Secrets of Casas Grandes: Pre-Columbian Art and Archaeology of Northern Mexico: Precolumbian Art & Archaeology of Northern Mexico - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0890134952 ISBN 13: 9780890134955

Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Press, 2006

Synopsis

This catalogue - published to coincide with an exhibition at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture - explores the acclaimed ceramic traditions of the largest pre-Columbian civilisation in northern Mexico. Casas Grandes, located in present-day Chihuahua, was a major regional centre during the thirteen and fourteenth centuries that blended elements of the Pueblo culture to the north and Mesoamerican civilisations to the south. Leading archaeologists discuss the geometric polychrome vessels, representational pots, and effigy pots that display a spectacular ceramic artistry, and give rare insight into an ancient culture just beginning to receive its archaeological due.

About this title

About the Author:

Melissa S. Powell is a former curator of archaeology at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0890134952
• ISBN 13: 9780890134955
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144
• Editor: Powell Melissa S.