Discovering the Olmecs : an unconventional history /
The Olmecs are renowned for their massive carved stone heads and other sculptures, the first stone monuments produced in Mesoamerica. Seven decades of archaeological research have given us many insights into the lifeways of the Olmecs, who inhabited parts of the modern Mexican states of Veracruz and...
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| Language: | English |
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Austin, TX :
University of Texas Press,
2014
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere.
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. The Olmecs Come to Light
- 2. The Tulane Expedition and the Olmec World (1925-1926)
- 3. The First Excavations: Tres Zapotes (1938-1940)
- 4. Stone Heads in the Jungle (1940)
- 5. Fortuitous Decisions at La Venta (1942-1943)
- 6. Monuments on the Río Chiquito (1945-1946)
- 7. The Return to La Venta (1955)
- 8. Of Monuments and Museums (1963, 1968)
- 9. Adding Antiquity to the Olmecs (1966-1968)
- 10. Research Headaches at La Venta (1967-1969)
- 11. Reclaiming La Venta (1984 to the Present)
- 12. San Lorenzo Yields New Secrets (1990-2012, Part 1)13. El Manatí: "Like Digging in Warm Jell-O" (1987-1993)
- 14. "They're Blowing Up the Site!" Tres Zapotes after Stirling (1950-2003)
- 15. An Olmec Stone Quarry and a Sugarcane Crisis (1991)
- 16. Discoveries Large and Small at San Lorenzo (1990-2012, Part 2)
- 17. The Night the Lights Went Out (2001)
- 18. Some Thoughts on the Archaeology of the Olmecs
- Bibliographic Essay
- Index
