MEXICO POTTERY, FIGURINES & CERAMICS

 


Campeche

Calakmul

DOMINGUEZ CARRASCO, Maria del R., CALAKMUL, CAMPECHE: analisis de la CERAMICA, 1994, exacting analysis of all the pottery; uncovered in many years of William Folan's excavations throughout CALAKMUL, color photograph by Eldon Leiter (F.L.A.A.R.) on the cover, 359 p. Includes all ceramic illustrations plus chart of Calakmul ceramic phases. The is the first complete report on the Maya pottery of the Peten-influenced area of Campeche. Only 500 copies printed, so you will be lucky to get one. $60. No. 6188

PINCEMIN, Sophia, ENTIERRO EN EL PALACIO (La tumba de la Estructura III, Calakmul) Most complete report on any Maya tomb, everything is pictured, but it has streaky printing & xerographic photos, paperback, rare w/more than 70 photos, illustrations and site maps. 209 p., $60. No. 6219

Rio Candelaria area

PINCEMIN, Sophia, REMONTANDO el RIO, 1993, complete review of the archaeology and Chontal Maya ethnohistory of the Rio Candelaria area of Campeche, including El Tigre. Illustrations of Maya architecture, pottery, 10 maps, 16 photos, 298 p., $45. (Not sold elsewhere outside of Mexico - not even in Mexico City). No. 6220

Chiapas

Aguatenango

GARCIA-BARCENA, Joaquin, EL PRECERAMICO DE AGUATENANGO, CHIAPAS, MEXICO, INAH. 5 photos, 8 maps, 35 tables, 5 drawings, 86 p., $25. No. 6111

Chiapa de Corzo

LOWE, Gareth W. MOUND 5 AND MINOR EXCAVATIONS, CHIAPA DE CORZO, CHIAPAS, MEXICO, incredible cache of Holmul I related pots, all illustrated, essential for studies of origin of pottery in Peten, architecture, $25. No. 6171

Chinkultic

BALL, Joseph, THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL CERAMICS OF CHINKULTIC, CHIAPAS, MEXICO, 132 p., pots, architecture, plus results of diving in the cenote (yes, Chinkultic has one also), and a remarkable ballgame adoration scene painted on stucco. $25. No. 6033

GALLEGOS RUIZ, Roberto, CHINKULTIC: una cuidad Maya, Intro. By Roman Pina Chan, 126 p. with lots of illustrations, includes ceramics (Jaguar God of the Underworld incensarios) and architecture. Probably has more pictures of Chinkultic than any prior or subsequent book. Tells the story of draining and dredging the cenote at Chinkultic hoping to find a treasure comparable to that of Chichen Itza. $30. No. 6110

Cueva de los Andasolos


NAVARRETE, Carlos and MARTINEZ, Edwardo, CUEVA DE LOS ANDASOLOS, UNACH, 19 pages of illustrations with descriptions of figurines, 40 pages of photographs of figurines and site, (illustrates the most important and exotic Jaguar God of the Underworld incensario ever found in the entire Maya area). This book is an essential reference for iconographers. 130 p., $42. No. 6198

Mirador


AGRINIER, P., MOUNDS 9 AND 10 AT MIRADOR, CHIAPAS, MEXICO, 104 p, Protoclassic stela, scores of illustrations of pottery related to Holmul I and Tzakol 1 and 2; essential reference for early Peten Maya iconography, $35. No. 6007

AGRINIER, P., MOUND 20, MIRADOR CHIAPAS, MEXICO, 84 p., dozens and dozens of illustrations of more pottery related to Early Classic in Peten, $30. No. 6009

PETERSON, Frederick A. SOME CERAMICS FROM MIRADOR CHIAPAS, MEXICO, 126 p., preclassic figurines, NWAW # 15, $20. No. 6214

Colima

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

BAUS de Czitron, C. LOS PERROS DE LA ANTIGUA PROVINCIA DE COLIMA, INAH. 55 photos, 97 p.; the complete collection of the Museo Nacional de Antropologia essential reference for the museum curator or art historian. $60. No. 6040

EISLEB, Dieter, WESTMEXIKANISCHE KERAMIK, 261 European quality photographs of Colima, Nayarit, and Jalisco ceramic figures of the national museum in West Berlin, $45. No. 6090

