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Author : Gordon Randolph Willey,Richard M. Leventhal,Alan L. Kolata
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015003702514
Author : Packages
Publisher : Packages
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2008-02-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0785818340
Tracing the development of ancient civilizations of the pre-Columbian Americas, this is a fascinating account of how these civilizations culminated in the magnificent empires of the Aztecs and Incas.
Author : Antony Mason
Publisher : BBC Worldwide
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110273963
In ancient North and South America extraordinary civilizations rose, flourished, and fell. The Mayan pyramids and the ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru and Teotihuacan in Mexico remain a testament to these cultures. Ancient Civilizations of the Americas tells this remarkable story-beginning when humans first ventured from Asia to Alaska more than 13,000 years ago and ending with the Indian Wars of the nineteenth century. The book traces the migration of people across North and South America, and investigates the impressive artistic and architectural achievements that followed. Civilizations emerged with well-established religions and economies, proven agricultural methods and trade routes, and craftsmen capable of producing gold, silver, and pottery artifacts of sublime beauty. By 500 BC sophisticated societies had developed as far south as Peru and by AD 500 these cultures, including the Maya of modern Mexico and Guatemala, had reached an age of maturity. The late fourteenth century saw the rise of the great imperial powers of the Aztecs in Mexico and the Inca in the Andes -- both highly organized societies with efficient bureaucracies, capable of casting the net of imperial rule over huge swathes of territory. In the end, however, the civilizations of the Americas faced a challenge different from any they had met before: the arrival of European colonists, starting with the Spanish conquistadors in the sixteenth century. Much was swept away in the often brutal encounters that followed. Yet much also survived -- ancient crafts and customs and the remains of engineering and architectural marvels, all speaking unforgettably of these cultures' astonishing skills and organization.
Author : Antony Mason
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173007228588
The 'salmon-fishers' of North America, the nomadic tribes of the great central plains, and the highly cultured civilizations of Mesoamerica and the Andes are integral components of an extraordinary time in history. Beginning with the emergence of the first civilizations around 1200 BC, this book covers one of the most dynamic periods of America's history. As a huntergatherer way of life gave rise to agriculture, the emerging civilizations began producing cultural artefacts such as pottery, metalwork and textiles, which encouraged trade and, ultimately, prosperity. Religion served to unite peoples from diverse regions, but also led to warfare when seizing captives for sacrifice. This book investigates both the peaceful and violent aspects of ancient American civilizations and uses the most recent information to bring to life these fascinating cultures, some of which flourished until just a few centuries ago. In ancient North and South America extraordinary civilizations rose, flourished and fell. The Mayan pyramids and the ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru and Teotihuacan in Mexico remain a testament to these cultures. Ancient Civilizations of the Americas tells the remarkable story - b
Author : Alpheus Hyatt Verrill,Ruth Verrill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : America
ISBN : IND:32000002820548
Author : Kathleen Kuiper Manager, Arts and Culture
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781615301508
Presents a history of ancient American civilizations prior to the arrival of Columbus, discussing history, agriculture, religion, architecture, art, and politics.
Author : Andrew Finegold,Ellen Hoobler
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806158204
In the past fifty years, the study of indigenous and pre-Columbian art has evolved from a groundbreaking area of inquiry in the mid-1960s to an established field of research. This period also spans the career of art historian Esther Pasztory. Few scholars have made such a broad and lasting impact as Pasztory, both in terms of our understanding of specific facets of ancient American art as well as in our appreciation of the evolving analytical tendencies related to the broader field of study as it developed and matured. The essays collected in this volume reflect scholarly rigor and new perspectives on ancient American art and are contributed by many of Pasztory’s former students and colleagues. A testament to the sheer breadth of Pasztory's accomplishments, Visual Culture of the Ancient Americas covers a wide range of topics, from Aztec picture-writing to nineteenth-century European scientific illustration of Andean sites in Peru. The essays, written by both established and rising scholars from across the field, focus on three areas: the ancient Andes, including its representation by European explorers and scholars of the nineteenth century; Classic period Mesoamerica and its uses within the cultural heritage debate of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries; and Postclassic Mesoamerica, particularly the deeper and heretofore often hidden meanings of its cultural production. Figures, maps, and color plates demonstrate the vibrancy and continued allure of indigenous artworks from the ancient Americas. “Pre-Columbian art can give more,” Pasztory declares, and the scholars featured here make a compelling case for its incorporation into art theory as a whole. The result is a collection of essays that celebrates Pasztory’s central role in the development of the field of Ancient American visual studies, even as it looks toward the future of the discipline.
