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| Genre/Form: | Encyclopedias Encyclopédies |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Susan Toby Evans; David L Webster |
| ISBN: | 0815308876 9780815308874 |
| OCLC Number: | 44509235 |
| Description: | xliii, 948 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm. |
| Contents: | Selected entries: * Aztec Culture * Cannibalism * Ceramics * Chichen Itza * Diet and Nutrition * Foods and Cuisine * Gender Roles * Hydrology * Izapa Style * Maya Deities * Maize * Michoacan * Music and Dance * Otomi Culture * Rock Art * Stela Cult * Tajin Architecture * Tenochtitlan * Tikal * Weaponry * Weaving * Yanhuitlan |
| Responsibility: | Susan Toby Evans, David L. Webster, editors. |
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"An authoritative resource that supercedes the "Encyclopedia of Mesoamerica...as the best encyclopedia currently available on Native American life in present-day countries of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama prior to the arrival of Spanish Conquistadors."<br>-"American Reference Boks Annual, 2002 <br>"If forced to choose only one reference source on ancient Mesoamerican culture, "Archaeology of Ancient Mexico and Central America: An Encyclopedia provides the best balance of comprehensive coverage and relatively low price."<br>-"Booklist/RBB, June 2002 <br>"An impressive and extremely useful volume....The contributors are authoritative and overall this is a very useful reference source, which many will wish to use as the first port of call for any query on the archaeology or civilizations of Mexico and Central America."<br>-Reference Reviews, May 15 2001 <br>"Presenting a wealth of carefully documented information on Mesoamerican archaeology, this outstanding reference work provides an excellent introductory essay and more than 500 detailed entries....[It is] well-written, and thouroughly cross-referenced....The book is particularly valuable for its coverage of cultural groups, regions, and archaeology sites overlooked by rival works. A very useful addition to academic library reference collections."<br>-"Choice, April 2002 <br>"The overall quality of individual entries is extremely high....An extremely useful volume. Its wide coverage, authoritative entries, up-to-date further readings make it a valuable resource for anyone interested in the archaeology of greater Mesoamerica. The editors are to be lauded for assembling such anambitious - compendium of information on greater Mesoamerica."<br>-"Latin American Antiquity, 2001 <br> Read more...
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