Jalisco

EISLEB, Dieter, WESTMEXIKANISCHE KERAMIK, 261 European quality photographs of Colima, Nayarit, and Jalisco ceramic figures of the national museum in West Berlin, $45. No. 6090

Mexico


BERRIN, K, and Esther PASZTORY (editors), TEOTIHUACAN, Art from the City of the Gods. 288 pages, softcover coffee table quality. Two hundred six beautiful color photographs, 22 black and white photos, 18 drawings and six charts and maps. The largest, most complete portrayal of Teotihuacan art yet produced: murals, pottery, masks, architecture, figurines everything. $50. No. 6051

Nayarit

EISLEB, Dieter, WESTMEXIKANISCHE KERAMIK, 261 European quality photographs of Colima, Nayarit, and Jalisco ceramic figures of the national museum in West Berlin, $45. No. 6090

Oaxaca

SCHULER-SCHOMIG, Immina FIGURENGEFASSE AUS OAXACA MEXICO, 233 European quality photographs of Oaxaca urns in the Museum fuer Voelkerkunde, Berlin, not published widely elsewhere, with complete description, $40. No. 6243

Union Academique Internationale, Corpus Antiquitatum Americanensium, INAH, Mexico. Vol. II COLECCIONES LEIGH Y MUSEO FRISSEL DE ARTE ZAPOTECA by Frank BOOS. portfolio (corner and edge torn). 1966, 121 p. text (Sp. and English), 102 large photographs of Oaxaca urns. This is the largest issue of the series, $200. No. 6298

Union Academique Internationale, Corpus Antiquitatum Americanensium, INAH, Mexico. Vol. III COLECCIONES LEIGH, MUSEO FRISSEL DE ARTE ZAPOTECA, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Y OTROS by Frank BOOS. More Oaxaca urns that were not covered in Vol. II. 1968, portfolio (edges scuffed, corners torn direct from original publisher two decades ago, but inside is pristine as these are new not used), 45 p text, 31 large format plates, $160. Limited edition - we have 4 copies only - get them while you can. No. 6299

Puebla

Santa Ana Teloxtoc

VARGAS, Ernesto (edit.), Las Mascaras de la Cueva de Santa Ana Teloxtoc, (Spanish), 8 color plates, 51 B&W photos, 8 maps, 1 drawing, 207 p., $30. No. 6271

Tabasco

ALVAREZ, Carlos and CASASOLA, Luis, LAS FIGURILLAS DE JONUTA, TABASCO, UNAM, 6 maps, 72 photographs of figurines and illustrations. This book illustrates more Maya figurines than most books on Jaina. Actually, if you have this book in your library, you will quickly realize that 25% of all "Jaina" figurines so listed in publications are actually from JONUTA, Tabasco. Probably 80% of the figurines in this book are nowhere else published. 117 p., softcover, $60, long out of print. Ours are original, new (not 2nd-hand). No. 6011

OCHOA, Lorenzo, GUIA ARQUEOLOGICA DEL MUSEO DE JONUTA y notas historicas de la region, 72 p, color and B+W, all major Maya figurines illustrated (Fine Orange, Jaina-related style), $25. No. 6202

Tamaulipas

MEADE, Joaquin, ARQUEOLOGIA DE TAMAULIPAS, 102 p., Huastec Maya art, archaeology, pottery, limited edition of just 1000 copies, $40. No. 6185

Veracruz

VIZCAINO, Antonio, MUSEO DE ANTROPOLOGIA DE XALAPA, covers the Olmec, Totonac and Huastec cultures w/122 beautiful color plates. Text is in Spanish with an index of the plates., hardcover coffee table book, 143 p., $400. No. 6275

TRUEBLOOD, Beatrice (editor) MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY OF XALAPA, Monumental Olmec sculpture, Arroyo Pesquero Olmec Masks, El Tajin Relief Sculpture, Hardcover, w/articles by: Michael Coe - The Olmecs, Felipe Solis - Central Veracruz & Beatriz de la Fuente - The Huastecs. Each article shows beautifully photographed artifacts of the Museum of Anthropology of Xalapa in colored lighting and highlights. The accompanying descriptions include provenances. Over 140 color plates. 204 p., $230. No. 6266