Author : Jonathan Norton Leonard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : America
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173017998821
Picture and text survey of the cultural and intellectual achievements of American civilizations before Columbus.
Author : John Denison Baldwin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041602298
Author : Herbert Joseph Spinden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173018276902
Author : P. Scott Corbett,Volker Janssen,John M. Lund
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2023-04-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1738998436
Printed in color. U.S. History is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of most introductory courses. The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived experience). U.S. History covers key forces that form the American experience, with particular attention to issues of race, class, and gender.
Author : Joanne Pillsbury,Timothy Potts,Kim N. Richter
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781606065488
This volume accompanies a major international loan exhibition featuring more than three hundred works of art, many rarely or never before seen in the United States. It traces the development of gold working and other luxury arts in the Americas from antiquity until the arrival of Europeans in the early sixteenth century. Presenting spectacular works from recent excavations in Peru, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Mexico, this exhibition focuses on specific places and times—crucibles of innovation—where artistic exchange, rivalry, and creativity led to the production of some of the greatest works of art known from the ancient Americas. The book and exhibition explore not only artistic practices but also the historical, cultural, social, and political conditions in which luxury arts were produced and circulated, alongside their religious meanings and ritual functions. Golden Kingdoms creates new understandings of ancient American art through a thematic exploration of indigenous ideas of value and luxury. Central to the book is the idea of the exchange of materials and ideas across regions and across time: works of great value would often be transported over long distances, or passed down over generations, in both cases attracting new audiences and inspiring new artists. The idea of exchange is at the intellectual heart of this volume, researched and written by twenty scholars based in the United States and Latin America.
Author : Roger G. Kennedy
Publisher : Free Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1451658753
Robert Kennedy, director of the National Park Service, analyzes the discovery of North America and the loss of ancient civilization, from the cities, roads, and commerce of the past as the nation evolved into present day. In Hidden Cities, Robert Kennedy sets out on the bold quest of recovering the rich heritage of the North American peoples through a reimagination of the true relations of their modern-day successors and neighbors. From the Spanish and French explorers that discovered the land that would one day make up the United States to present day in the country, very few Euro-Americans have paid attention to the evidence and meaning of the nation’s heritage. As Kennedy shows the magnificence of the mound-building cultures through the sometimes prejudiced eyes of the founding generation, he reveals the astounding history of the North American continent in a way that sheds important light on the credit Native American predecessors deserve but many refuse to give.
Author : Edwin Williamson
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2003-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141937441
Now fully updated to 2009, this acclaimed history of Latin America tells its turbulent story from Columbus to Chavez. Beginning with the Spanish and Portugese conquests of the New World, it takes in centuries of upheaval, revolution and modernization up to the present day, looking in detail at Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Cuba, and gives an overview of the cultural developments that have made Latin America a source of fascination for the world. 'A first-rate work of history ... His cool, scholarly gaze and synthesizing intelligence demystify a part of the world peculiarly prone to myth-making ... This book covers an enormous amount of ground, geographically and culturally' Tony Gould, Independent on Sunday
Author : Baby Professor
Publisher : Speedy Publishing LLC
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781541901490
Life was not always as it is today. A lot has changed over the years. So many people placed their lives on the line to influence the modern-day American culture and tradition; that’s why it’s important your child learns about the past too. Learning to appreciate what happened before will help boost your child’s understanding of the present. Open this book, and get ready for a blast to the past!