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ACANFORA, M. Ornella et al., IL
MUSEO PIGORINI. Covers all primitive arts of the world.
Lavish publication on the best pre-Columbian collection in Italy
(Rome). Outstanding color of mosaic masks, covers all pre-Columbian
cultures, including Maya polychrome vases not widely published
elsewhere. 428 p, 586 photographs including 122 in full color.
$300. This book is not sold elsewhere. No. 6001
AGUILERA, Carmen, CODICE DE HUAMANTLA, 64 p. iconography
analysis, entire codex itself is in separate volume (hard cover)
in full cover at full size. Such a lavish production was subsidized
by the state government of Tlaxcala, $150 for both volumes together.
No. 6002
AGUILERA, C., LIENZO Y CODICE DE TEPETICPAC, 33 page iconography
analysis, complete codex is in portfolio, full color, $120 for
both volumes together. No. 6003
AGRINIER, Pierre, THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL BURIALS AT CHIAPA DE CORZO
AND THEIR FURNITURE, 75 p., plenty of illustrations, $20.
No. 6004
AGRINIER, P., EXCAVATIONS AT ANTONIO, CHIAPAS, MEXICO,
61 p., architectural drawings (ballcourt, sweatbath, tomb chambers),
$25. No. 6005
AGRINIER, P., MOUND 1A, CHIAPA DE CORZO CHIAPAS, MEXICO,
43 p., Preclassic monumental architecture, $23. No. 6006
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. 6008
ALCINA FRANCH, JOSE, CALENDARIO Y RELIGION ENTRE LOS ZAPOTECOS,
35 maps & illustrations, 438 p., $120. No. 6009
ALCORN, Janis, HUASTEC MAYAN ETHNOBOTANY, Hardcover, description
of plants used by Maya and how they used to treat human disorders.,
982 p., $45. No. 6010
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
ALVAREZ A., Luis Fernando, LANDA L., M. G., and Jose Luis ROMERO
R., LOS LADRILLOS DE COMALCALCO, the best book ever produced
on the fascinating graffiti of this major Maya site: deities,
hieroglyphs, flora, fauna, lots of architectural designs showing
temples and pyramids. $80, 280 p. filled with 300 informative
line drawings of all the art. Rare, unavailable, not offered elsewhere.
No. 6012
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
AMERLINCK, Maria Concepcion, HISTORIA Y CULTURA DEL TABACO
EN MEXICO. 291 color photos, 19 B+W, 33 figs, 51 tables, hardbound,
293 p. An impressive coffee table book on tobacco including scenes
from Aztec codices of smoking. The Mexican tobacco industry must
have poured lots of money into producing this book, $230. Mexican
coffee table books are equal to Japanese and Italian quality,
often surpassing the beauty of art books even produced in the
USA. No. 6014
d'ANNA, Enrico, TABACCO STORIA ARTE. Fancy coffee table
book subsidized by the Italian government as a present to ambassadors,
senators. There was no way ever to buy a copy of this book. 307
p., 198 works of art in full color, from Matisse, Munch, Degas,
Duchamp, van Gogh, and also a section of MAYA vase paintings showing
smoking, photos by Hellmuth. Boxed edition, $1,000; identical
rebound without box, $600. These are the only copies we know of
for sale, several years out of print. No. 6015
ATLAS del TABACO en MEXICO, 1989, 134 pages (an immense 13
inches wide times 17 inches long), extensive bibliography, discusses
soils, history of tobacco (including in pre-Columbian times, with
artifacts). Long out of print (means unavailable even in Mexico),
we have not seen this offered for sale in the United States or
Europe. $300, Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Geografia e Informatica,
Joaquin Abdon Huerta Alva (coordinator). No. 6016
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
ANAHUACALLI: Museo Diego Rivera, multi-lingual includes English,
long out of print (so our copy is obviously not new), in Mexico
the last copy we saw was priced at $100, includes Nayarit ballgame
village scene plus Colima ballplayers. We have only a single copy,
$80. No. 6018
ANDREWS, Antonio P. and Fernando Robles Castellanos, EXCAVACIONES
ARQUEOLOGICAS EN EL MECO, QUINTANA ROO, 1977, INAH. 49 photos,
62 figs, 7 maps, 7 charts, 162 p., $35. No. 6019
ANDREWS, E. WYLLYS, V., THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF QUELEPA, EL SALVADOR,
184 illus,
199 p., essential for ballgame studies, the southernmost major
find of yokes, palmas, and hachas, $40.
No. 6020
ANDREWS, George, COMALCALCO, TABASCO, MEXICO: Maya Art and
Architecture, 1989 revised and expanded edition, "Vol.
I" is 160 pages filled with beautiful drawings of the pyramids,
temples, and palaces, plus lots of the unusual Maya art of this
unusual site (in the style of Palenque) overall 128 photographs
and drawings; "Vol. II" is boxed set of large architectural
maps of the entire site. All for $42.50.
No. 6021
ANDREWS, George, EDZNA, CAMPECHE, MEXICO: MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE
revised and expanded F.L.A.A.R. edition, Includes references to
the extensive ancient Maya canal irrigation system unique to Edzna,
drawings of stelae, hieroglyphic stairway, lots of temples and
pyramids, two "volumes" (one volume text; one volume
boxed set of large architectural maps), $42.50 No. 6022
ANDREWS, George et al. ARCHITECTURE AND ARCHAEOLOGY...IN YUCATAN,
nine essays on Puuc architecture including one by L. Mills on
carved columns (column stelae), in Spanish and English, 88 p.,
ample illustrations, subsidized by the French government, includes
a 3D drawing of the main palace of Santa Rosa Xtampak, $30.
No. 6023
ARNAULD, Marie C., Archeologie de l'Habitat en Alta Verapaz,
Guatemala, 480 p, study of ancient Maya house remains compared
with Maya huts today, plus 7th century ceramic art, $60, plenty
of illustrations. No. 6024
AOYAGI, Masaki & OKI, Yoshio, NEW HISTORY OF WORLD ART
- World Art Complete Collection, The Prehistoric Art and Central
& South American Art, most lavish Japanese Mesoamerican
coffee table book, over 800 photographs, 90% of Mesoamerican section
taken by Nicholas Hellmuth and his F.L.A.A.R. crew. All photos
have both English and Japanese descriptions with provenances indicated.
This book is not sold anywhere else outside of Japan. $340. No.
6025
ARQUEOLOGIA, 1, INAH. 39 photos, 35 drawings, 13 maps, 6 tables,
paperbound, 238 p. This is now "the" INAH archaeology
series; this issue covers Sinaloa, Huaxtec Maya, Olmec, Tula,
and others. We have only a single copy available. $35. No.
6026
ARQUEOLOGIA, 2, INAH. 15 photos, 25 drawings, 30 maps, 5 tables,
paperbound, 241 p. Covers newly found murals of Monte Alban IIIA
style at Huijazoo; plus Chalcatzingo, Tlaxcala. Only one copy,
$35.
No. 6027
Artes de Mexico, TEOTIHUACAN, Lugar de Dios, 114 p, long
out of print, the murals in color, $120, and it's hardcover.
No. 6028
Artes de Mexico, MUSEO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGIA, double
size issue, long out of print, many full page photographs, much
in color, $100. Fill in the missing numbers of your "Artes
de Mexico" series.
No. 6029
Association for Belizean Archaeology, Warlords and Maize Men:
A GUIDE TO THE MAYA SITES OF BELIZE: covers Altun Ha, CARACOL,
Cerros, Cuello, LAMANAI, Lubaantun, Nim Li Punit, Nohmul, Pacbitun,
Pilar, Santa Rita, Uxbenka, XUNANTUNICH. 82 pages, ample illustrations,
$32 for the best archaeological guide to all the major sites of
BELIZE. No. 6030
AUBIN, EL TONALAMATL DE AUBIN complete color edition of the
codex, lavishly published by the government of Tlaxcala, $250,
out of print, this particular codex is not available from ADEVA,
Graz. We have only a single copy. No. 6031
BAER, Phillip, and William Merrifield, TWO STUDIES ON THE LACANDONES
OF MEXICO. 54 photos including stunning portaits of the Lacandon
Maya, 274 p. The best introduction to the Lacandon Maya, $60.
Totally out of print (we have one copy). No. 6032
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
BALL, Joseph, THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL CERAMICS OF BECAN, CAMPECHE,
MEXICO, 190 p., everything you need to learn about Maya pottery
of the Rio Bec region of Campeche, Mexico, $40.
No. 6034
BARLOW, Robert H., TLATELOLCO: RIVAL DE TENOCHTITLAN. 29
figs of codices and old maps, paperbound, 164 p., $30. No.
6035
BASSIE-SWEET, Karen, FROM THE MOUTH OF THE DARK CAVE, Commorative
Sculpture
of the Late Classic Maya, 6 Tables, 70 figures of Maya scenes
& glyphs and descriptions, Hardcover with glossy dustjacket.
287p., $33. No. 6036
BAUDEZ, Claude et al, INTRODUCCION A LA ARQUEOLOGIA DE COPAN,
HONDURAS, 1983, reports by many Mayanists, I, 628 p., II,
576 p., III, maps equivalent in thickness to over 400 pages, thousands
of illustrations and photographs (sculpture, ceramic art and more),
the entire set of 3 vols $350. The standard reference work for
Copan archaeology. No. 6037
BAUDEZ, Claude, MAYA SCULPTURE OF COPAN - THE ICONOGRAPHY,
116 B&W photos, 135 drawings of monuments and stelae, 3 tables,
1 map, Hardcover, 300 p., $60. No. 6038
BAUDEZ, Claude, JEAN-FREDERIC WALDECK, Pientre Le Premier Explorateur
des Ruinas Mayas, w/63 drawings & paintings of Maya carvings
and fanciful landscapes & people, glossy pages, Hardcover.
200 p., $120. No. 6039
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
BECKER-DONNER, Etta, DIE MEXIKANISCHEN SAMMLUNGEN DES MUSEUMS
FUER VOELKERKUNDE, Wien, complete catalog of the royal
museum of Vienna, with their renowned Aztec feather shield and
capes in full color, and everything else pictured on European
quality paper, 120 p., including 64 full page photographs, $40.
No 6041
BECQUELIN, Pierre, ARCHEOLOGIE DE LA REGION DE NEBAJ (Guatemala),
lots of illustrations of decorated MAYA pottery (Early
Classic and giant complex incensarios), 194 p., 145 photos, printed
in Europe, $60. No. 6042
BENSON, Elizabeth (editor) CITY STATES OF THE MAYA: ART AND
ARCHITECTURE with articles on
El Mirador by Ray Matheny, Tikal by Peter Harrison,
Uxmal by Jeff Kowalski, Copan by Mary Miller,
Palenque by Linda Schele, 171 pages, features color architectural
drawings of El Mirador, a map of El Mirador, and color photographs
of Copan, $25, out of print, but we have copies in stock. Available
for immediate shipment. No. 6043
Your purchase of these books helps fund expeditions to explore
the Maya world and to report on archaeological finds. When you
buy a book you are a benefactor of Maya studies.
