ALCORN, Janis, HUASTEC MAYAN ETHNOBOTANY,
Hardcover, description of plants used by Maya and how they treated human
disorders with those plants., 982 p., $45. No. 6010
ALVAREZ DEL TORO, Miguel, LOS REPTILES DE CHIAPAS. Since snakes,
iguanas, etc. dominate many aspects of Maya art and mythology, this book
is a bible for iconographers (as well as for zoologists, ethno-zoologists,
and osteologists) - essential for the Maya archaeologist who wants to understand
Maya art. Loaded with illustrations (mostly in color), 3rd edition (1982),
248 p. out of print, $60 (one available, first come, first served.) No.
6013
BEUTELSPACHER, Carlos R. LAS MARIPOSAS ENTRE LOS ANTIGUOS MEXICANOS.
6 color photos, 16 B+W photos, 284 illustrations in both color and B+W,
hardbound 103 p. The most complete book yet produced on the appearance of
a creature so important in Teotihuacan iconography. $50. No. 6052
De La GARZA, Mercedes, EL UNIVERSO SAGRADO DE LA SERPIENTE ENTRE LOS
MAYAS Hard bound in Spanish, 462p., high quality line drawings of Maya
art with Quetzalcoatl (Kukulcan) and other snakes, $45. No. 6086
GRAHAM, John A., et al., EXCAVATIONS AT SEIBAL, Memoirs, Vol. 17,
1990. Peabody Musuem of Archaeology and Ethnology, Monumental
Sculpture and Hieroglyphic inscriptions by John Graham; Burials:
A Cultural Analysis by Gair Tourtellot; The Ethnozoology of
the Maya: Faunal Remains from Five Sites in Peten, Guatemala by
Mary Deland Pohl; General Summary and Conclusions by Gordon
R. Wiley, A Chronology, 7 maps (1 foldout), 18 drawings & 21 photos
of stelae & glyphs with translations. 276 p., $50. No. 6118
SABAU GARCIA, Maria Luisa, DE MEXICO AL MUNDO
- PLANTAS, with 14 loose color plates of paintings of Ana Jovane (8"
x 11"), 181 color photos of plants & flowers, described and listed
alphabetically, 9" x 12" hardcover, 195 p., $195. No. 6237
VILLA GARCIA, Luis Ignacio, PERROS EN LAS TUMBAS DE COLIMA, hardcover
coffee table book, 25 full page color plates, 6 articles on the large dogs
of Colima, written in Spanish, English and French, 134 p., $200. No.
6274