Old Gods and Young Heroes: The Pearlman Collection of Maya Ceramics
by Michael Douglas Coe (1929-2019)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0960839003
- ISBN 13
- 9780960839001
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128 pages with photographs (some in color), figures, illustrations and bibliography. Oblong royal octavo (9 1/4" x 12") bound in original publisher's black cloth with red lettering to spine and cover in original pictorial jacket. First edition.
This study of Mayan ceramics explores the iconography and sheds light on the old gods and young heroes depicted. Maya codex-style ceramics are among the most highly sought antiquities for collectors because of the fine art and extraordinary mythological scenes depicted on the pottery; yet the source of these ceramics has remained elusive. Recent archaeological explorations by the Regional Archaeological Investigation of the North Peten, Guatemala (RAINPEG) project at the site of Nakbe, Peten, have discovered codex-style ceramics in archaeological context. The hieroglyphs and painted scenes on the ceramics demonstrate the authenticity of the art style. Neutron activation analyses of the ceramics indicate that subtle differences in the ceramic corpus can be detected between proximal sites such as El Mirador and Nakbe. These data also indicate that codex-style ceramics were not manufactured in a site-specific workshop, but originate in a variety of production areas. While most codex-style vessels appear to have been manufactured within the immediate area of the extreme north-central Peten, several codex-style vessels that depict scribes are consistently similar in chemical composition to the codex-style pottery from Nakbe. The presence of fine painted codex-style pottery from modest plaza groups suggests a wider distribution of high-quality ceramic artifacts from among varied levels of economic, social, and political status of ancient Maya society. This accounts for the extensive looting of low-housemound complexes throughout the northern Peten.
Condition:
Near fine in like jacket.
This study of Mayan ceramics explores the iconography and sheds light on the old gods and young heroes depicted. Maya codex-style ceramics are among the most highly sought antiquities for collectors because of the fine art and extraordinary mythological scenes depicted on the pottery; yet the source of these ceramics has remained elusive. Recent archaeological explorations by the Regional Archaeological Investigation of the North Peten, Guatemala (RAINPEG) project at the site of Nakbe, Peten, have discovered codex-style ceramics in archaeological context. The hieroglyphs and painted scenes on the ceramics demonstrate the authenticity of the art style. Neutron activation analyses of the ceramics indicate that subtle differences in the ceramic corpus can be detected between proximal sites such as El Mirador and Nakbe. These data also indicate that codex-style ceramics were not manufactured in a site-specific workshop, but originate in a variety of production areas. While most codex-style vessels appear to have been manufactured within the immediate area of the extreme north-central Peten, several codex-style vessels that depict scribes are consistently similar in chemical composition to the codex-style pottery from Nakbe. The presence of fine painted codex-style pottery from modest plaza groups suggests a wider distribution of high-quality ceramic artifacts from among varied levels of economic, social, and political status of ancient Maya society. This accounts for the extensive looting of low-housemound complexes throughout the northern Peten.
Condition:
Near fine in like jacket.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A0798a
- Title
- Old Gods and Young Heroes: The Pearlman Collection of Maya Ceramics
- Author
- Michael Douglas Coe (1929-2019)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0960839003
- ISBN 13
- 9780960839001
- Publisher
- Museum, Maremont Pavilion of Ethnic Arts
- Place of Publication
- Jerusalem
- Date Published
- 1982
- Pages
- 128 pages with photographs (some in color), figures, illustrations and bibliography
- Size
- Oblong royal octavo
- Keywords
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anthropology;
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