BENSON, Elizabeth, THE MOCHA - A Culture of Peru, Hardcover,
8 color photos of sites and arti-
facts, 114 B&W photos of statues & pottery, 5 photos of
sites, describes the people through their art. 164 P. $15.
No. 6044
BENSON, Elizabeth and Gillett Griffin (eds), MAYA ICONOGRAPHY,
articles by Lee Parsons, David Freidel, Linda Schele, John Justeson,
Norman Hammond, Nicholas Hellmuth, David Stuart, Michael Coe,
Barbara and Justin Kerr, Francis Robicsek and Donald Hales, John
Carlson, Mary Miller, Karl Taube and others, over 500 drawings
and photographs, listed elsewhere at up to $150. Discusses discoveries
in Maya art and hieroglyphic decipherment. No. 6045
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
BERJONNEAU, Gerald and Jean-Louis Sonnery, REDISCOVERED MASTERPIECES
OF MESOAMERICA, foreword by Michael Coe, who called
this "the most beautiful book yet produced on Mesoamerican
art" handsomely printed in Switzerland, hardcover, filled
with hundreds of photographs (including by Justin Kerr, some by
Nicholas Hellmuth), lavish layout, large page size, 287 pages
of outstanding ancient art, $400 for now (will rise to $500 shortly).
No. 6047
BERLIN, Heinrich, SIGNOS Y SIGNIFICACIONES EN LAS INSCRIPCIONES
MAYAS. 10 tables of glyphs, 5 drawings, 197 p., the last great
treatise on decipherment of hieroglyphic writing by the scholar
who identified the Palenque Triad (GI, GII, GIII) and who first
worked on emblem glyphs. A basic reference work for today's epigrapher.
$70. No. 6048
BERNAL, Ignacio and Arturo Oliveros. EXPLORACIONES ARQUEOLOGICAS
EN DAINZU, OAXACA. 62 photos, 52 plates with drawings,
5 fold out maps, INAH, 130 p., $45. No. 6049
BERNAL, Ignacio and A. Seuffert, THE BALLPLAYERS OF DAINZU,
Oaxaca warrior- players wearing gloves and helmets, 56 large format
plates, 13 photographs, 32 p. (coffee table book size), hardbound
by hand, $130. Quality printed in Graz, Austria. No. 6050
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
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 BORHEGYI, S., ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF CHINKULTIC,
CHIAPAS,
MEXICO, 16 p. With photographs and maps, helpful if you
have ever been or consider visiting,
Chinkultic, $10. No. 6053
de BORHEGYI, S., THE PRE-COLUMBIAN BALLGAME, edited by
Lee Parsons. Many photographs of ballgame scenes, sculpture, yokes,
hachas, and palmas. 30 p., $40. No. 6054
BOTURINI, de, Lorenzo, CODICE BARANDA. 20 drawings of codex
pages, color fold out facsimile, 53 p. These are the only two
copies we have been able to find. $35. No. 6055
BRETON, Adela, SOME NOTES ON XOCHICALCO. One of the few
publications on Xochicalco available in English; has outstanding
drawings of the monumental facade sculpture - Mayoid mixed with
Post-Teotihuacan styles. Transactions of the Dept. of Archaeology,
Free Museum of Science and Art, Philadelphia, Vol. 2, Part
1. 105 p., $50. No. 6056
BRUCE, Roberto, GRAMATICA DEL LACANDON, INAH, Mexico City,
152 p., includes art and archaeology with photographs and drawings
of Lacandon incense burners never before published. This is far
more than a grammar, it is a complete ethnography, especially
rich in mythology an ideal source for interpreting polychrome
Maya vases. A book such as this is essential for iconographers.
Long out of print, we have a few new copies available, $50 No.
6057
BRUCE, Roberto, LACANDON TEXTS AND DRAWINGS FROM NAHA,' 1976,
158 p., INAH, lots of illustrations of importance to Maya iconography
and religion, $50. Long out of print but we just found one.
No. 6058
BRUEGGEMANN, JUERGEN et al., TAJIN, 160 pages of color
photographs with text in Spanish, (9.5" x 12") 174 p.,
$120. No. 6059
CACAXTLA, CACAXTLA: Proyecto de investigacion y conservacion.
Gobierno del Estado de Tlaxcala, 1990. With articles by several
archaeologists, Sergio de la V. Vergara Berdejo, Ramon Sanchez
Flores, etc. The value of this book for archaeology, iconography,
and art history is in the accurate line drawings, especially of
the God L as merchant, Frog-Toad, Maize God, and Jaguar-Turtle,
murals; 98 pages, photos (color and B+W). These particular mural
segments are in no other book on Cacaxtla, and are not in the
National Geographic article on Cacaxtla either. We have never
seen this book offered elsewhere; it is virtually impossible to
find even in the city of Tlaxcala, and was sold- out at Cacaxtla
itself about three years ago. 98 p. Hence its value, $150. No.
6060
CAMPBELL, Lyle, BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MAYAN LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS
will save you hours and hours of library research since it already
lists the books and articles you need to find, 182 p., out of
print, $60. No. 6061
CARDOS, de Mendez, Amalia, Estudio de la COLECCION DE ESCULTURA
MAYA del MUSEO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGIA, INAH. 167
photos, 190 small p.. Not a coffee table book but nonetheless
"the" definitive corpus of all Maya sculpture not only
on exhibit but also in the warehouses of INAH in Mexico City.
A basic reference for the curator, epigrapher, iconographer, or
individual who wishes to see the entire scope of Maya sculpture.
$120. No. 6062
CARRASCO, David & MATOS MOCTEZUMA, Eduardos, MOCTEZUMA'S
MEXICO - Visions of the Aztec World, Hardcover coffee table
book with beautiful dustcover, more than 120 color plates, text
in English, 188 p., $45. No. 6063
CARRASCO, David (editor), TO CHANGE PLACE: Aztec Ceremonial
Landscapes, 16 articles on religion & culture of Aztec
world, 253 p., $30. No. 6064
CARRASCO, Jesus Franco, LA REPUBLICA DE INDIOS DE DON VICENTE
GONZALEZ DE SANTIANES, 75 p., $25. No. 6065
CARRASCO, Ramon, CHICANNA, CAMPECHE, 1994, Spanish, the
only complete report on the Rio Bec architectural style of Chicanna,
full architectural drawings of all the main temples & palaces
show all the masks and sculptures. small softcover format. 157
p., lots of illustrations, $55 (We could find only three
copies in all Mexico). No. 6066
CASO, Alfonso, EL TESORO DE MONTE ALBAN, INAH, reissue
by Bancomer in FULL COLOR in 1982. The complete report on the
gold Mixtec treasure of Monte Alban, 406 p. This is one of the
most crucial monographs to have in your library. $350 gives you
the hardcover edition. No. 6067
CASTRO-LEAL, Marcia, EL JUEGO DE PELOTA, complete exhibit
catalog, in Sp. but it's the pictures you want, plentifully spread
over 127 p. This is the rarest ballgame art catalog in the world,
as it went immediately into out- of-print status. We bet this
is one title your library is lacking. $230 due to being unobtainable
elsewhere (we have only one copy available). Illustrates ballgame
items not pictured in other books. No. 6068
CHOUINARD, Jeffrey, MOUTHS OF STONE: Stories of the Ancient
Maya, 1995, covers art and archaeology of the ancient Maya,
features drawings of Linda Shele, Barbara Fash & others, hardcover
coffee table book with Beautiful cover photograph by Nicholas
Hellmuth-F.L.A.A.R. Photo Archive, 242 p., $80. No. 6069
CIUDAD RUIZ, Andres, ARQUEOLOGIA DE AGUA TIBIA, 406 p.,
hundreds of pots illustrated, ancient house architecture, published
in Spain so unavailable elsewhere, $50. We have only one copy.
No. 6070
CLANCY, Flora S. & HARRISON, Peter, VISION & REVISION
IN MAYA STUDIES, Hardcover, 25 pages of bibliography, 16 maps,
17 layouts and more than 70 drawings of glyphs, figures and murals,
5 photos, 248 p., $42. No. 6071
CLARK, John E. (Editor) LOS OLMECAS EN MESOAMERICA, 16
Articles, all pages are glossy, 229 color plates, 298 p., $250.
No. 6072
COE, Michael, CLASSIC MAYA POTTERY AT DUMBARTON OAKS, Double
page size portfolio of Classic Maya vases, all in color, with
description of iconography, deities, hieroglyphs, $60. No.
6073
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.
$80, standard reference for Olmec, Izapa and proto-Maya. No.
6074
COE, William, PIEDRAS NEGRAS ARCHAEOLOGY: Artifacts, Caches,
and Burials. 240 p. filled with data on flint, obsidian (especially
eccentrics), jade; has drawings of the royal tombs of Piedras
Negras. $150 (scarce), for the most complete report ever published
on Piedras Negras. A standard reference work essential for all
archaeologists, especially for the hieroglyphs on artifacts (has
all the glyph drawings from incised artifacts). No. 6075
CUADERNOS DE ARQUITECTURA MESOAMERICANA, UNAM, Num. 6, Nov
1985. Arquitectura Maya, part 3, Chacmultun, Tikal, Rio
Bec, Puuc, 96 p. This journal is the bible of pre-Columbian architecture;
they are virtually impossible to find even in Mexico City, go
out of print quickly. $40. No. 6076
CUADERNOS DE ARQUITECTURA MESOAMERICANA, UNAM, Num. 7, Apr
1986. Arquitectura de Oaxaca, covers aspects of
Zapotec and Mixtec architecture that are not published anywhere
else, 96 p., $40. No. 6077
CUADERNOS DE ARQUITECTURA MESOAMERICANA, Num. 8, Sept 1986.
Arquitectura del Golfo, part 1, a thorough inventory
of El Tajin style monumental architecture, increasingly suspected
as the origin of Puuc mosaic motifs, 96 p., $35. No. 6078
CUADERNOS DE ARQUITECTURA MESOAMERICANA, Num. 9, Jan 1987.
Presencia prehispanica en la arquitectura moderna,
96 p., the most thorough treatment of Frank Lloyd Wright's recreation
of Chichen Itza architecture, as well as all other known Maya
or Aztec features in modern architecture of Mexico and the USA.
$25. No. 6079
CUADERNOS DE ARQUITECTURA MESOAMERICANA, Num. 10, May 1987.
Arquitectura maya, part 4, 96 p., data on temples,
pyramids, palaces that are not published anywhere else. $30.
No. 6080
CULBERT, T. Patrick (editor), CLASSIC MAYA POLITICAL HISTORY
-Hieroglyphic and Archaeological Evidence, Hardcover w/dustjacket,
22 maps and 33 figures & illustrations, 396 p., $80.
