BENSON, Elizabeth and David Joralemon, PRE-COLUMBIAN
ART FROM MESOAMERICA & ECUADOR: Selections from Distinguished
Private Collections. 32 p., Color & B+W photos of Olmec and Maya art
not published anywhere else. $40. No. 6046
CLARK, John E. (Editor) LOS OLMECAS EN MESOAMERICA, 16 Articles,
all pages are glossy, 229 color plates, 298 p., $250. No. 6072
COE, Michael, and others, THE OLMEC AND THEIR NEIGHBORS: Essays in Memory
of Matthew W. Sterling, 346 p., with articles by Lee Parsons,
Michael Coe, Gillett Griffin, David Joralemon, and others; includes photographs
from the Hellmuth Photo Archive. Standard reference for Olmec, Izapa and
proto-Maya. $80. No. 6074
EKHOLM-MILLER, Susanna, THE OLMEC ROCK CARVING AT XOC, CHIAPAS, MEXICO,
the only Olmec monumental art found in the Maya heartland (near Bonampak),
28 p. $25. No. 6091
FREIDEL, David A. et al., THE OLMEC WORLD - RITUAL AND RULERSHIP,
11" X 11", 8 articles, 252 color plates of exhibit artifacts w/descriptions,
more than 250 drawings, 45 B&W photos, glossy pages, 344p., $45. No.
6107
de la FUENTE, Beatriz, PELDANOS EN LA CONCIENCIA -Rostros en la Plastica
Prehispanica, 88 photographs, in Spanish, Hardcover, 101 p., $60. No.
6109
GAY, Carlo, CHALCACINGO, DIE AMERIKANISCHEN FELSBILDER Complete description
of the Olmec sculpture, 24 plates (5 in full color), 119 p, hardbound, printed
in Europe, $120. No. 6115
GREENE, Merle (general editor), SEVENTH PALENQUE ROUND TABLE, vol IX,
1989, articles on Olmec and Maya art and archaeology by ANDREWS, BARDSLEY,
BENSON, BRICKER, CHASE, CLANCY, CLOSS, FASH, GOLDSTEIN, GRUBE, HARRISON,
JONES, KERR, KURJACK, McGOVERN, REILLY, SCHELE, STUART, TATE, WREN, and
more, 295 p., $80 for this latest volume on iconography. No. 6123
JORALEMON, David TREASURES OF PRE-COLUMBIAN ART: Collection of Janos
Szekeres 64 p.of Olmec jades, polychrome Maya vases (full color, not
published anywhere else), and Jaina figurines, etc. $40. No. 6154
MUSEE BARBIER-MUELLER, ART DE L'AMERIQUE PRECOLOMBIENNE, Olmec, Veracruz hacha, Teotihuacan mask & mural, Monte Alto (Guatemala Preclassic), Tlatilco, Aztec, Huaxtec, 3 maps, 30 full page photographs of artifacts, covers North and South America, Antilles and Mesoamerica, 50 p., $40. No. 6194
NAVARRETE, Carlos, THE OLMEC ROCK CARVINGS AT PIJIJIAPAN, CHIAPAS, MEXICO AND OTHER OLMEC PIECES FROM CHIAPAS AND GUATEMALA, fascinating Olmec art, NWAF # 35, $40. No. 6197
NIEDERBERGER Betton, Christine, Paleopaysages et Archeologie pre-Urbaine du Bassin de Mexico, 2 large volumes. Complete review of Preclassic iconography (figurines and pottery) in general and Olmec iconography in particular (jades and sculpture). I have not seen this title offered in other catalogs; they are probably long out of print. The complete set of two for $160 (853 pages of educational information including 237 drawings, 269 photos, plus 209 charts/ maps/tables). No. 6200
PAZ, Octavio; STERLIN, Henri et al., ART MILLENAIRE DES AMERIQUES, coffeetable masterpiece, Olmec, Tlatilco, Xochipala, Colima, Chupicuaro, Mezcala, 156 works of art from Mesoamerica, Peru & the Amazon in exact color, each described fully in appendix, also 146 photos, maps and illustrations (most in color) depicting the expeditions of Columbus, Cortez & Pizarro as well as the art of Mexico, Mesoamerica, ancient Peru and the Amazon. 379 p., $300. No. 6211
RIESE, Berthold, NOTICIAS ARQUEOLOGICAS DE TABASCO various articles including on Olmec, by Berthold Riese on Torteguero glyphs, graffiti of Comalcalco, 65 p., edition limited to 250 copies, out of print, $30. No. 6229
SERRA PUCHE, Mari Carmen & Felipe SOLIS OLGUIN,
Cristales y OBSIDIANA prehispanicos, 1994, lavish
coffee table book, the largest and must luxurious ever created on obsidian
and rock crystal of the OLMEC, TEOTIHUACAN, MAYA, AZTEC and MIXTEC.
Includes the only photographs of mahogany-colored obdidian I have ever seen.
232 large and attractively printed pages, $250. No. 6241
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
Union Academique Internationale, Corpus Antiquitatum Americanensium, INAH, Mexico. Vol. V MONOLITOS OLMECAS Y OTROS EN EL MUSEO DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE VERACRUZ by Alfonso MEDELLIN ZENIL, 1971, 53 p, 71 plates of Olmec and other stelae and monuments in portfolio (corners and edge torn), limited edition, $200. No. 6301
URIARTE. Maria Teresa (ed.), EL JUEGO DE PELOTA EN MESOAMERICA, articles by Nicholas HELLMUTH, Merle Greene ROBERTSON, and many more archaeologists all together 19 reports on the various ballgames of Mesoamerica: El Tajin, Chichen Itza, Hohokam (Arizona), Copan, and many more. Includes data on the Olmec game found preserved in the swamp of Manati, Veracruz., 419 pages, 58 drawings, 10 B+W photos, a whopping 77 color photographs. Includes 16 ballgame photographs of Nicholas Hellmuth from the F.L.A.A.R. Photo Archives. $250 for overall the largest, fanciest, and most colorfully illustrated ballgame book ever produced. No. 6269
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