Moore and Carolina Maria Vílchez -- The artistry of Moche mural painting and the ephemerality of monuments / Lisa Trever -- Techné and ceramic social valuables of the late preclassic Maya lowlands / Michael G. Callaghan -- Crafting identities deep and broad hybrid ceramics on the late prehispanic north coast of Peru / Cathy Lynne Costin -- Shaping local and regional identities : techné in the Moche presence at Cerro Castillo, Nepeña Valley, Peru / Carlos Rengifo -- Crafting credit : authorship among classic Maya painters and sculptors / Stephen Houston -- Textile techné : classic Maya translucent cloth and the making of value / Christina T. Halperin
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Publication date from publisher's website. - "Volume based on papers presented at the Pre-Columbian Studies symposium "Making Value, Making Meaning: Techné in the Pre-Columbian World," held at the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C., on October 11-12, 2013."--Title page verso
,
Introduction: Making value, making meaning: techné in the pre-Columbian world
,
Lustrous surfaces and shades of green: value and meaning in three Mesoamerican lapidary ensembles from Teotihuacan, Palenque, and La Venta
,
The eloquence of color: material and meaning in the Cacaxtla murals
,
Telluric techné and the lithic production of Tiwanaku
,
Encoded process, embodied meaning in Paracas post-fired ceramics
,
Valuing the local: Inka metal production in the Tarapacá Valley of northern Chile
,
New world metallurgy: a comparative study of copper production in the south central Andes and west Mexico
,
Spondylus and the Inka empire on the far north coast of Peru: recent excavations at Taller Conchales, Cabeza de Vaca, Tumbes
,
The artistry of Moche mural painting and the ephemerality of monuments
,
Techné and ceramic social valuables of the late preclassic Maya lowlands
,
Crafting identities deep and broad: hybrid ceramics on the late prehispanic north coast of Peru
,
Shaping local and regional identities: techné in the Moche presence at Cerro Castillo, Nepeña Valley, Peru
,
Crafting credit: authorship among classic Maya painters and sculptors
,
Textile techné: classic Maya translucent cloth and the making of value
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Mesoamerika
;
Indianer
;
Kunsthandwerk
;
Funde
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Konferenzschrift
