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Arts and Cultures of Ancient Mesoamerica and the Andes
A guide to selected overviews and primary source codices and chronicles
Overviews
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- The Conquest of Mexico: The Incorporation of Indian Societies into the Western World, 16th-18th Centuries by Serge GruzinskiCall Number: F1219.3 .C85 G7813 1993
- The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec by Mary Ellen MillerCall Number: F1219.3.A7 M55 2012
- Origins of Religious Art and Iconography in Preclassic Mesoamerica by H. B. NicholsonCall Number: F1219.3 .A7O75
- Handbook of South American Archaeology by Helaine Silverman (Editor); William Isbell (Editor)Call Number: F2229 .H35 2008Available as an e-book and in print.
Mesoamerica
- Victors and Vanquished: Spanish and Nahua Views of the Conquest of Mexico by Stuart B. SchwartzCall Number: F1230 .V538 2000
- Beyond the Codices: The Nahua View of Colonial Mexico by Arthur J. AndersonCall Number: F1219 .B55
- We People Here: Nahuatl Accounts of the Conquest of Mexico by James Lockhart (Editor)Call Number: F1219.73 .W4 1992Publication Date: 1994
- The Flower and the Scorpion: Sexuality and Ritual in Early Nahua Culture by Peter H. SigalCall Number: F1221.N3 S524 2011Available in print and as an e-book
- Indian Women of Early Mexico by Susan Schroeder; Stephanie Wood; Robert S. HaskettCall Number: F1219.3 .W6 I53 1997
- The Ancient Maya by Robert J. Sharer; Loa P. TraxlerCall Number: F1435 .S53 2006
- Maya Wars: Ethnographic Accounts from Nineteenth-Century Yucatán by Terry RugeleyCall Number: F1435.1 .Y89 M39 2001Publication Date: 2001Available in print and as an e-book
- Maya Creation Myths: Words and Worlds of the Chilam Balam by Timothy KnowltonCall Number: F1435.3.R3 K63 2010Available in print and as an e-book
- The Maya Vase Book: A Corpus of Rollout Photographs of Maya Vases by Justin Kerr; Barbara KerrCall Number: F1435.3.P8 K47 19892 vols.
- Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions by David Stuart; Ian GrahamCall Number: F1435.3.P6 G72Vol. 1-9
- Maya Figurines: Intersections between State and Household by Christina T. HalperinCall Number: F1435.3.S34 H35 2014
- Relief Sculpture of Ancient Mexico: Rubbings of Objects from the Mayan and Aztec World by Kojin ToneyamaCall Number: F1435.3.S34 T66 19712 volumes
Rare Books at JPL, Special Collections - The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico by Miguel Leon-PortillaCall Number: F1230 .V5713 1992
- The Aztecs under Spanish Rule by Charles GibsonCall Number: F1219.1 .M53 G5
- The Cost of Courage in Aztec Society: Essays on Mesoamerican Society and Culture by Inga ClendinnenCall Number: F1219.76.R57 C55 2010
- Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico by Kathleen Berrin; Virginia M. FieldsCall Number: F1219.8.O56 O465 2010
The Andes
- Art of the Andes: From Chavín to Inca by Rebecca R. StoneCall Number: F2230.1.A7 S77 2012
- Peru: Art from the Chavín to the IncasCall Number: N6715 .P47 2006
- The Spirit of Ancient Peru: Treasures from the Museo Arqueológico Rafael Larco Herrera by Kathleen BerrinCall Number: F3403.5 .M875 1997
- Chavín: Peru's Enigmatic Temple in the Andes by Peter FuxCall Number: F3429.1.C48 C4313 2013
- Architectural Vessels of the Moche: Ceramic Diagrams of Sacred Space in Ancient Peru by Juliet B. WiersemaCall Number: F3430.1.M6 W54 2015
- Moche Art and Visual Culture in Ancient Peru by Margaret A. JacksonCall Number: F3430.1.M6 J32 2008
- Sex, Death, and Sacrifice in Moche Religion and Visual Culture by Steve BourgetCall Number: F3430.1.M6 B68 2006
- Wari: Lords of the Ancient Andes by Susan BerghCall Number: F3430.1.H83 B47 2012
- Tiwanaku: Papers from the 2005 Mayer Center Symposium at the Denver Art Museum by Margaret Young-SánchezCall Number: F3319.1.T55 M39 2005
- A Sourcebook of Nasca Ceramic Iconography: Reading a Culture through its Art by Donald A. ProulxCall Number: F3429.3.P8 P76 2006Available in print and as an e-book
- Inca Gold: 3000 Years of Advanced Civilisation Masterpieces from Peru's Larco Museum by Meinrad Maria GrewenigCall Number: F3429.3.G5 M87 2004