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Paperback. Zustand: Good. For much of the twentieth century, Mesopotamia was thought to he the singular "Cradle of Civilization," and the agents of change that brought it about were thought to be demographic, ecological, and technological. Bronze Age Mesopotamian accomplishments were believed to have diffused outward, influencing the development of civilization in the rest of the world. Part of this Mesopocentric view was revised as archaeological evidence revealed that other unique civilizations had existed in both the Old and New Worlds, but the traditional Near Eastern pattern of development continued to serve as a model. In the mid-1980s, however, Harvard's Kwang-chih Chang proposed in Symbols--a publication of Harvard's Peabody Museum and Department of Anthropology--that China's first civilization did not evolve according to the conventional Mesopotamian model and argued instead for a new paradigm for understanding the origins of civilization in ancient China and the New World. In this collection of subsequent Symbols articles and other essays, Maya and Near Eastern studies specialists engage in a stimulating debate of Chang's thesis, also presented here.…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

1982. South America, Native Americans, Art. Peabody Museum, 106p., good paperback with creases where front cover overlaps onto spine (hope that makes sense).

1990. North America, Native Americans, Art. Peabody Museum Press/Harvard University Press. good paperback/museum exhibition 129p. With some old water rippling along the bottom outside corner.

1976. Anthropological theory, physical anthropology, journals. Peabody Museum Press. Very good boards with cloth spine 653p.

Hardcover. Zustand: Comme neuf. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, As new. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

1990. North America, Native Americans, Art. Peabody Museum Press/Harvard University Press. Very good - fine paperback/museum exhibition 129p.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. This is the first publication on a remarkable collection of sixty-six outstanding Pueblo and Navajo textiles donated to the Peabody Museum in the 1980s by William Claflin, Jr., a prominent Boston businessman, avocational anthropologist, and patron of Southwestern archaeology. Claflin bequeathed to the museum not only these beautiful textiles, but also his detailed accounts of their collection histories--a rare record of the individuals who had owned or traded these weavings before they found a home in his private museum. Textile scholar Laurie Webster tells the stories of the weavings as they left their native Southwest and traveled eastward, passing through the hands of such owners and traders as a Ute Indian chief, a New England schoolteacher, a renowned artist, and various military officers and Indian agents. Her concise overview of Navajo and Pueblo weaving traditions is enhanced by the reflections of noted artist and Navajo textile expert Tony Berlant in his foreword to the text.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Feeding the Ancestors presents an exquisite group of carved spoons from the Pacific Northwest that resides in the collections of Harvard's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Carved from the horns of mountain goats and Dall sheep, and incorporating elements of abalone shell and metal, most of the spoons were collected in Alaska in the late nineteenth century and were made and used by members of the Tlingit tribe. Hillel Burger's beautiful color photographs reveal every nuance of the carvers' extraordinary artistry. Anne-Marie Victor-Howe introduces the collectors and describes the means by which these and other ethnographic objects were acquired. In the process, she paints a vivid picture of the "Last Frontier" just before and shortly after the United States purchased Alaska. A specialist in the ethnography of the Native peoples of the Northwest Coast, Victor-Howe provides a fascinating glimpse into these aboriginal subsistence cultures as she explains the manufacture and function of traditional spoons. Her accounts of the clan stories associated with specific carvings and of the traditional shamanic uses of spoons are the result of extensive consultation with Tlingit elders, scholars, and carvers. Feeding the Ancestors is the first scholarly study of traditional feast spoons and a valuable contribution to our knowledge of Pacific Northwest Coast peoples and their art.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1975. Journals, Europe. American School of Prehistoric Research, Peabody Museum, Harvard University , Bulletin # 30. very good paperback but with minor scuffing along black edges of covers , 305p. please allow for additional overseas postage.

1990. North America, Native Americans, Art. Peabody Museum/Harvard University Press. 129p., very good paperback/ wrppers.0-87365-811-6.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. vi, 129 pages. 94 colour and 20 black & white photographs. Map. Catalogue of an exhibition. Foreword by C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky. Contributions by J. J. Brody, Ian W. Brown, Bill Holm, and Wilcomb E. Washburn. U.S. orders are shipped from N.Y. state.

paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Clean, unmarked, tightly bound. Light wear. Photos available. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available! (Heavy books & sets may require extra shipping charges.).

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. pp.xiv, 487 pages, a Fine hardback, dark blue leatherette boards with bright gold gilt lettering (see the Abe stock photo) [0826306934]. Unused and NOT FROM A LIBRARY, plus completely clean from any former owner markings.

