Painted by a Distant Hand
Mimbres Pottery from the American Southwest
Highlighting one of the Peabody Museum's most important archaeological
expeditions - the excavation of the Swarts Ranch Ruin in southwestern New
Mexico by Harriet and Burton Cosgrove in the mid-1920s - Steven LeBlanc's book
features rare, never-before-published examples of Mimbres painted pottery,
considered by many scholars to be the most unique of all the ancient art
traditions of North America.
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Highlighting one of the Peabody Museum's most important archaeological
expeditions - the excavation of the Swarts Ranch Ruin in southwestern New
Mexico by Harriet and Burton Cosgrove in the mid-1920s - Steven LeBlanc's book
features rare, never-before-published examples of Mimbres painted pottery,
considered by many scholars to be the most unique of all the ancient art
traditions of North America. Made between AD 1000 and 1150, these pottery bowls
and jars depict birds, fish, insects, and mammals that the Mimbres encountered
in their daily lives, portray mythical beings, and show humans participating in
both ritual and everyday activities. LeBlanc traces the origins of the Mimbres
people and what became of them, and he explores our present understanding of
what the images mean and what scholars have learned about the Mimbres people in
the 75 years since the Cosgroves' expedition.
expeditions - the excavation of the Swarts Ranch Ruin in southwestern New
Mexico by Harriet and Burton Cosgrove in the mid-1920s - Steven LeBlanc's book
features rare, never-before-published examples of Mimbres painted pottery,
considered by many scholars to be the most unique of all the ancient art
traditions of North America. Made between AD 1000 and 1150, these pottery bowls
and jars depict birds, fish, insects, and mammals that the Mimbres encountered
in their daily lives, portray mythical beings, and show humans participating in
both ritual and everyday activities. LeBlanc traces the origins of the Mimbres
people and what became of them, and he explores our present understanding of
what the images mean and what scholars have learned about the Mimbres people in
the 75 years since the Cosgroves' expedition.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology,U.S.
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780873654029
- Utgivelsesår
- 2005
- Format
- 22 x 20 cm