No. 6081
DAHLGREN, Barbo (ed), HISTORIA DE LA RELIGION EN MESOAMERICA,
includes Aztec and Teotihuacan iconography, 303 p., $30. No.
6082
DALTABUIT GODOS, Magali, MUJERES MAYAS - Trabajo, Nutricion
y Fecundidad, 18 B&W photos, 43 tables & 13 charts,
238 p., $40. No. 6083
DAY, Jane S. AZTEC - The World of Moctezuma, all glossy
pages, 62 photos, 15 paintings & 41 drawings (all in color),
depicts history & lives of the Aztec and their empire until
its last days. 88 p., $20.
No. 6084
De La GARZA, Mercedes, EL HOMBRE - En el Pensamiento Religioso
Nahuatl y Maya, 141 p., $35.
NO. 6085
De La GARZA, Mercedes, EL UNIVERSO SAGRADO DE LA SERPIENTE
ENTRE LOS MAYAS Hard bound in Spanish, 462 p., high quality
line drawings of Maya art with Quetzalcoatl (Kukulcan) and other
snakes, $45. No. 6086
DIEHL, Richard A., TULA - The Toltec Capital of Ancient Mexico,
130 illustrations (13 Color) includes 12 maps, describes this
Central Mexican society, 184 p., $30. No. 6087
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. 6088
Mercedes de la GARZA, PALENQUE, 189 luxurious pages in
coffee table size and quality including 139 photographs all in
full color. Although in Spanish this is the only book yet on Palenque
where ALL the photographs are color, more than any other book
yet published on Palenque. Scores of line drawings. $160. No.
6089
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
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
ESTUDIOS DE CULTURA MAYA, Vol. XIII, 1981, 18 articles by
leading Mayanists, in English and in Spanish, covers Palenque,
Aguateca, Coba, Tulum, 374 p., $60, out of print, but we have
one copy left.
No. 6092
ESTUDIOS DE CULTURA MAYA, Vol. XIV, 1982, 13 articles including
Tikal, Altun Ha (Belize), Cacaxtla murals, and three fortified
(walled) Maya cities in Yucatan, 354p., $60, out of print, but
we found one last copy. No. 6093
FAUVET-BERTHELOT, Marie-France, Ethnoprehistoire de la Maison
Maya, history and archaeology of native highland Guatemala
Maya houses, 296 p., $80, well illustrated. No. 6094
FELDMAN, Lawrence, RIVERINE MAYA, The Torquegua and other Chols
of the Lower Motagua Valley out of print, $40. No. 6095
FELDMAN, L., R. Terzuola, Payson Sheets, C. Cameron, JADE WORKERS
IN THE MOTAGUA VALLEY, 15 p, the historic discovery
of actual jadeite sources in Guatemala, which resulted in a million
dollar industry .of jade mining, $40. No. 6096
FERGUSON, Royce & ROHN, Arthur H., MESOAMERICA'S ANCIENT
CITIES, 1990, covers all pre-Columbian Mesoamerica from Cholula,
Xochicalco, Cacaxtla through all Oaxaca sites, major OLMEC sites,
then all important Maya city states, with far more site maps and
much better COLOR photography than any other comparable
general survey. 251 p., hardcover, quality paper, $45, more photographs
than we could count. No. 6097
FERNANDEZ Davila, Enrique and Susana Gomez Serafin, ARQUEOLOGIA
DE HUATULCO, OAXACA, INAH. 35 maps, 80 figs, 154 p.,
$30. No. 6098
FERNANDEZ Tejedo, Isabel et al, INAH, ZONAS ARQUEOLOGICAS:
TABASCO 27 color, 26 B+W photos, 14 color drawings, 29 B+W
drawings, 40 color maps, 109 p., covers the entire state of Tabasco,
Olmec through Maya. $50. No. 6099
FLANAGAN, E., MARKMAN, C., and J. KOWALSKI, 1984, RULERS, DEITIES
AND DEATH: Maya Ceramics from the Duke University Museum
Collection... exhibited at Northern Illinois University, 20
p., Maya art not published elsewhere. $25. No. 6100
FOLAN, William (Coordinator) CAMPECHE MAYA COLONIAL, 45
maps, 24 drawings, 39 B&W photos. This informative book actually
covers the archaeology of Calakmul, specifically the EARLY
CLASSIC royal tomb of the Palace, Structure III, with
its jades, fabulous pottery, etc, only 500 copies printed. 226
p., $50. No. 6101
FOLAN, William J., KINTZ, Ellen J., FLETCHER, Laraine A., COBA
- A CLASSIC MAYA METROPOLIS, Hardbound, 24 page bibliograph;y,
14 articles on social organization, population base, culture;
40 tables, 32 drawings, 24 B&W photos & 10 maps. 256 p.,
$76. No. 6102
FOLAN, William (Editor) LOS INVESTIGADORES DE LA CULTURA MAYA,
vol. 2, 1994 (vol. 1 is totally out of print and unavailable even
in Mexico). Articles in Spanish on Rio Bec architecture, the Teotihuacan
yearsign in the Maya area, Calakmul, the murals of Bonampak, Santa
Rosa Xtampak and Edzna. 206 p., illustrated. $60. No. 6103
FONCERRADA DE MOLINA, Marta, CACAXTLA: La iconografia de los
Olmeca-Xicalanca, 1993, the best book yet published on
the iconography of the battle murals and Maya style jambs of Cacaxtla--
by far the most profusely illustrated book ever to appear on
Cacaxtla. Covers all the hieroglyphs, warfare
attire and attributes, costumes, deities, iconography--everything
FULLY ILLUSTRATED with complete color "roll-outs"
of all the war/sacrific murals, in addition to 182 informative
drawings. 191 p., $150.
No. 6104
FOWLER, William R., EL SALVADOR: Antiguas Civilizaciones,
sold only in a single location in El Salvador - and they do not
ship, they do not reply to mail orders. The only way to get this
book is to fly to Central America (circa $600) and stay overnight
(with meals about $120), or you can order the book from us for
$250 and get it by return mail, $8. This lavish coffee table book
has contributions by E. Wyllys Andrews, Arthur Demarest, Robert
Sharer, and others. Features jade, monumental sculpture (Olmec,
Pot Bellied Sculptures, and more), plus the first color photographs
of Tiquisate-style Teotihuacan incense burners reported from Ahuachapan
and Tazumal. This the best book ever produced on the complete
spectrum of pre-Columbian art of El Salvador. Virtually the entire
book is large format color photographs of aesthetically attractive
art. ***** 5 star rating for this impressive contribution to Maya
archaeology of Central America. No. 6310
FOWLER, William R. Jr., THE FORMATION OF COMPLEX SOCIETY IN
SOUTHEASTERN MESOAMERICA, Hardcover, shows early PreClassic
Maya through the 16th century, using archaeology. 256 p., $47.
NO. 6105
FRANCO Y GONZALES SALAS, Maria Teresa THE HUASTEC AND TOTONAC
WORLD, Hardcover coffee table format, impressive color photography
of the highest standards with 161 color plates, includes maps
for tourist routes in English. 200 p., $150. No. 6106
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, 344 p., $45. No. 6107
de la FUENTE, Beatriz, S. TREJO, and N. GUTIERREZ S., ESCULTURA
EN PIEDRA DE TULA, 235 p., over 164 photographs (mostly full
page) showing the complete corpus of Toltec sculpture far more
complete than Tozzer. This is the best source on Toltec sculpture
ever published. $120. No .6108
de la FUENTE, Beatriz, PELDANOS EN LA CONCIENCIA -Rostros en
la Plastica Prehispanica, 88 photographs, in Spanish, Hardcover,
101p ., $60. No. 6109
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
GARCIA-BARCENA, Joaquin, EL PRECERAMICO DE AGUATENANGO, CHIAPAS,
MEXICO, INAH. 5 photos, 8 maps, 35 tables, 5 drawings, 86
p., $25. No. 6111
GARCIA MOLL, Roberto (coordinator), El Mundo MIXTECO
Y ZAPOTECO, 1992, only the subsidy of a major Mexican bank
could result in such an impressive coffee table book, possibly
the best book yet produced on the archaeology of Oaxaca. Out
of print - we got the last five copies from buying out the publisher's
warehouse. 147 stunning color photographs of the highest quality.
195 p., $130. No. 6112
GARCIA MOLL, Roberto & BALI, Jaime PIEDRA DE LUZ -Dimension
y Espancio en el Mexico PreColombino, 48 double page and 24
single page fabulously overpowering color photographs of Mesoamerican
sites and land and seascapes by Guillermo Aldana. This is not
"just a coffee table book". This is an example of
what the art of photography can do to capture the mystique of
the past. 142 p., $250
NO. 6113
GARCIA URREA, Carlos, TIKAL: EL MONUMENTAL MUNDO PERDIDO,
97 p. with illustrations of the Mundo Perdido excavations nowhere
else published, a rare report you will not find elsewhere, $40.
No. 6114
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
G & T FOUNDATION, PIEZAS MAESTRAS MAYAS, Patrimondo del
Museo Nacional de Arquelogia y Etnologia de Guatemala, GALARIA
GUATEMALA III, 15.5" x 11.5" hardcover coffee
table book, Spanish & English parallel text, 28 articles covering
ecology, geography & development of technology of ancient
Maya, as well as Preclassic, Classic, Postclassic & Spanish
contact periods with the effects of interaction by different cultures.
Discusses infrastructures, commerce, war, religion, art,
architecture & cultures of Maya. 2 page chart of chronology
of major sites. Beautiful photography to
illustrate artifacts & culture of the Maya,10 B&W &
150 color photographs plus 35 full page color plates, 249 p.,
$320. No. 6307
GOBIERNO DEL ESTADO DE TABASCO, Guia Arqueologica Del MUSEO
DE JONUTA y Notas Historicas de la Region, (Spanish), 30 B&W
plates of museum figures, 67 p., $25. No. 6116
GOMEZ HERNANDEZ, Antonio & HUMBERTO RUZ, Mario, MEMORIA
BALDIA - Los Tojolabales y Las Fincas. Testimonios, covers
6 fincas with 9 interviews of local people ranging from 55 to
88 years old., 15 photos, 1 map, 404 p., $40. No. 6117
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
GRAHAM, Mark Miller (Editor), REINTERPRETING PREHISTORY OF
CENTRAL AMERICA, 9 articles, covers art and cultures of Mesoamerica,
photos of pottery, hardcover, 336 p., $35. No. 6119
GREENE, Merle, ANCIENT MAYA RELIEF SCULPTURE, the original
Museum of Primitive Art
issue, (first edition, boxed), 60 rubbings and descriptive text
- not available as a reprint, includes Bonampak, Chichen Itza,
Uxmal,Yaxchilan, Palenque, and Tikal, $200. No. 6120
GREENE, Merle, MAYA SCULPTURE rubbings by Merle Greene
Robertson from Palenque, Tikal, Uaxactun, Yaxchilan, Yaxha, and
all the other Maya ruins, plus Cotzumalhuapa, and also Preclassic
sculptures, with text by John Graham and Robert Rands; hundreds
of illustrations, $250. No. 6121
GREENE ROBERTSON, Merle (ed), PRIMERA MESA REDONDA DE PALENQUE,
Vol. II, Merle Greene Robertson ed. 143 pages, drawings and
description of art, Maya architecture, iconography, decipherment.
