OLMEC

 

BENSON, Elizabeth and David Joralemon, Pre-Columbian art from Mesoamerica and Ecuador : Selections from Distinguished Private Collections. 32 p., Color & B+W photos of Olmec and Maya art not published anywhere else.

CLARK, John E. (Editor) Los olmecas en Mesoamerica (Spanish Edition) , 16 Articles, all pages are glossy, 229 color plates, 298 p.

COE, Michael, and others, THE OLMEC AND THEIR NEIGHBORS: Essays in Memory of Matthew W. Sterling, 346 p., with articles by Lee Parsons, Michael Coe, Gillett Griffin, David Joralemon, and others; includes photographs from the Hellmuth Photo Archive. Standard reference for Olmec, Izapa and proto-Maya.

EKHOLM-MILLER, Susanna, The Olmec rock carving at Xoc, Chiapas, Mexico (Papers of the New World Archaeological Foundation) , the only Olmec monumental art found in the Maya heartland (near Bonampak), 28 p.

FREIDEL, David A. et al., THE OLMEC WORLD - RITUAL AND RULERSHIP, 11" X 11", 8 articles, 252 color plates of exhibit artifacts w/descriptions, more than 250 drawings, 45 B&W photos, glossy pages, 344p.

de la FUENTE, Beatriz, PELDANOS EN LA CONCIENCIA -Rostros en la Plastica Prehispanica, 88 photographs, in Spanish, Hardcover, 101 p.

GAY, Carlo, Chalcacingo (Die Amerikanischen Felsbilder = American rock paintings and petroglyphs) Complete description of the Olmec sculpture, 24 plates (5 in full color), 119 p, hardbound, printed in Europe,

GREENE, Merle (general editor), SEVENTH PALENQUE ROUND TABLE, vol IX, 1989, articles on Olmec and Maya art and archaeology by ANDREWS, BARDSLEY, BENSON, BRICKER, CHASE, CLANCY, CLOSS, FASH, GOLDSTEIN, GRUBE, HARRISON, JONES, KERR, KURJACK, McGOVERN, REILLY, SCHELE, STUART, TATE, WREN, and more, 295 p.

JORALEMON, David TREASURES OF PRE-COLUMBIAN ART: Collection of Janos Szekeres 64 p.of Olmec jades, polychrome Maya vases (full color, not published anywhere else), and Jaina figurines, etc.

 

MUSEE BARBIER-MUELLER, ART DE L'AMERIQUE PRECOLOMBIENNE, Olmec, Veracruz hacha, Teotihuacan mask & mural, Monte Alto (Guatemala Preclassic), Tlatilco, Aztec, Huaxtec, 3 maps, 30 full page photographs of artifacts, covers North and South America, Antilles and Mesoamerica, 50 p.

 

NAVARRETE, Carlos, The Olmec rock carvings at Pijijiapan, Chiapas, Mexico and other Olmec pieces from Chiapas and Guatemala (Papers of the New World Archaeological Foundation) , fascinating Olmec art, NWAF # 35.

 

NIEDERBERGER Betton, Christine, Paleopaysages et Archeologie pre-Urbaine du Bassin de Mexico, 2 large volumes. Complete review of Preclassic iconography (figurines and pottery) in general and Olmec iconography in particular (jades and sculpture). I have not seen this title offered in other catalogs; they are probably long out of print.(853 pages of educational information including 237 drawings, 269 photos, plus 209 charts/ maps/tables).

 

PAZ, Octavio; STERLIN, Henri et al., Art Millenaire Des Amerique De La Decouverte a L'Admiration 1492-1992 French Text , coffeetable masterpiece, Olmec, Tlatilco, Xochipala, Colima, Chupicuaro, Mezcala, 156 works of art from Mesoamerica, Peru & the Amazon in exact color, each described fully in appendix, also 146 photos, maps and illustrations (most in color) depicting the expeditions of Columbus, Cortez & Pizarro as well as the art of Mexico, Mesoamerica, ancient Peru and the Amazon. 379 p.

 

RIESE, Berthold, NOTICIAS ARQUEOLOGICAS DE TABASCO various articles including on Olmec, by Berthold Riese on Torteguero glyphs, graffiti of Comalcalco, 65 p., edition limited to 250 copies, out of print.

 

SERRA PUCHE, Mari Carmen & Felipe SOLIS OLGUIN, Cristales y obsidiana prehispanicos (Spanish Edition) , 1994, lavish coffee table book, the largest and must luxurious ever created on obsidian and rock crystal of the OLMEC, TEOTIHUACAN, MAYA, AZTEC and MIXTEC. Includes the only photographs of mahogany-colored obdidian I have ever seen. 232 large and attractively printed pages.

TRUEBLOOD, Beatrice (editor) Museum of Anthropology of Xalapa (Veracruz en la cultura) , Monumental Olmec sculpture, Arroyo Pesquero Olmec Masks, El Tajin Relief Sculpture, Hardcover, w/articles by: Michael Coe - The Olmecs, Felipe Solis - Central Veracruz & Beatriz de la Fuente - The Huastecs. Each article shows beautifully photographed artifacts of the Museum of Anthropology of Xalapa in colored lighting and highlights. The accompanying descriptions include provenances. Over 140 color plates. 204 p.

 

Union Academique Internationale, Corpus Antiquitatum Americanensium, INAH, Mexico. Vol. V MONOLITOS OLMECAS Y OTROS EN EL MUSEO DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE VERACRUZ by Alfonso MEDELLIN ZENIL, 1971, 53 p, 71 plates of Olmec and other stelae and monuments in portfolio (corners and edge torn), limited edition.

 

URIARTE. Maria Teresa (ed.), El Juego de pelota en mesoamerica: Raices y supervivencia (Coleccion America nuestra) (Spanish Edition) , articles by Nicholas HELLMUTH, Merle Greene ROBERTSON, and many more archaeologists all together 19 reports on the various ballgames of Mesoamerica: El Tajin, Chichen Itza, Hohokam (Arizona), Copan, and many more. Includes data on the Olmec game found preserved in the swamp of Manati, Veracruz., 419 pages, 58 drawings, 10 B+W photos, a whopping 77 color photographs. Includes 16 ballgame photographs of Nicholas Hellmuth from the F.L.A.A.R. Photo Archives. The largest, fanciest, and most colorfully illustrated ballgame book ever produced.

 

VIZCAINO, Antonio, Museo de Antropologia de Xalapa (Spanish Edition) , covers the Olmec, Totonac and Huastec cultures w/122 beautiful color plates. Text is in Spanish with an index of the plates., hardcover coffee table book, 143 p.

 

 

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