Casas Grandes: A Fallen Trading Center of the Gran Chichimeca, in 3 Volumes
by Di Peso, Charles C. (edited By Gloria J. Fenner)
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- first
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Dragoon, AZ and Flagstaff, AZ: The Amerind Foundation, Inc and Northland Press. First Edition. Quareto. In three volumes. Signed and inscribed by the author, the editor Gloria J. Fenner and the illustrator Alice Wesche. Vol. I. 253pp., with a folding illustration of the Viejo Villages at rear. Vol. II. 755pp. with folding illustrations of the city of Paquime at rear and Vol. III. 756-1104 pp., with folding illustration of the Mission of San Antonio de Padua de Casas Grandes at rear. Tipped onto half-title are two 3 1/2" x 5" black and white photographs of presumably sites of excavation. A treatise on the settlement patterns of pre-Columbian Indians, and their cultural clues left by drawings, pottery designs, and burial art linking past cultures with modern people. Hundreds of drawings and formal illustrations, including folding plates. Bound in 1/4 black cloth over beige cloth stamped in black depiction an ancient man in black outline, spine lettered in gilt. A very nice set.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028714
- Title
- Casas Grandes: A Fallen Trading Center of the Gran Chichimeca, in 3 Volumes
- Author
- Di Peso, Charles C. (edited By Gloria J. Fenner)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Amerind Foundation, Inc and Northland Press
- Place of Publication
- Dragoon, AZ and Flagstaff, AZ
- Keywords
- Pre-Columbian, Culture, Mexico
- Bookseller catalogs
- Indian History and Art; Archaeology; Arizona;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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