Precolumbian jade : new geological and cultural interpretations /

From prehistoric times to the present, the visual and physical properties of jade have made it one of the world's most highly prized commodities. With only eight to ten widely scattered sources, jade artifacts are also ideal objects for scientific and archaeological investigation: artifacts can...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Lange, Frederick W., 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, ©1993.
Temas:
Jade > Musikgruppe : Chicago, Ill.
Indians of Central America > Antiquities > Congresses.
Jade art objects > Central America > Congresses.
Jade > Costa Rica > Congresses.
Mayas > Antiquities > Congresses.
Jade > Central America > Congresses.
Peuples autochtones > Amérique centrale > Antiquités > Congrès.
Jades > Amérique centrale > Congrès.
Jade > Costa Rica > Congrès.
Mayas > Antiquités > Congrès.
Jade > Amérique centrale > Congrès.
ART > Sculpture & Installation.
Antiquities.
Indians of Central America > Antiquities.
Jade.
Jade art objects.
Mayas > Antiquities.
Kongress
Indiens > Amérique centrale > Antiquités > Congrès.
Central America > Antiquities > Congresses.
Amérique centrale > Antiquités > Congrès.
Central America.
Costa Rica.
Mesoamerika
Conference papers and proceedings.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Frederick W. Lange
  • pt. I. Geology and Mineralogy. 1. Middle American Jade: Geologic and Petrologic Perspectives on Variability and Source / George E. Harlow. 2. Compositional and Structural Characterization of Maya and Costa Rican Jadeitites / Ronald L. Bishop, Edward V. Sayre and Joan Mishara. 3. A Possible Source of Raw Material for the Costa Rican Lapidary Industry / Margarita Reynoard De Ruenes. 4. Jades in the Jade Museum, Instituto Nacional de Seguros, San Jose, Costa Rica / Zulay Soto. 5. Visible and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy for Jade Artifact Analysis / Brian Curtiss. 6. The Enigma of Jade, with Mineralogical Reference to Central American Source Materials / Phoebe L. Hauff. 7. Mesoamerican Jade: Surface Changes Caused By Natural Weathering / Leoncio A. Garza-Valdes. 8. Sources of Maya and Central American Jadeitites: Data Bases and Interpretations
  • A Summary / Ronald L. Bishop and Frederick W. Lange
  • pt. II. Cultural Contexts. 9. The Beginning of Classic Maya Jade Carving in the Southeast / Elizabeth Easby. 10. Jade and Jade Objects in Precolumbian Costa Rica / Doris Z. Stone. 11. The Jade Ahau: Toward a Theory of Commodity Value in Maya Civilization / David A. Freidel. 12. The Cultural Context of Jade Artifacts from the Maya Site of Cerros, Belize / James F. Garber. 13. Ancient Currency: The Style and Use of Jade and Marble Carvings in Central Honduras / Kenneth G. Hirth and Susan Grant Hirth. 14. The Context of Jade in Costa Rica / Juan Vicente Guerrero M. 15. Formative Guerrero and Its Jade / Gillett G. Griffin. 16. Jade Use in Portions of Mexico and Central America: Olmec, Maya, Costa Rica, and Honduras
  • A Summary / James F. Garber, David C. Grove, Kenneth G. Hirth and John W. Hoopes
  • pt. III. Artifacts. 17. Iconography of a Greenstone Celt / Kornelia Kurbjuhn. 18. The Jade Mirror: An Olmec Concave Jadeite Pendant / John B. Carlson. 19. The Izapa Style and the Tibas Jade / Lee A. Parsons. 20. Precolumbian Soft Stone Carvings in Costa Rica / Carlos Balser. 21. Formal Classification of Prehistoric Costa Rican Jade: A First Approximation / Frederick W. Lange. 22. The Media of Ritual / Jane Stevenson Day
  • pt. IV. Summary.

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