$120. No. 6122
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
GRIFFIN, GILLETT (Introduction), SCHATTEN UIT DE NIEUWE WERELD,
(In German), 11 articles of precolumbian new world, 20 pages showing
chronology of cultures and city states with maps of where these
people lived in North, Central & South America and the Carribean,
475 color plates of artifacts from cultures of the americas with
descriptions and provenances, including 92 from precolombian Mexico,
from Maya (Mexico, Guatemala & Honduras) 52 color plates.
484 glossy pages, $400. No. 6124
GUDERJAN, Thomas, ANCIENT MAYA TRADERS OF AMBERGRIS CAYE, Belize,
41 p., nicely illustrated with drawings and photographs of remarkable
polychrome Maya vases - an essential book for anyone attempting
to study iconography of Maya vases. $35. No. 6125
GUERRERO, Raul F., HISTORIA GENERAL DE ARTE MEXICANO - EPOCO
PREHISPANICA, (2 pocket sized volumes in Spanish), Vol. 1:
79 B&W photos of art, codices, monuments, sites, 8 drawings.
Vol. 2: 92 B&W photos, 14 drawings, Cloth-hardbound, total
of 429 pages, $50 for this set. No. 6126
GUEVARA Sanchez, Arturo, INAH, ARQUEOLOGIA DE LAS CUARENTA
CASAS, CHIHUAHUA. 111 photos, 179 tables, including 39 maps,
212 p., $25. No. 6127
HABERLAND, Wolfgang, American Indian Art / Die Kunst
des Indianischen Amerika (in English and in German), Museum
Rietberg, Zurich. Maya, Veracruz ballgame sculpture, Preclassic
figurines, West Coast Mexico, plus Peruvian textiles. Maya section
features vases, Jaina figurines and stelae. 408 p, and lots of
maps, hardcover, printed with Swiss quality. $100. No. 6128
HARTUNG, Horst, DIE ZEREMONIALZENTREN DER MAYA, (in German)
hardcover 11" x 14" w/36 glossy pages of photos, maps
and reconstructions of Maya sites with 7 large foldout sit maps.
179 p., $250. No. 6129
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The following three xerographic volumes are sold together as a
set, $100 complete. These describe the architectural discoveries
of the 1989 fieldwork of F.L.A.A.R. in the Chenes area. Only 100
copies printed, so get your set while they last. No. 6130
HELLMUTH, Nicholas First Season Photography and Analysis of
Standing Architecture at SANTA ROSA XTAMPAK, CAMPECHE, MEXICO,
146 p, plus full page photographs
HELLMUTH, Nicholas, Wood That Has Lasted ONE THOUSAND YEARS;
Lintels and Vault Beams in MAYA Temples and Palaces, full
page photographs of Xtampak, Uxmal, Tikal.
HELLMUTH, N., AN INTRODUCTION TO CHENES, PUUC AND RIO BEC PALACES:
THE EXAMPLE OF THREE PALACES AT SANTA ROSE XTAMPAK, 124 p.
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HELLMUTH, N., ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE OF THE MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE
OF SANTA ROSA XTAMPAK, 231 p with plenty of photographs, all
full page size. Thorough architectural discussion of Puuc, Chenes,
and Rio Bec intermingling of palace facade styles. $50 (only 40
copies printed). No. 6131
If all four volumes are ordered together, price is $120 (save
$30). This offer also valid to all those who ordered the other
three Xtampak reports earlier, just send $20 + $5 postage for
the fourth volume, and save $30. No. 6131a
The next three xerographic work books spiral bound for the 1996
4th International Conference (sold ONLY as a complete set), total
approximately 745 pages - packed with iconography, style, and
archaeological information, $100. There are only 35 sets available
for the entire world. No. 6309
HELLMUTH, N., I conography of Seven Maya Ballplayers: Rio Usumacinta
or Calakmul, 155 Pages
text, 33 illustrations.
HELLMUTH, N., Iconography of Maya Sculpture in Mexico,
2 volumes, total 165 pages text, 98 illlustra-tions.
HELLMUTH, N., All Eight Ballplayer Stelae of Bilbao, Cotzumalhuapa,
152 p. text, 162 illustrations, (total 314 pages).
HELLMUTH, N., All THE BALLPLAYER DECAPITATION STELAE of Aparicio,
Vega de Alatorre, Veracruz, Mexico. 1996, F.L.A.A.R., 38 p.,
includes the first publication of the decapitation stela in the
Denver Museum of Natural History. $20. No. 6315
HELLMUTH, N., AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIC INTRODUCTION to
the various pre-Hispanic Rubber Ballgames of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala,
El Salvador, and Honduras: Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Mixtec, Aztec,
El Tajin. 1995, F.L.A.A.R., 311 pages filled with descriptive
entries on the ballgame. Reviews and discusses everything ever
written on the ancient ballgames of Mesoamerica, then informs
the reader which theories are useful, and which are nonsence.
This is a copy of the author's own notebook ( in other words,
a work-in-progress). Even in its preliminary state it contains
a wealth of information and serves as a standard desk reference
on iconography and archaeology of the ballgames. This bibliography
will save you weeks of searching for information elsewhere, since
everything is neatly in alphabetical order and is cleverly cross-referenced.
A steal at $20 for so much data. No. 6316
HELLMUTH, N., Four Peten Style Plates showing Hunters surrounded
by their Pack of Yapping Dogs
1996, F.L.A.A.R., 18 pages in addtion to many illustrations, mostly
scanned images of polychrome plates. This is one of the first
publications resulting from Hellmuth's project to photograph all
Maya art in Japan. Simultaneously this is one of the first workbooks
of any Maya Weekend to feature Adobe Photoshop enhanced digital
images, a boon to iconography because you can see the features
of the ancient painting so clearly. $20. No. 6319
HELLMUTH, N., Headdresses and Skirts shared by Deer Hunters
and Ballplayers, 1996, F.L.A.A.R., 86 pages, including one
of the first computer enhanced images which rescued images from
a faded po lychrome Maya vase. This is the juiciest icongraphic
report to result from the last five years of research on ballgame
iconography as well as the first monograph-length report on the
iconography of hunting in polychrome Maya ceramic art. $40. No.
6317
HELLMUTH, N., HUNTING pictured on Early Classic Maya
Pottery: Cylindrical Tripods and Basal Flange Bowls, 1996
F.L.A.A.R., 60 pages plus lots of photographs, mostly of Maya
polychrome art never previously published. The author is known
for his work on the Early Classic period. $30. No. 6320
HELLMUTH, N., THE ESCUINTLA HOARDS, Teotihuacan art in Guatemala;
large format photographs, not published elsewhere; includes ballgame
decapitation ritual, 70 p. Only a few copies left, $30 each while
they last. No. 6132
HELLMUTH, N., THE OLD DEER HUNTER AND THE WOMAN RIDING THE
MYTHICAL DEER: The Actun Balam Vase, Belize, Tepeu 3 and the Prototype
Actun Balam Scene, Peten, Tepeu 1, 1996, F.L.A.A.R., 18 pages
crammed with iconography. Features photographs never before published
from the F.L.A.A.R. archives (as you come to expect from all F.L.A.A.R.
publications). This is the first re-analysis of the Actun Balam
vase which points out the several key features shared with ballplayer
scenes, (hint: some enactments of the Maya ballgame were the re-enactment
of the Hero Twins out hunting; you drag your prey back to the
ballcourt, "hunt" them in the ballgame, and then slay
them...). In the Pseudo God L report you find out that other ballgames
were the re-enactment of battles where one team fought the captives...Now
you know why some ballplayers wear warrior's outfits and other
ballplayers wear deer hunter outfits (and why other hunters are
dressed as deer...). All the information is in this series of
workbooks for the annual BCC-FLAAR Maya symposium. $20. No.
6318
HELLMUTH, N., The Pseudo-God L Headdress on Warriors and on
Ballplayers, 1996, F.L.A.A.R., 27 pages of infomative text
and illustrations. The first complete and concise differentiation
between God L's various headdresses, includes abundant iconographic
analyses not available in other discussions of Maya deities. This
report is especially useful for Yaxchilan and Bonampak (both the
stelae and the murals), and is a key source for identification
of ballplayer headdresses on polychrome vases. $20. No. 6321
HELLMUTH, N., PRE-COLUMBIAN BALLGAME, regional ballgame
variants are distinguished for the first time; previously unpublished
vases show that the Peten Maya did not normally use a yoke during
the game; 74 p. Only about 5 copies left, $40 each while they
last. No. 6133
F.L.A.A.R. has 33,000 additional photographs available to
make into other books. Your check
in the mail today will facilitate further publications -- if you
have followed F.L.A.A.R.'s growth you have noticed how many new
books are at last appearing. Your book orders make these possible.
Be a sponsor of further publications tomorrow by mailing in a
book request with your check
today.
HELLMUTH, N. (ed.), TZAKOL AND TEPEU MAYA POTTERY DRAWINGS
by Barbara van Heusen, Persis Clarkson, and Lin Crocker. ca. 45
large format, rollout line drawings, Two parts, 2nd part is 70
pages text. Rare edition, as this is a printer's proof, only 150
copies produced - ONLY 3 SETS LEFT WITH STAMPED PORTFOLIO COVER.
A limited edition that will never be re-done in the present arrangement.
(a) FULL SET OF ALL AVAILABLE DRAWINGS, $250, with hand made cloth
portfolio cover, with text.
(b) bond paper set (some drawings were only done on bond paper),
$150. Loose portfolio.
(c) text for bond set, $10 (total price for bond drawings plus
text, $160)
copies of the set A, B, and text are in stock and available for
immediate shipment. No. 6134
HELLMUTH, N., BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE 16TH-20TH CENTURY MAYA OF
THE SOUTHERN LOWLANDS: CHOL, CHOL LACANDON, YUCATEC LACANDON,
QUEJACHE, ITZA, AND MOPAN. Hellmuth's first publication!
114 p. Actually this is one of the best introductions to the Lacandon
Maya available. If you believe that the Lacandon are the descendants
of the Maya who built Bonampak, Yaxchilan or Palenque, then you
need to read Hellmuth's Introduction in this standard reference
work on Lacandon ethnography and ethnohistory. Only $25. Includes
a review of Maya ethnohistory and problems of ethnographic analogy
in Maya archaeology. No. 6135
HELLMUTH, N., TIKAL COPAN: A General Introduction to Maya Art,
Architecture & Archaeology includes travel information.
