The Copan Sculpture Museum

Author : Barbara W. Fash
Publisher : Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University Publications Department
ISBN 13 : 9780873658584
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Copan Sculpture Museum written by Barbara W. Fash and published by Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University Publications Department. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Copan Sculpture Museum, Barbara Fash tells the inside story of conceiving, designing, and building a local museum with global significance. The book provides a comprehensive introduction to the history and culture of the ancient Maya and a model for working with local communities to preserve cultural heritage.

Author : William Leonard Fash
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780884023449
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of Urbanism written by William Leonard Fash and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art of Urbanism explores how the royal courts of powerful Mesoamerican centers represented their kingdoms in architectural, iconographic, and cosmological terms. Through an investigation of the ecological contexts and environmental opportunities of urban centers, the contributors consider how ancient Mesoamerican cities defined themselves and reflected upon their physicalâe"and metaphysicalâe"place via their built environment. Themes in the volume include the ways in which a kingdomâe(tm)s public monuments were fashioned to reflect geographic space, patron gods, and mythology, and how the Olmec, Maya, Mexica, Zapotecs, and others sought to center their world through architectural monuments and public art. This collection of papers addresses how communities leveraged their environment and built upon their cultural and historical roots as well as the ways that the performance of calendrical rituals and other public events tied individuals and communities to both urban centers and hinterlands. Twenty-three scholars from archaeology, anthropology, art history, and religious studies contribute new data and new perspectives to the understanding of ancient Mesoamericansâe(tm) own view of their spectacular urban and ritual centers.

Author : Maria Fiallos
Publisher : Hunter Publishing, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1588439224
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adventure Guide to Copan & Western Honduras written by Maria Fiallos and published by Hunter Publishing, Inc. This book was released on 2014-05-27 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guidebook by Maria Fiallos is the best coverage of Honduras available. All the dive sites, all the restaurants, and all the hotels from budget to luxury. The author is a real expert, and the information is fresh and complete. -- Melanie, Amazon revieweraa A great new resource --Travel + Leisureaa Bursting with relevant and exciting information... -- Booklistaaa These useful travel guides are highly recommended... -- Library Journalaaa Pristine coral reefs, tropical waters, rainforests, and rivers meandering through jungles wait to be explored. Parks cover 24% of the country's area, where jaguars and giant anteaters reside. Coastal wetlands are home to monkeys, manatees, alligators and waterfowl. This guide focuses on Copan and the surrounding area, called the Western Highlands. The ancient Maya ruins of Copan, a famed archaeological World Heritage Site, guard the secrets of the ancestors of the modern Mesoamerican men whose faces closely resemble those carved in stelae. The hieroglyphic stairway in Copan is the largest in the Maya world. Weekly open-air markets offer ripe mangos, oranges, bananas, avocados and tomatoes, adding charm and color to the country villages, where most people reside in whitewashed adobe houses with red tile roofs. This guide, by a lifelong resident, tells you everything about the history, the culture, the foods, how to get around, the recommended places to stay and eat, plus the activities and adventures, from cooking classes to monkey-spotting in the cloud forests. Honduras is just south of Belize and Guatemala, north of Costa Rica and Panama. Our guides on each of those countries have been strong sellers.aaa WHY VISIT HONDURAS? Great diving on the second-largest barrier reef in the world. The Maya ruins. 112 protected areas, parks and reserves. River rafting, kayaking, hiking, biking, horseback riding in the midst of exuberant tropical nature. The most protected cloud forests in the world, with 35 reserves. The Rio Platano Reserve of Man Biosphere, a UNESCO World Heritage site. La Moskitia, the largest rainforest region in Central America.aa"

Author : David Webster
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1803274301
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Skyband Group, Copán Honduras written by David Webster and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2023-09-12 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Skyband Group is an impressive elite site in the urban core of Copán, Honduras, which is dominated by the palatial compounds of Maya sub-royal nobles. Such grandees often bore court titles showing that they were clients and officials of kings, but also competitors for political power, especially just before the dynastic collapse around AD 800.

Author : Anne P. Underhill
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319202553
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Finding Solutions for Protecting and Sharing Archaeological Heritage Resources written by Anne P. Underhill and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-23 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides case studies about successful strategies employed in diverse world areas for the protection of archaeological heritage resources. Some chapters focus on a search for solutions arrived at by diverse groups of people working in specific areas rather than simply describing loss of cultural heritage. Other chapters provide a long-term view of intensified efforts at protection of archaeological resources. The authors describe challenges and solutions derived by concerned people in eastern Asia (China, Japan, Thailand), West Africa, Easter Island, Jordan, Honduras and more than one area of Peru. All of the authors draw upon deep, personal involvement with the protection of cultural heritage in each area. This volume is a timely addition to a growing number of conferences and publications about the management of cultural heritage—both archaeological and historical.

Author : Herbert Joseph Spinden
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486212357
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Study of Maya Art, Its Subject Matter and Historical Development written by Herbert Joseph Spinden and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1975-01-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Landmark classic interprets Maya symbolism, estimates styles, covers ceramics, architecture, murals, stone carvings as art forms. Over 750 illustrations.

Author : Francesco Pellizzi
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 087365790X
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Res written by Francesco Pellizzi and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2008-02-15 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Res is a journal of anthropology and comparative aesthetics dedicated to the study of the object, in particular cult and belief objects and objects of art. The journal presents contributions by philosophers, art historians, archaeologists, critics, linguists, architects, artists, among others.

Author : Sheila Bonde
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1782972323
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Re-Presenting the Past written by Sheila Bonde and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The archaeological past exists for us through intermediaries. Some are written works, descriptions, narratives and field notes, while others are visual: the drawings, paintings, photographs, powerpoints or computer visualizations that allow us to re-present past forms of human existence. This volume brings together nine papers, six of which were presented at a symposium hosted at Brown University. Two papers explore the classical past and medieval visualizations. Three treat the Maya, and one considers the imaging by eighteenth-century antiquarians of British history; yet another ranges broadly in its historical considerations. Several consider the trajectory over time of visualization and self-imaging. Others engage with issues of recording by looking, for example, at the ways in which nineteenth–century excavation photographs can aid in the reconstruction of an inscription or by evaluating the process of mapping a site with ArcGIS and computer animation software. All essays raise key questions about the function of re-presentations of the past in current archaeological practice.

Author : Editor of Res and Associate of Middle American Ethnology Francesco Pellizzi
Publisher : Peabody Museum Press
ISBN 13 : 0873658620
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Res written by Editor of Res and Associate of Middle American Ethnology Francesco Pellizzi and published by Peabody Museum Press. This book was released on 2012-01-09 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RES 59/60 includes “The making of architectural types” by Joseph Rykwert; “Traces of the sun and Inka kinetics” by Tom Cummins and Bruce Mannheim; “Inka water management and display fountains” by Carolyn Dean; “Guaman Poma’s pictures of huacas” by Lisa Trever; “Peruvian nature up close” by Daniela Bleichmar; and other papers.

Author : Kathleen Bickford Berzock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780295989617
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Representing Africa in American Art Museums written by Kathleen Bickford Berzock and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The first comprehensive book to focus on the history of African art in American art museums. ... Thirteen essays present the institutional biographies of African art collections in the Cincinnati Museum of Art, the Hampton University Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the Barnes Foundation, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Museum of Primitive Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Indiana University of Art Museum, the Fowler Museum at UCLA, the University of Iowa Art Museum, the Seattle Art Museum, the Menil Collection, and the National Museum of African Art."--back cover.