III Simposio de Arqueologia Guatemalteca, (1989), Museo Nacional
de Arqueologia y Ethnologia, 1993, 409 informative pages packed with the
latest archaeological discoveries from Guatemala. Includes Richard Hansen
on Nakbe (key pre-Classic sister-city of El Mirador), Arthur Demarest, Erick
Ponciano, Juan Antonio Valdes and other leading archaeologists. $150 (Sorry,
entire edition is sold out at the publisher, this was the last copy we could
find in Guatemala). In any event, the entire proceeds from the sale of all
books from Guatemala goes directly to donating computer equipment to Guatemala's
national institute of anthropology. No. 6312
MURPHY, Francis, DRAGON MASK TEMPLES IN CENTRAL
YUCATAN, 82 large format pages, hardcover, published in Hong Kong with
stunningly beautiful full page photographs of Chenes and Rio Bec palaces
and temples. Covers Hochob, Tabasqueno, Dzibilnocac, Chicanna, Hormiguero,
Santa Rosa Xtampak as well as CHENES temples at Uxmal and Copan. This
rare book just got rarer since the warehouse storing them all (in Hong Kong)
was destroyed. DRAGON MASKS is the most attractive book on RIO BEC
Maya architecture of Campeche yet printed. Only $300 for one of the
few copies of this exquisite book which exist in the United States. No.
6193
OHI, Kuniaki et al., KAMINALJUYU - Excavation Research, 1994,
Set of 2 volumes, boxed w/history & culture, (texts in Spanish and Japanese)
hundreds of B&W photos of artifacts and site excavations as well as
illustrations. Foldouts of maps, chronologies of architecture, designs of
crafts and cultures. 762 p., $300. No. 6204
PARSONS, Lee, BILBAO, GUATEMALA, Vol. II (Vol. I is not available, is totally separate, and is not necessary to understand the material of Vol. II). This volume (II) shows all the stone sculptures of the Pipil Cotzumalhuapa civilization of piedmont Guatemala, plus a thorough description; includes all the stelae which depict ballplayers, 274 p., $40. No. 6206
Primer Simposio Mundial sobre EPIGRAFIA MAYA, with articles by Clemency Coggins, Christopher Jones on decipherment of inscriptions at Tikal as well as the only published illustrations of the just discovered incredible early architectural facade masks of Uaxactun much nicer sculpture than the famous E- VII-sub! Includes complete epigraphy and iconography of the remarkable Teotihuacan style portable ballcourt marker recently found at Tikal Early with lots of glyphs. Only 500 copies ever printed, $60 (we could find just 3 copies in all Guatemala). No. 6017
PROSKOURIAKOFF, Tatiana, A STUDY OF CLASSIC
MAYA SCULPTURE, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Pub. 593, original
edition, not the reprint with fuzzy 2nd-hand illustrations. Paper
version (original Carnegie edition still in CIW binding), oxidized cover,
$450--first-come, first-served for this rare edition of the most important
reference book on Maya sculpture ever published. No. 6223
SERRA PUCHE, Mari Carmen and Carlos NAVARRETE C., ENSAYOS DE ALFARERIA
PREHISPANICA E HISTORICA DE MESOAMERICA, UNAM, 308 p., features
the most complete presentation of Early Classic TIKAL ceramics (Juan Pedro
Laporte) plus key reports on Teotihuacan and related pottery not found in
any other monograph. Lots of drawings of Tikal Maya Tzakol pottery. $50.
No. 6240
VALDES, Juan Antonio, Federico FAHSEN, Hector ESCOBEDO, OBRAS MAESTRAS DEL MUSEO DE TIKAL, lots of color, including polychrome plates never before published, 75 p., $35 (35% goes to support the Guatemalan Tikal Project). No. 6270
VILLACORTA & VILLACORTA, CODICES MAYAS, the three main Maya codices (Paris, Madrid, and Dresden), in handsome line drawings. Most epigraphers use these drawings rather than the color facsimiles, since the details of the gods and glyphs are so much clearer. We have the actual Guatemalan printing, not a fuzzy reprint or fuzzy xerox (where it is hard to see the iconographic details). This book is long out of print, even in Guatemala. $100, while they last. No. 6273
WALTERS, Gary Rex, THE SAN AGUSTIN ACASAGUASTLAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT, REPORT OF THE 1979 FIELD SEASON. Describes artifacts found at jade workshops and in burial chambers. 39 p, 5 maps, 34 illustrations, $30, out of print. No. 6276
YASUGI, Yoshiho (commentary), ORNAMENTS OF THE WORLD, VOL. 5, The Continent
of America, native art of the Americas, 408 photographs & drawings,
has 51 color and 38 B&W photos of Maya ceramics, not counting Maya murals,
architecture, sculpture, plus non-Maya cultures of America.
The Guatemalan textiles are especially handsomely rendered in color which
only the Japanese can so stunningly print. There are hieroglyphic inscriptions
shown that are not published in any other book. Thus for epigraphers this
book is a useful reference to allow keeping up to date with what is available
to study from the F.L.A.A.R. Photo Archive. More of Hellmuth's Maya photographs
are here than in any other book available this decade. Only a few of these
ancient Maya ceramics have been published elsewhere. In other words, the
majority of these pictures are not available in any other book and only
about 7% of the Maya art in this book is found in books by Coe, Robicsek,
or even Kerr.
Since the book is in Japanese, we have captions available in English (which
will accompany your order). These captions are by Hellmuth and constitute
a review of his advances in iconography based on the immense F.L.A.A.R.
Photo Archive. This book is not sold anywhere else in the U.S.A.
$150 brings your library this important contribution to the basic
corpus of Maya polychrome ceramics. No. 6189
YOSUGI, Yoshiho, MAYA TEJIENDO LA VIDA: Los Mayas de Hoy, 343 supurb color photographs, 12 B&W photos, 50 maps & line drawings (of looms, etc.) Covers Mexico and all of Guatemala, a double-page map has an addtional 110 photographs of color textiles. Sold out in Japan - not available anywhere else in USA or Europe. Forget the Japanese text - what you want (and need) are all these photographs. This book is a visual delight. 160 p., $200. No. 6285
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