Revised edition (1978), 214 p, hundreds of photographs, easily
the most popular book Hellmuth has written, which has taken the
book into Out of Print status; a few copies left, $50 while they
last. Lots of photos of MAYA POTTERY, most of which is not anywhere
else published. No.6136
HELLMUTH, N., CATALOG OF TZAKOL PERIOD MAYA ART IN SITE REPORTS
AND IN MUSEUMS AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS: Guatemala, Mexico, USA,
Canada and Europe, Vol. II: Maya Cylindrical Tripods. This
is the only catalog of all known Early Classic cylindrical
tripods from the museums and private collections throughout
the world. Sections include stuccoed-and-painted, polychrome painted,
negative painted, etc. Lists all hieroglypohic inscriptions. Pots
in private collections are compared and contrasted with all known
examples excavated from Chiapas, Peten, Belize, Honduras, and
the highlands especially with tripods from Tikal and Uaxactun.
7 full page photographs, 247 pages of cogent description. Hardcover
(library binding), $60; softcover, $40. No. 6137
HELLMUTH, Nicholas, Structure 5D-73, BURIAL 196, TIKAL, PETEN,
GUATEMALA, 2 volumes, spiral bound, so many hundreds of illustrations
we gave up counting maps, lots of architectural drawings of the
pyramid and tomb chamber, rollout drawings of all the decorated
vases, complete drawings of all the plates, pictures of all the
jade in situ inside the crypt. $400 (we may have one set left).
This opus was Hellmuth's B.A. honor's thesis (awarded a Summa
cum Laude at Harvard). Burial 196 ("The Tomb of the Jade
Jaguar") is the third largest Late Classic burial ever found
in the entire Maya lowlands. The author spent several months inside
the tomb and in the lab taking copious notes, doing exquisite
drawings, and taking abundant photographs, making this the most
thoroughly recorded burial ever excavated in Mesoamerica. No.
6138
HELLMUTH, N., THE SURFACE OF THE UNDERWATERWORLD: Iconography
of the Gods of Early Classic Maya Art in Peten, Guatemala.
2 volumes. Due to more demand for the original edition (it sold
out even at $300), we reprinted 30 copies. Spiral bound. $120
for the set. Hundreds and hundreds of beautiful line drawings.
Twelve artists worked for years to produce these drawings. Over
a decade of photography around the world went into the photographs
from which the drawings were taken. These two volumes are the
English original of Hellmuth's Ph.D. dissertation, the fancy edition
printed in Graz, Austria. No. 6139
HELLMUTH, N., MONSTERS AND MEN, the complete German/English
bi-lingual edition coffee-table version, printed in Graz, Austria,
with 727 illustrations including lots of color photographs. Most
of the Maya art herein has never previously been published.
Leather (real leather, hand bound), $200, autographed by the author,
edition listed to 100 copies, each copy hand numbered. No.
6140a
Hand bound, cover imbossed with Maya design, $150. autographed
by
the author, edition limited to 100 copies, each copy numbered.
No. 6140b
Regular edition, hardcover, $120 (this edition sold out) No.
6140c
This Graz edition has several advantages over the Ph.D. version,
lots in color, lots not in the Ph.D. version, and additional text.
Although the Graz edition is primarily in German, ALL CAPTIONS
to all illustrations ARE IN ENGLISH. Most people buy both the
Ph.D. version to get the complete text in English, then buy the
Graz additional also to get all the color plus the updates (the
additional data). If you buy both together, $200 (gives you three
volumes, namely two volumes in English (Ph.D. version), plus one
volume bi- lingual with color, Graz Monster and Men)
HERNANDEZ PONS, Elsa C. INVESTIGACIONES ARQUEOLOGICAS EN EL
VALLE DEL RIO TULIJA TABASCO- CHIAPAS, UNAM, photos
of Jaina-related figurines, Palenque style incense burners, over
200 p, with the only available photographs and map of Maya ruins
of TORTEGUERO, source of stelae in Villahermosa museum, $43. Long
out of print. Our copies are brand new; how is this possible?
We bought them over 9 years ago but never opened the boxes since
we have been so busy with our research projects. No. 6141
HILDSHEIM, DIE WELT DER MAYA, (in German), 264 color plates
of precolombian artifacts with full page in depth analyses, descriptions
and provenances, 14 articles in 284 pages w/175 beautiful color
photographs of sites, stelae, codices, murals and artifacts. The
authors of the articles are: Herbert Wilhelmy, Juan Antonio Valdes,
Robert J. Sharer, Nicholas P. Dunning, Wolfgang W. Wurster, Oscar
Quintana, Stephan D. Houston & David Stuart, David A. Freidel,
Ted Leyenaar & Gerald W. van Bussel, Linda Schele, Nicholai
Grube, T. Patrick Culbert, Diane & Arlene Chase, and Carolyn
Tate. 636p., $150. No. 6142
HOUSTON, Stephen D., HIEROGLYPHS AND HISTORY AT DOS PILAS -
Dynastic Politics of the Classic Maya, chronology of the site
and its lords, 16 maps, 12 tables & more than 20 illustrations.
181p., $40. No. 6143
ICHON, Alain, LES SCULPTURES DE LA LAGUNITA, EL QUICHE, GUATEMALA.
Rare monograph on Preclassic and Early Classic sculptures, tombs,
and important archaeological discoveries published in no other
book, 74p., crammed with illustrations, photographs, and information
essential for iconography. $80. No. 6144
ICHON, Alain & Marie Charlotte Arnauld, LE PROTOCLASSIQUE
A LA LAGUNITA EL QUICHE, GUALEMALA. 257 p, filled with photographs
and drawings of early Maya pottery art. For anyone working on
the development of ceramic art, on iconography, on Maya symbolism,
and on the evolution from Preclassic to Protoclassic, this book
is a standard reference work. Actually, this is the most important
book ever published on Holmul I-style pottery--has ten times more
pots than then the original Holmul monograph. Thus long out of
print, but we have one copy left, $250. No. 6145
ICHON, Alain and Rita GIGNON, ARCHEOLOGIE DE SAUVETAGE DANS
LA VALLEE DU RIO CHIXOY. no. 3, EL JOCOTE. Archaeologists
tend to forget the highlands in their Tikal-centric view of the
Maya universe. These reports are essential to understanding the
fuller perspective of ancient Maya culture throughout Guatemala.
$60, photographs of incensarios, pottery, figurines, monumental
architecture. 125p. No. 6146
ICHON, Alain and Marion P. HATCH, ARCHEOLOGIE DE SAUVETAGE
DANS LA VALLEE DU RIO CHIXOY. no. 4, LOS ENCUENTROS.
193 pages with plenty of illustrations. These reports are as good
(if not better) than the Carnegie Institution of Washington monographs.
$60. Includes patolli game board (fig. 101), ballcourt (fig. 34),
pottery, temple and palace architecture, tombs, and artifacts
all pictured in drawings and/or photographs. No. 6147
ICHON, Alain & ARNAULD, Marie Charlotte, ARCHEOLOGIE DE
SAUVETAGE 5, Les Sites Classique de la Vallee Moyenne du Chixoy,
53 maps & layouts, 150 photos and illustrations, 175p., $60.
No. 6148
ICHON, Alain & DOUZANT-ROSENFELD, Denise & USSELMANN,
Pierre, ARCHEOLOGIE DE SAUVETAGE 6, La Vallee Moyenne du Rio
Chixoy (Guatemala) - Occupation Prehispanique et problemes actuels,
110 maps, B&W photos and illustrations, covers Preclassical
(800BC-100AD), Protoclassical-Classical (100-600AD), Late Classical
(600-900AD), Epiclassical (900-1100AD), Postclassical (1100-1500AD),
234p., $60. No. 6149
INAH, MEMORIA DEL CONGRESO INTERNO 1979. 60 photos, 16 maps,
11 figs, 364 p., includes Coba, Chichen Itza, Uxmal (excavation
of the ballcourt), Xelha, caves of Loltun, Kohunlich, and more.
$50. No. 6150
(INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICANISTS) XLI CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL
DE AMERICANISTAS, Mexico 1974, Crammed with information (English,
Spanish), $100 all three volumes together. Vol. I, 600
p, Vol. II, 679 p, Vol. III, 808 p, covers OLMEC, Maya, Teotihuacan,
Aztec, Bilbao (Cotzumalhuapa) art, iconography, archaeology, Tikal,
Monte Alban, Belize, articles by HELLMUTH, Hammond on Belize,
Merle Greene Robertson on Palenque, and scores of others. Kekchi
myths, ballgame goal sculptures, The following reports are all
in this volume of the International Congress of Americanists,
Geneva.
D. Heydon, "What is the Significance of the Mexica Pyramid"
Hasso Von Winning, Mexican Figurines Attached to Pallets and Cradles"
E. Pasztory, "The Gods of Teotihuacan"
Gordon Ekholm, "The Archaeological Significance of Mirrors
in the New World"
Mary King, "A Textile Technique from Oaxaca, Mexico"
Norman Hammond, "Maya Settlement Patterns"
Lee Parsons, "Iconographic Notes on a new Izapan Stela from
Abaj Takalik, Guatemala"
Sabloff and Rathje, "Changing pre-Columbian Commercial Patterns
on the Island of Cozumel, Mexico"
Arthur Miller, "The Mural Painting at Tancah and in Structure
5 at Tulum: Implications of their Style and Iconography"
A. Digby, "Evidence in Mexican Glyphs and Sculpture for an
unrecognized Astronomical Instrument"
F. Hochleitner, "The Correlation between the Mayan and the
Julian Calendar" R. Fry, "The Archaeology of Southern
Quintana Roo: Ceramics"
Peter Harrison, "The Lintels of Tzibanche, Quintana Roo"
(all of these articles together, $80,) bound together with another
dozen arti- cles (total, 509 pages crammed with illustrations).
This is Vol. I of the International Congress of Americanists.
No. 6151
ITO, Nabuyuki & TORRES, Miguel et al., MAYA - SPECIAL EXHIBITION,
Crossroad of History and Race, a major Japanese catalog. Jade
(lots, and in COLOR), obsidian, flint, highland, lowland,
mushroom stones, Preclassic stone, plumbate, ballplayer figures
& yokes, Tiquisate, highland Maya textiles, $200 -
-a necessary investment because of the coverage within this extensive
catalog (mostly loans from Guatemala, but a considerable number
of items nowhere else published). 200p. 126 illustrations of textiles
and ethnographic subjects plus 251 illustrations of ancient art
(mostly in color). This is one of the most comprehensive books
yet issued in Japan, in a quality that we expect for Japan. We
can't read Japanese either, but you don't buy this book to learn
Japanese, rather to learn about pre-Columbian art - from illustrations.