Paperback. Zustand: As New. A New Unread copy. Bottom outer corner has a small crease line. U.S. orders are shipped from Lewiston, NY location.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. In the late 1950s, Chauncey C. Nash started collecting Inuit carvings just as the art of printmaking was being introduced in Kinngait (Cape Dorset), an Inuit community on Baffin Island in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Nash donated some 300 prints and sculptures to Harvard's Peabody Museum--one of the oldest collections of early modern Inuit art. The Peabody collection includes not only early Inuit sculpture but also many of the earliest prints on paper made by the women and men who helped propel Inuit art onto the world stage. Author Maija M. Lutz draws from ethnology, archaeology, art history, and cultural studies to tell the story of a little-known collection that represents one of the most vibrant and experimental periods in the development of contemporary Inuit art. Lavishly illustrated, Hunters, Carvers, and Collectors presents numerous never-before-published gems, including carvings by the artists John Kavik, Johnniebo Ashevak, and Peter Qumalu POV Assappa. This latest contribution to the award-winning Peabody Museum Collections Series fills an important gap in the literature of Native American art.…

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket As Issued. Cambridge: Peabody Museum Press, printed by Harvard University Press, (1972). Large 8vo. xvii,231pp, Index. Softcover, near fine condition (covers mildly yellowed, few text page corners creased). Illustrated. Introduction and guide to the pre-history of Central America. ISBN 0873657764 ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 231 pages. …

Paperback. Zustand: Good. The Copan Sculpture Museum in western Honduras features the extraordinary stone carvings of the ancient Maya city known as Copan. The city's sculptors produced some of the finest and most animated buildings and temples in the Maya area, in addition to stunning monolithic statues and altars. The ruins of Copan were named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1980, and more than 150,000 national and international tourists visit the ancient city each year. Opened in 1996, the Copan Sculpture Museum was initiated as an international collaboration to preserve Copan's original stone monuments. Its exhibits represent the best-known examples of building façades and sculptural achievements from the ancient kingdom of Copan. The creation of this on-site museum involved people from all walks of life: archaeologists, artists, architects, and local craftspeople. Today it fosters cultural understanding and promotes Hondurans' identity with the past. In The Copan Sculpture Museum, Barbara Fash--one of the principle creators of the museum--tells the inside story of conceiving, designing, and building a local museum with global significance. Along with numerous illustrations and detailed archaeological context for each exhibit in the museum, the book provides a comprehensive introduction to the history and culture of the ancient Maya and a model for working with local communities to preserve cultural heritage.…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. The Copan Sculpture Museum in western Honduras features the extraordinary stone carvings of the ancient Maya city known as Copan. The city's sculptors produced some of the finest and most animated buildings and temples in the Maya area, in addition to stunning monolithic statues and altars. The ruins of Copan were named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1980, and more than 150,000 national and international tourists visit the ancient city each year. Opened in 1996, the Copan Sculpture Museum was initiated as an international collaboration to preserve Copan's original stone monuments. Its exhibits represent the best-known examples of building façades and sculptural achievements from the ancient kingdom of Copan. The creation of this on-site museum involved people from all walks of life: archaeologists, artists, architects, and local craftspeople. Today it fosters cultural understanding and promotes Hondurans' identity with the past. In The Copan Sculpture Museum, Barbara Fash--one of the principle creators of the museum--tells the inside story of conceiving, designing, and building a local museum with global significance. Along with numerous illustrations and detailed archaeological context for each exhibit in the museum, the book provides a comprehensive introduction to the history and culture of the ancient Maya and a model for working with local communities to preserve cultural heritage.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1977. Mesoamerica, Native Americans, Journals. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Volume 4, part 1, 67p., very good red stiff paper cover, 38cm tall 9/26 new crate.

1972, Mesoamerica, Native Americans. Peabody Museum Press Book, 231 p.,very good paperback with slight foxing? Along white front cover's outide edge (chemical change??).

Zustand: Near Fine. 1998. North America, Native Americans. Art. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. Near fine paperback in original shrink wrap 176p. 10/26.

small chips at top and bottom of spine, a few flecks on cover, endpapers a bit wavy towards inner margin, otherwise still quite good brown hardcover. WYMAN, JEFFRIES. Dear Jeffie: being the letters from Jeffries Wyman, first director of the Peabody Museum, to his son, Jeffries Wyman, Jr. Edited by George E. Gifford, Jr. Cambridge, Mass.: Peabody Museum Press, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 1978, xiv, 82pp., . 9780873657969 ISBN 0873657969.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good.

paperback. Zustand: Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Peabody Museum Press, 1983. Quarto. Paperback. Book is very good. Brown, Dorcas (illustrator).

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1975. Mesoamerica, Journals. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Volume 1, Introduction, 61p., very good to good+ red paper/monograph, large format. 38cm tall 11/25.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1983. Journals, Mesoamerica, Native Americans. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Volume 6, Part 1, Tonina. 63 pages, very good paper/monograph, red stiff paper. 30cm x 38cm 9/26 new crate.