Making value, making meaning : techné in the pre-Columbian world

Parallelsachtitel: Techné in the pre-Columbian world.
Körperschaft: Pre-Columbian Studies Symposium "Making Value, Making Meaning : Techné in the Pre-Columbian World"
Weitere Verfasser: Costin, Cathy Lynne , [HerausgeberIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, [2016].
Umfang/Format: viii, 489 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian symposia and colloquia
Schlagworte:
Conference publication > Washington, D.C. > 2013
Indians of Central America > Antiquities > Congresses.
Indians of South America > Antiquities > Congresses.
Indian artisans > Central America > History > Congresses.
Indian artisans > South America > History > Congresses.
Handicraft > Central America > History > Congresses.
Handicraft > South America > History > Congresses.
Indian arts > Central America > History > Congresses.
Indian arts > South America > History > Congresses.
Social archaeology > Central America > Congresses.
Social archaeology > South America > Congresses.
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction: Making value, making meaning : techne in the pre-Columbian world / Cathy Lynne Costin
  • Lustrous surfaces and shades of green : value and meaning in three Mesoamerican lapidary ensembles from Teotihuacan, Palenque, and La Venta / Laura Filloy Nadal
  • The eloquence of color : material and meaning in the Cacaxtla murals / Claudia Brittenham and Diana Magaloni Kerpel
  • Telluric techne and the lithic production of Tiwanaku / John W. Janusek and Patrick Ryan Williams
  • Encoded process, embodied meaning in paracas post-fired ceramics / Lisa DeLeonardis
  • Valuing the local : Inka metal production in the Tarapaca Valley of northern Chile / Colleen Zori
  • New world metallurgy : a comparative study of copper production in the south central Andes and West Mexico / Blanca Maldonado
  • Spondylus and the Inka empire on the far north coast of Peru : recent excavations at Taller Conchales, Cabeza de Vaca, Tumbes / Jerry D. Moore and Carolina Maria Vilchez
  • The artistry of Moche mural painting and the ephemerality of monuments / Lisa Trever
  • Techne and ceramic social valuables of the late preclassic Maya lowlands / Michael G. Callaghan
  • Crafting identities deep and broad hybrid ceramics on the late prehispanic north coast of Peru / Cathy Lynne Costin
  • Shaping local and regional identities : techne in the Moche presence at Cerro Castillo, Nepena Valley, Peru / Carlos Rengifo
  • Crafting credit : authorship among classic Maya painters and sculptors / Stephen Houston
  • Textile techne : classic Maya translucent cloth and the making of value / Christina T. Halperin.

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