These pictures are an informative reference source for anyone
doing iconography. No. 6152
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. 6153
JUSTESON, John, and L. Campbell, PHONETICISM IN MAYAN HIEROGLYPHIC
WRITING, the most important single book on how to read the
Mayan glyphs in an easy phonetic manner; contains articles from
the world's leading epigraphers. Because this book is the only
basic "textbook" on the new readings, it went immediately
into out of print status, we have one copy, $120. You will not
find this book offered widely elsewhere since everyone who bought
it wants to hold on to it. 389p. No. 6154
KANO, Chiaki, TAKAHASHI COLLECTION, The Americas, materials
on the Americas from the Takahashi collection, 96p., Peru,
Columbia, Costa Rica, MAYA, ballgame hacha, palma, polychrome
vases, plates, bowls, eccentric flints (stela cache), eccentric
obsidian, preclassic pottery, figurines, Maya
polychrome enema scene, outstanding glyphs on giant Peten Maya
plate. $100 because we had to fly to
Japan to track down this book (attempting to do it by mail did
not work). No. 6155
KELKER, Nancy (ed), AMERICA BEFORE COLUMBUS: Pre-Columbian
Art in the Collection of the San Antonio Museum Association.
Articles by Peter Furst, Hasso von Winning, Gordon McEwan. 132
p. including lots of photographs of pre- Columbian art not pictured
in any other catalog. $45, covers Maya art, Teotihuacan, Toltec,
Aztec, Jalisco, Nayarit, Colima, Chupicuaro, Guerrero, Michoacan,
Oaxaca plus Peruvian ceramics as well. NO. 6156
KING, Elizabeth (ed) ART & ENVIRONMENT IN NATIVE AMERICA,
eight articles, includes: HALLUCINOGENS IN PRE-COLUMBIAN ART by
Peter Furst, CLIMATE & ICONOGRAPHY IN PALENQUE SCULPTURE by
George Kubler, and articles on Mexican and Peruvian art, 169 p.
$40.
No. 6157
KNOROZOV, Yuri, MAYA HIEROGLYPHIC CODICES, 429p. of phonetic
translations of the Maya codices from the Russian expert who first
recognized how to use Bishop Landa's "alphabet" as a
syllabic chart rather than a regular alphabet. An essential "bible"
and dictionary for all who aspire to read Maya hieroglyphic writing.
This was so popular it went into out of print status and is hard
to find, $100 (F.L.A.A.R. just cleaned out its warehouse of books
we had bought five years ago and we found two original copies).
No. 6158
KUBLER, George, ARENSBERG COLLECTION PRE-COLUMBIAN SCULPTURE
lots of yokes, palmas, hachas, plus Aztec, West Coast Mexico,
Maya (vases also), 197 handsome photographs, virtually all full
page size, $50. Hardcover. No. 6159
LANGE, Frederick W.(editor), PRECOLUMBIAN JADE, New Geological
and Cultural Interpretations, hardcover, w/25 color plates,
22 articles on styles and uses, 378p., $50. No. 6160
LAPORTE, Juan Pedro & VALDES, Juan Antonio, TIKAL Y UAXACTUN
EN EL PRECLASICO, 8 articles, includes 60 architectural drawings
of locations, a chronology of the area, 30 masks, 126p., $40.
No. 6161
LARRALDE de SAENZ, Jacqueline, CRONICAS EN BARRO Y PIEDRA,
Arte prehispanico de Mexico en la Coleccion Saenz - El
Periodo Formativo, more than 500 B&W photographs of figurines,
19 full page color plates - all with descriptions, covers periods
1800-1000BC, 1000-500BC and 500BC - 100AD., 8 maps, includes a
chronology of influences of cultures and city states from 1800BC
to 1500AD., hardcover, 250p., $400. No. 6162
LAUGHLIN, Robert M. OF SHOES AND SHIPS AND SEALING WAX; SUNDRIES
FROM ZINACANTAN, Maya ethnography of Chiapas, Smithsonian
Institution, out of print, 286p., $50. No. 6163
LAVAREZ, Carlos and Luis CASASOLA, LAS FIGURILLAS DE JONUTA,
TABASCO, UNAM, 117 p, fully illustrated, these Fine Orange
figurines from Jonuta are similar to those of Jaina and Palenque.
$52, Out of print, we could find just 2 copies in all Mexico in
a three month search. No. 6164
Lee, Thomas A. Jr., THE ARTIFACTS OF CHIAPA DE CORZO, CHIAPAS,
MEXICO, 231p., Preclassic, fully illustrated, NWAF #26, $80.
No. 6165
LEE, Thomas A. Jr., MOUND 4 EXCAVATIONS AT SAN ISIDRO, CHIAPAS,
MEXICO, 88p., archaeology field report, NWAF #34, $20. No.
6166
LEON-PORTILLA, Miguel, Tiempo y realidad en el pensamiento
maya, 2 maps, 7 B&W photos of glyphs and sculptures, 37
drawings of figures & glyphs, 214p., $35. No. 6167
LEYENAAR and Lee PARSONS, ULAMA, THE BALLGAME OF THE MAYAS
AND AZTECS with text also by H.B. Nicholson. 227 informative
pages with lots of illustrations (inc. color) of all Mesoamerican
games. Outstanding coverage of yokes, hachas, palmas, polychrome
Maya vases, a female Jaina ballplayer. This is the most recent
book produced anywhere in the world on the ballgame. $150. No.
6168
LEYENAAR, Ted, Gerald van BUSSEL, and Gesine WEBER, FROM COAST
TO COAST: Pre- Columbian Sculptures from Mesoamerica. exhibit
catalog in Europe of private collections; thus most of these objects
have never been pictured in any other publication. 423 large pages
(coffee table book), with a whopping quality of 398 photographs
in FULL COLOR, Includes ballgame hachas, two Tiquisate ballgame
tripods from Guatemala, and a rare Rio Blanco bowl (Veracruz),
some of which show ballgame-related rituels. Filled with pottery,
stone, representing ALL pre-Columbian cultures, from Maya to Olmec,
Colima, Chupicuaro, Michoacan, Tlatilco. Hardcover, $160. No.
6169
LEYENAAR, Ted, Gerald van BUSSEL and Paul van DONGEN (eds), THE
MESOAMERICAN BALLGAME. Outstanding contributions by
Norman Hammond, Ted Leyenaar, Nicholas Hellmuth, Lee Parsons,
Merle Greene Robertson, and many others. Unfortunately, a limited
printing (only 500 copies!). Price is sure to rise to $250 when
copies run out. Now, $150, In stock ready for immediate shipment.
300 informative pages, 173 educational illustrations. No. 6170
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
LOWE, Gareth W., and Agrinier, Pierre, PAPERS OF THE NEW WORLD
ARCHAEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION NUMBERS EIGHT TO ELEVEN,
186p., hundreds of illustrations, long out of print, scarce, $80.
No. 6172
LOWE, G., T. Lee, and E. Martinez. IZAPA: AN INTRODUCTION TO
THE RUINS AND MONUMENTS, 349p., hundreds of illustrations,
photographs, maps and architectural drawings showing all the excavations
plus stelae discovered in the last 5 years. This book is essential
for understanding the Preclassic/Proto- Classic origins of the
eventual Maya civilization. Suitable for the aficionado, $45.
No. 6173
MALER, Teobert, EXPLORATIONS IN THE DEPT OF PETEN, GUATEMALA,
Motul de San Jose, Peten-Itza, $130 since this is the
original 1910 publication, pages are uncut, new (not used), an
opportunity to own an original Maler monograph. No. 6174
MANZANILLA, Linda (coordinator), ANATOMIA DE UN CONJUNTO RESIDENCIAL
TEOTIHUACANO EN OZTOYAHUALCO, 2 volumes, Vol. I - Las Escavaciones,
VOL II - Los Estudios Especificos, 19 articles, 510 maps,
B&W photos and illustrations, 33 charts, 946p., $150 for the
set . No. 6175
MARQUEZ DE GONZALES, Lourdes, Benavides Castillo, Antonio, and
Schmidt, J. Peter, EXPLORACION EN LA GRUTA DE XCAN, YUCATAN
104p., $30. No. 6176
MARTINEZ-MARIN, Carlos (Presentation), PRIMER COLOQUIO DE DOCUMENTOS
PICTOGRAFICOS DE TRADICION NAHUATL, 37 B&W photos of part
of 8 codices (including Borgia & Borbonico) and more than
50 drawings codices and art., 280p., $40. No. 6177
MATOS MOCTEZUMA, Eduardo, TEOTIHUACAN - THE CITY OF GODS,
coffee table book, w/English text, more than 70 color plates and
photos, 239p., $150. No. 6178
MATOS MOCTEZUMA, Eduardo, REFLEXIONES EN EL TIEMPO, Una mirada
al arte prehispanico, (in Spanish), 3 articles, 14 color plates
and 67 B&W photos of artifacts, hardcover, 190p., $200. No.
6179
MAUDSLAY, A. P., ARCHAEOLOGY Biologia-Centrali-Americana
(all in English despite the title), complete 6 vol set bound as
four volumes; the original edition costs $3,000; this is the Robicsek
reprint, the entire several volume set for $275. The most
impressive book on Maya architecture ever produced, covers also
stelae of Tikal, Copan, Quirigua, inscriptions of Palenque, and
more. We have sets available for immediate shipment. The ideal
present for someone who has just returned from, or about to go
on, a trip to Mexico or Guatemala. No. 6180
MAYER, Karl Herbert, THE MUSHROOM STONES OF MESOAMERICA,
phallic or hallucenogenic?, 45p., $21, fully illustrated. General
introduction and complete review of pre-Columbian Guatemalan sculpture
of this class. No. 6181
MAYER, Karl Herbert, CLASSIC MAYA RELIEF COLUMNS, profusely
illustrated book on ancient Maya sculpture from Yucatan not widely
published elsewhere, 49p. Copies in stock for immediate shipment.Has
maps, drawings, photographs. Shows the hieroglyphs, deities, dynastic
rulers, and other portraits found on these monuental stone sculptures.
Mayer is one of the three best iconographers in all Europe, with
an impressive library and a remarkable photographic archive.$30.
No. 6182
MAYER, Karl Herbert, MAYA MONUMENTS: SCULPTURES OF UNKNOWN
PROVENANCE IN THE UNITED STATES, based on extensive research
to find ancient Maya bas relief sculptures which were not already
published by Ian Graham or Proskouriakoff. This book is essential
reading for Maya art and iconography, and helps the reader learn
the various regional Maya styles. $43. No. 6183
MAYER, K. H., MAYA MONUMENTS: SCULPTURES OF UNKNOWN PROVENANCE
IN EUROPE, This useful reference work provides a full-page
photograph and a complete iconographic discussion of all the stelae,
lintels, altars, and other monumental sculpture in museums of
Switzerland, Germany, and France. Includes sculptures not yet
published by Ian Graham.$40. No. 6184
MEADE, Joaquin, ARQUEOLOGIA DE TAMAULIPAS, 102p., Huastec
Maya art, archaeology, pottery, limited edition of just 1000 copies,
$40. No. 6185
MEADE, Joaquin, EL ADOLESCENTE, complete iconography
of an important Huastec Maya sculpture, Univ. Autonoma de Tamaulipas.
