Casas Grandes Pre Columbian Pottery Decoded

Download or read book Casas Grandes Pre-Columbian Pottery Decoded written by Ernest H. Christman and published by Tutorial Press. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the symbols on 320 ancient Casas Grandes pottery pieces, along with a few Mimbres and neighboring cultures' pottery, while examining various subjects in inigenous Mesoamerican thought, including myths of creation, gods, humankind, and the universe.

Download or read book Casas Grandes and the Ceramic Art of the Ancient Southwest written by Richard F. Townsend and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating exploration of the rich artistic heritage and beauty of Casas Grandes ceramics

Download or read book Signs of the Casas Grandes Shamans written by Christine S. VanPool and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The people of Casas Grandes in northern Chihuahua, Mexico commemorated their religious system by creating striking polychrome pots with naturalistic designs. Looking through this window into Casas Grandes cosmology, the authors of this interesting volume find a world centered on shamans and supernatural creatures, challenging long-held beliefs about Southwestern religion and forcing a reconsideration of the importance of shamanism in the development of social differentiation in societies around the world.

Download or read book House of Rain written by Craig Childs and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2007-02-22 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "beautifully written travelogue" that draws on the latest scholarly research as well as a lifetime of exploration to light on the extraordinary Anasazi culture of the American Southwest (Entertainment Weekly). The greatest "unsolved mystery" of the American Southwest is the fate of the Anasazi, the native peoples who in the eleventh century converged on Chaco Canyon (in today's southwestern New Mexico) and built what has been called the Las Vegas of its day, a flourishing cultural center that attracted pilgrims from far and wide, a vital crossroads of the prehistoric world. The Anasazis' accomplishments -- in agriculture, in art, in commerce, in architecture, and in engineering -- were astounding, rivaling those of the Mayans in distant Central America. By the thirteenth century, however, the Anasazi were gone from Chaco. Vanished. What was it that brought about the rapid collapse of their civilization? Was it drought? pestilence? war? forced migration? mass murder or suicide? For many years conflicting theories have abounded. Craig Childs draws on the latest scholarly research, as well as on a lifetime of adventure and exploration in the most forbidding landscapes of the American Southwest, to shed new light on this compelling mystery.

Download or read book Southwestern Pottery written by Allan Hayes and published by Taylor Trade Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-03 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When this book first appeared in 1996, it was “Pottery 101,” a basic introduction to the subject. It served as an art book, a history book, and a reference book, but also fun to read, beautiful to look at, and filled with good humor and good sense. After twenty years of faithful service, it’s been expanded and brought up-to-date with photographs of more than 1,600 pots from more than 1,600 years. It shows every pottery-producing group in the Southwest, complete with maps that show where each group lives. Now updated, rewritten, and re-photographed, it's a comprehensive study as well as a basic introduction to the art.

Download or read book American Indian Art Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Pajaros Hablando, Serpientes Emplumadas Y Mujeres Pintadas written by Joanne Stuhr and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproductions of 75 of the finest pieces of pottery from the Casas Grandes civilization of Chihuahua, accompanied by interpretive essays that provide an overview of Casas Grande culture, its link to other cultures in the southwestern U.S. and western Mexico, social structures and artistic production at Paquime, and the Charles di Peso excavations.