Edition limited to 1000 copies, long out of print. $40
No. 6186
MONJARAS-RUIZ, Jesus, MEMORIA DEL PRIMER CONGRESO INTERNO DE
INVESTIGACION, INAH. 8 tables, paperbound, 235 p., $30. No.
6187
MORISHITA MUSEUM OF ART, MORISHITA MUSEUM CATALOG - 1976,
66 Color plates of artifacts, 70 B&W photos of maps, sites,
artifacts and illustrations. Ignore the Japanese script and concentrate
on the photographs, MAYA (lowland and highland, glyphs, polychrome,
plates, bowls), Tiquisate incensario, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Peruvian
archaeology. Most of the Maya items have not been published anywhere
else. This book is not sold in the USA or Europe by any other
bookseller. We had to go to Japan to get it in person. 79p., $120.
No. 6188
MORLEY, Sylvanus, THE STELA PLATFORM AT UXMAL, YUCATAN, MEXICO,
31 p, fully illustrated, essential reading for everyone who has
been to Uxmal especially if you were never shown the stela platform
with all the unusual stelae, $10. No. 6190
MOSER, Christopher, NUINE WRITING AND ICONOGRAPHY OF THE MIXTECA
BAJA 246 p. including 76 plates, $100. Out of print; this
is our last copy. No. 6191
MOYO RUBIO, Victor Jose, MASCARAS: La Otra Cara de Mexico -
MASKS: The Other face of Mexico, (Spanish/English dual text),
231 photographs (about one-third in color) of masks, with articles
covering the history and tradition, the dance and the mask in
social and religious festivities as well as contemporary masks.
Hardcover, 214p., $80. No. 6192
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
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, 50p., $40. No. 6194
NAKAMURA, Seiichi, Kazuo Aoyama, and Eiji Uratsuji, Investigaciones
Arqueologicas en la Region de La Entrada, 3 volume report
of the Japanese archaeological expedition northeast of Copan:
ceramics, artifacts, sculpture, hieroglyphs (decipherments by
Linda Schele). $150 for the set of all three volumes (but order
now since we have only two sets and cannot get more at present).
No. 6371
NAJERA CORONADO, Martha Ilia, BONAMPAK, 142 pages on the
best paper, coffee table book size and quality, includes photographs
of the Lacandones not often published elsewhere, 79 photographs
including many full-page and many double-page spreads of the murals.
$200. No. 6195
NAVARRETE, Carlos, THE CHIAPANEC HISTORY AND CULTURE. Ethnography,
ethnohistory and archaeology of Chiapas, NWAF # 21, 110p., $20.
No. 6196
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
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, 130p.., $42. No. 6198
NICHOLSON, H. B., PRE-COLUMBIAN ART FROM THE LAND COLLECTION
based in part on consultation with Nicholas Hellmuth and others,
all Mesoamerican cultures handsomely illustrated with pieces not
published elsewhere. $40 No. 6199
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
NORMAN, V. Garth, IZAPA SCULPTURE, 2 vols. I is album of
photographs and line drawings of the stelae and altars, II includes
more drawings, additional photographs, and descriptive text. Suitable
for the lay reader as well as student and scholar. 360p. of text
including 245 drawings and 64 plates all for $80 - a bargain for
a two-volume set with so much information and so many illustrations.
No. 6201
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
OCHOA, Lorenzo (coordinator), TIERRA Y AGUA - La Antropologia
en Tabasco, 8 color plates, 21 illustrations, 12 B&W photos,
72p., $20. No. 6203
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.
762p., $300. No. 6204
ONISHI MUSEUM, RAMAWORLD - Ancient Civilization of the Earthenware
exhibibition, America before Columbus came, Peru, MAYA VASES,
bowls (full page size color photographs in a quality only Japan
can produce). Produced by one of the richest private museums in
Japan. It took four days to get to this museum in a rather out-of-the-way
part of the country. Hardcover 48p., $100 No. 6205
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, 274p., $40. No. 6206
PARSONS, L., PRE-COLUMBIAN AMERICA: THE ART & ARCHAEOLOGY
OF SOUTH, CENTRAL AND MIDDLE AMERICA. Jaina figurines,
ballgame sculpture, incense burners, Preclassic, Aztec, West Coast
Mexico, 193p., $25 No. 6207
PARSONS, L. et al., THE FACE OF ANCIENT AMERICA: THE ZOLLMAN
COLLECTION OF PRECOLUMBIAN ART, Foreword by Michael
Coe, rollout photographs by Justin Kerr, includes abundant iconographic
data from Nicholas Hellmuth and others; "scholarship with
outstanding photographs," plenty of color photos of Maya
art, $80. No. 6208
PASCUAL SOTO, Arturo, ICONOGRAFIA ARQUEOLOGICA DE EL TAJIN,
all the great sculpture of El Tajin, including several reliefs
not in Kampen's monograph, so many hundreds of illustrations we
lost count, hardcover too, 324p., $80. No. 6209
PAVON ABREU, Raul, MORALES, UNA IMPORTANTE CIUDAD ARQUEOLOGICA
EN TABASCO, 60 p, describes and illustrates an important
Maya site and its stelae, edition limited to 250 copies, $40.
No. 6210
PAZ, Octavio; STERLIN, Henri et al., ART MILLENAIRE DES AMERIQUES,
coffeetable masterpiece, Olmec, Tlatilco, Xochipa, 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. 379p., $300. No.
6211
PEREZ GALAZ, Juan de Dios, CAMPECHE EN LA CULTURA MAYA.
90 p, here is a book your library is missing, $23. No. 6212
PEREZ Zevallos, Juan and Jose Antonio Perez Gollan, LA ETNOHISTRIA
EN MESOAMERICA Y LOS ANDES, INAH, 258p., $30. No.
6213
PETERSON, Frederick A. SOME CERAMICS FROM MIRADOR CHIAPAS,
MEXICO, 126 p, preclassic figurines, NWAW # 15, 126p., $20.
No. 6214
PINA CHAN, Roman and NAVARRETE, Carlos. ARCHEOLOGICAL RESEARCH
IN THE LOWER GRIJALVA RIVER REGION, TABASCO AND CHIAPAS,
52 p, stelae in unusual styles, covers Chontalpa region of Tabasco
& Las Palmas region of Chiapas., includes 5 tables, 100 maps,
B&W photos and illustrations, $20. No. 6215
PINA CHAN, R., CULTURA Y CIUDADES MAYAS DE CAMPECHE. 9
color photos, 129 B+W, 14 drawings (maps, tables, charts, illustrations),
features Chenes and Rio Bec monumental architecture. Pina Chan
was in charge of excavations at Xpuhil, Becan, and other sites.
government subsidized coffee table book, hardbound, 199p., $120.
No. 6216
PINA CHAN, R., MUSEUM OF THE HUAXTEC CIVILIZATION, Ciudad
Madero, Tamaulipas, museum guide, 15 photos, 115 p, on Huastec
Maya art, $25. No. 6217
PINA CHAN, R., UNA VISION DE MEXICO PREHISPANICO, 85 B&W
photos of sites, carvings, monuments & pottery, 4 foldout
maps, 339p., $60. No. 6218
PINCEMIN, Sophia, ENTIERRO EN EL PALACIO, 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. 209p., $60. No. 6219
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, 298p., $45. (Not sold elsewhere outside
of Mexico - not even in Mexico City). No. 6220
POLLOCK, H.E.D., THE PUUC, illustrates and describes more
than 150 Puuc style Maya sites, over 500 pages, must be a thousand
illustrations. This comprehensive book is dedicated to photographs
of temple pyramid and palaces throughout Campeche and Yucatan.
The most complete discussion of an ancient Maya architectural
style ever produced, $150. No. 6221
PONCE, Pedro et al, EL ALMA ENCANTADA 498p. reprint of
the 1892 "Breve Relacion de los Dioses y Ritos de la Gentilidad",
Aguilar's "Informe contra Idolatras," Serna's "Manual
de Ministros de Indios and other classic ethnohistoric sources,
Hardbound, $60. No. 6222
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
PROSKOURIAKOFF, Tatiana, Jades from the Cenote of Sacrifice
CHICHEN ITZA, Yucatan, hundreds of selections of Jade shown
on 86 B&W photographic plates, also four color plates with
28 Jade pieces ( all from 1910-1917 expeditions ), complete descriptions
of every piece crossreferenced. 217p., $70. No. 6224
PROSKOURIAKOFF, Tatiana, MAYA HISTORY, Hardcover, about
150 pages w/glyphs and descriptions and chronology of art of Classic
period (250-900AD), 14 line drawings of monuments, more than 300
original glyphs drawings, 211p., $45. No. 6225
REYES-VALERIO, Constantino, DE BONAMPAK AL TEMPLO MAYOR: EL
AZUL MAYA en Mesoamerica, 1993, the most complete book on
"MAYA BLUE" pigment of the Bonampak and Cacaxtla murals;
reveals how to make Maya Blue yourself, gives complete recipe
and even pictures the whole process; all 38 professional
quality photographs are in full color, 160p., 52 drawings, 8 maps,
$120. No. 6226
RHODES, Rilley, THE WORLD BEYOND, MAYA TOMB CERAMICS. Essential
reading for Maya iconography as this rare publication illustrates
outstanding works of Maya art from ancient Guatemala not included
in the books of either Coe or of Robicsek. Impressive giant burial
urns, unusual Early Classic incensarios "a goddess giving
birth," pottery statues of the Sun God, and one of only three
known Maya Teotihuacan-related censors from the Peten. The Tiquisate
masterpieces are the most exotic of their kind in the world. 50
impressive photographs. $40. No. 6227
RICE, Don, THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF BRITISH HONDURAS: A REVIEW AND
SYNTHESIS, 1974, 164p. Covers Pusilha, Lubaantun, Benque Viejo
(Xunantunich), Barton Ramie, Santa Rita (site with famous fresco),
Caracol, and others. Katunob edition, helpful bibliography, illustrated.
$30. No. 6228
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
ROBICSEK, Francis, THE SMOKING GODS: TOBACCO IN MAYA ART, HISTORY,
AND RELIGION, foreword by Michael Coe. 233 p., 234
illustrations (including photographs by Nicholas Hellmuth), 265
outstanding color plates, $230, used, out of print and hard to
find. No. 6230
ROBICSEK, Francis, THE MAYA BOOK OF THE DEAD: THE CERAMIC CODEX,
hundreds and hundreds of Justin Kerr photographs of Maya vases,
deities, iconography, decipherment of hieroglyphs especially Primary
Standard Sequence, $200, used only. No. 6231
ROMERO Molina, Javier, CATALOGO DE LA COLECCION DE DIENTES
MUTILADOS PREHISPANICOS IV parte, INAH, 190p., thorough
survey of dental decorations in ancient Mexico with lots of photos
and drawings, $30. No. 6232
ROMERO PACHECO, Arturo, Carlos Navarrete, and Victor Segovia,
KOHUNLICH, presentation copy of the President of Mexico
given to ambassadors, bank presidents, governors, etc. $1,200,
handbound in embossed leather, possibly the most lavish book ever
produced on Maya archaeology since Kingsborough. 335 giant size
pages, double page spread illustrations. It is amazing how beautiful
a book Mexico can produce. Packing and postage is $40 due to the
size and weight of this magnificent volume. Insurance is $10,
but you must ask for it specifically. No. 6233
RUBIO CIFUENTES, Rolando Roberto ESTRUCTURA J-107 SITIO ARQUEOLOGICO
EL BAUL SANTA LUCIA COTZUMALGUAPA, ESCUINTLA GUATEMALA,
173 p, illus (especially rim profiles) including rubbings of two
Tiquisate ballplayer cylindrical tripods, out of print,
but we have one, $130. We have never seen this offered in any
other book catalog - no wonder, there were only about 50 copies
printed. No. 6234
RUIZ, Sonia Lombardo, et al., CACAXTLA: EL LUGAR DONDE MUERE
LA LLUVIA EN LA TIERRA, over 1000 drawings (many in
color), 240 photographs (several in color), fold out maps, fold
out drawings of the entire mural sequence - the complete
battle scene. It took 4 years to find these last copies.
Monumental iconographic report on the Teotihuacan, Xochicalco,
and Maya style murals of Cacaxtla, the most important find of
the 1970's, 554p., Hardbound, $200. No. 6235
RUL, Francisco Gonzalez, LA CERAMICA EN TLATELOCO, INAH.
55 figs, 7 maps, 5 tables, 36 diagrams, 262p., $40. No. 6236
SABAU GARCIA, Maria Luisa, DE MEXICO AL MUNTO - 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, 195p.,
$195. No. 6237
SANDERS, William, EXCAVACIONES EN EL AREA URBANA DE COPAN,
Vol. I, 152 architectural drawings, 157 photos, 10 fold out
drawings, 391 p., $70. No. 6238
SATTERTHWAITE, L., "PIEDRAS NEGRAS ARCHAEOLOGY: ARCHITECTURE
- SWEATBATHS" Original edition (1952), a rare find with
complete description, photographs, architectural drawings of all
ritual sweatbath structures, including ethnographic description
of the sweat ritual itself, $40. No. 6239
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.
$50, lots of drawings of Tikal Maya Tzakol pottery.
No. 6240
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
SCHELE, Linda & FREIDEL, David, A FOREST OF KINGS -The
Untold Story of the Ancient Maya, w/16 color plates, photographic
rollouts of Maya vase & pottery drawings, hardcover, 542p.,
$30.
No. 6242
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
SCOTT, John F. ANCIENT MESOAMERICA:Selections from the University
Gallery Collection, 48 photos, 1 map, 60p., Maya and other
art not previously published, $21. No. 6244
SHAO, Paul, ASIATIC INFLUENCES IN PRE-COLUMBIAN AMERICAN ART,
11" X 14", compares photographs of contemparary Asian
and Mesoamerican figures to reach his conclusions.,195p., $80.
No. 6245
SHARER, Robert J., QUIRIGUA, a Classic Maya Center & its
Sculptures, 64 photos, maps & illustrations, covers chronology
of site from 400-900AD and relationship to other Maya civilizations,
hardcover, 124p., $50. No. 6246
deSMET, Peter & HELLMUTH, Nicholas, A Multidisciplinary
Approach to Ritual Enema Scenes on Ancient Maya Pottery,
23 B&W photographs of rollouts and of pottery and descriptions,
50p., $18. No. 6247
deSMET, Peter, RITUAL ENEMAS AND SNUFFS IN THE AMERICAS,
248 pages and 43 photographs of Maya pottery (mostly by Nicholas
Hellmuth); this book includes an article by Hellmuth, "Principal
Diagnostic Accessories of Maya Enema Scenes" and then the
illustrations, A Pictorial Approach to Enema Scenes on Ancient
Maya Pottery.). Michael Coe (Yale) and R. Schultes (Harvard) served
as referees for research which went into this fully illustrated
and informative iconographic report. $150 for the last copy. No.
6248
SMITH, Virginia G. IZAPA RELIEF CARVING...ART HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY,
103p. with lots of illustrations including stelae from Abaj Takalik
not widely published elsewhere, $25. No. 6249
SOLIS OLGUIN, Felipe, CATALOGO DE LA ESCULTURA MEXICA DEL MUSEO
DE SANTA CECILIA ACATITLAN, 91 monumental Aztec sculptures
illustrated and described, $30. No. 6250
SOTELO SANTOS, Laura Elena, YAXCHILAN, 190 thick pages
with 57 color photographs of a quality better than in any other
publication on Yaxchilan. These particular photographs far exceed
those in any book on Yaxchilan printed in the USA or Europe, and
are even better than Maler's or Maudslay's photographs in part
because they are in color. This particular Mexican photographer
was clearly a pro. $160. No. 6251
STIERLIN, Henri (editor), ANCIENT MEXICO - Architecture of
the World, 93 exciting B&W photographs, 36 drawings, chronological
table, descriptions of dynamic structures, 192p., $30. No.
6252
STONE, Andrea J., IMAGES FROM THE UNDERWORLD, Naj Tunich and
the Tradition of Maya Cave Painting, more than 200 photos,
illustrations & maps showing Maya cave art, w/12 color plates,
hardcover, 284p., $61. No. 6253
STONE, Doris, ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE NORTH COAST OF HONDURAS,
Peabody Museum, Memoirs, Vol. IX, No. 1, 1941, original edition,
NEW, not used, not a reprint, $320. This is, to our knowledge,
the only new and unused example of this book available in the
world. No. 6254
STROSS, B. DEMONS AND MONSTERS, TZELTAL TALES, Maya ethnography
of highland Chiapas, 40p., $25. No. 6255
STROSS, B., LOVE IN THE ARMPIT, TZELTAL Tales of Love, Murder
and Cannibalism Maya ethnography, 27p., $25, out of
print. Worth buying just to find out what the Maya are really
up to in their highland villages at night. No. 6256
SUGIURA, Y., Yoko & SERRA PUCHE, Marie C., ETNOARQUEOLOGIA
Primer Coloquio Bosch-Gimpera, 30 articles, 12 maps, 40 B&W
photos, more than 100 drawings, tables & illustrations, 594p.,
$65. No. 6308
TALADOIRE, Eric, LES TERRAINS DE JEU DE BALLE, 815 p, the
most complete book ever written on ballcourts of Mexico (as well
as of the Hohokam of Arizona); illustrates hundreds of ballcourts
as well as art which depicts ancient athletes; Shows all the Aztec
and Mixtec ballcourts of the codice, OUT OF PRINT, $300. No.
6257
TEDLOCK, Dennis (translator), POPUL VUH, The Definitive Edition
of the Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life and the Glories of Gods
and Kings, 126 pages of descriptive references, 27 page glossary
of names & terms, index of 64 illustrations, 388p., $15.
No. 6258
THE MUSEUM JOURNAL, The ULUA Marble Vases by G. B. Gordon,
15 B&W photos of vases, The Use of Metals in Prehistoric
America and A Golden Hoard from Ecuador by William
Curtis Farabee, The Museum Journal, Univ. Of Pa., March, 1921,
Vol XII, No.1, (original), $30. No. 6259
THOMPSON, Edward H., ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCHES IN YUCATAN;
Reports of Explorations for the Peabody Museum. reprint of the
monograph on Chacmultun 38 p., $80 for this rare report with photographs
of all the palaces of Chacmultun and the murals. No. 6260
THOMPSON, J. Eric S., MAYA HIEROGLYPHS WITHOUT TEARS, small
primer, one copy left, $40. No. 6261
(Tlaxcala), HISTORIA Y SOCIEDAD EN TLAXCALA, symposium
proceedings with various articles on art, archaeology, and ethnohistory
of Tlaxcala, includes murals of Cacaxtla. 253p., out of print
but we have a copy, $33. No. 6262
TOBACCO & SALT MUSEUM, TOBACCO & SALT MUSEUM, History
of Japanese Tobacco and Salt, (in English) Glossy softcover
& pages, in addition to tracing the origins & uses of
Tobacco and salt, there is a beautifully illustrated chronology
by cultures and regions of Central Mexico, Yucatan: the Mayas,
Gulf of Mexico, Oaxaca area, Northwestern Mexico, Isthmus: transitional
region (all from 1500BC to 1500AD).19th century Japanese cartoons
& silkscreens., 72p., $50. No. 6263
TOZZER, Alfred, A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE PREHISTORIC RUINS
OF NAKUM, GUATEMALA, a Report of the Peabody Museum
Expedition 1909-1910, 54 illustrations, 23 large photos of the
impressive temples and palaces, this is the original 1913 edition,
the last found in a corner of the warehouse. $300 for this rarity.
As far as we know, these are the last originals of this book in
the world (elsewhere you get only used copies or reprints).
No. 6264
TROUT, Lawana Hooper, THE MAYA, (Indians of North America),
11 color photos of Jaina figurines, 49 B&W photos, 3 maps,
13 drawings (includes some 16th century English & Dutch fictionalized
anti-Spanish and anti-Catholic propaganda), hardcover, 127p.,
$18. No. 6265
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. 204p., $230. No. 6266
TSURUMOTO, Shozo, TREASURES OF THE ANCIENT MAYA EXHIBITION
- Searching the Rise and Fall Mystery, (in Japanese), maps
of expeditions of Columbus, spheres of influences of some
Maya city states known, locations of city states, 128 color photographs
of Maya artifacts on black back-ground plates, 112p., $100.
No. 6267
UNAM, MEMORIAS DEL PRIMER COLOQUIO INTERNACIONAL DE MAYANISTAS,
1985. 56 maps, 242 figs, 1146 p. They never print enough of
these important books to go around, so when this book goes out
of print it will fetch $150 and up. Now just $100 for over one
thousand pages. This is the most comprehensive set of articles
on recent discoveries in Maya art, iconography, epigraphy, and
archaeology to appear in recent years. Includes Tikal, Tulum,
Belize, Cacaxtla, and two new sculptures just discovered at Bonampak.
No. 6268
Maria Teresa URIARTE (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
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
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
VELAZQUEZ Morlet, Adriana et al, ZONAS ARQUEOLOGICAS: YUCATAN,
INAH. 25 B+W, 14 color photos, 27 maps (mostly in color),
5 color drawings, 30 B+W drawings, 129 p., a remarkable pro