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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 Call Number: F1219.3 .C85 G7813 1993
The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec by Call Number: F1219.3.A7 M55 2012- Origins of Religious Art and Iconography in Preclassic Mesoamerica byCall Number: F1219.3 .A7O75
The Oxford Handbook of Mesoamerican Archaeology by Available as an e-book
Handbook of South American Archaeology by Call Number: F2229 .H35 2008Available as an e-book and in print.
In the Language of Kings: An Anthology of Mesoamerican Literature, Pre-Columbian to the Present by Call Number: PM3097 .E1 I5 2001
Mesoamerica
Victors and Vanquished: Spanish and Nahua Views of the Conquest of Mexico by Call Number: F1230 .V538 2000- Beyond the Codices: The Nahua View of Colonial Mexico byCall Number: F1219 .B55
We People Here: Nahuatl Accounts of the Conquest of Mexico by Call Number: F1219.73 .W4 1992Publication Date: 1994
The Flower and the Scorpion: Sexuality and Ritual in Early Nahua Culture by Call Number: F1221.N3 S524 2011Available in print and as an e-book
Mesoamerican Voices: Native-Language Writings from Colonial Mexico, Oaxaca, Yucatan, and Guatemala by Call Number: PM3055 .M47 2005
Indian Women of Early Mexico by Call Number: F1219.3 .W6 I53 1997
The Ancient Maya by Call Number: F1435 .S53 2006
Maya Wars: Ethnographic Accounts from Nineteenth-Century Yucatán by Call 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 Call 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 byCall Number: F1435.3.P8 K47 19892 vols.
Maya Figurines: Intersections between State and Household by Call Number: F1435.3.S34 H35 2014
Relief Sculpture of Ancient Mexico: Rubbings of Objects from the Mayan and Aztec World by Call 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 Call Number: F1230 .V5713 1992
The Aztecs under Spanish Rule by Call Number: F1219.1 .M53 G5
The Cost of Courage in Aztec Society: Essays on Mesoamerican Society and Culture by Call Number: F1219.76.R57 C55 2010
Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico by Call Number: F1219.8.O56 O465 2010
The Andes
Art of the Andes: From Chavín to Inca by Call 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 Call Number: F3403.5 .M875 1997
Chavín: Peru's Enigmatic Temple in the Andes by Call Number: F3429.1.C48 C4313 2013
Architectural Vessels of the Moche: Ceramic Diagrams of Sacred Space in Ancient Peru by Call Number: F3430.1.M6 W54 2015
Moche Art and Visual Culture in Ancient Peru by Call Number: F3430.1.M6 J32 2008
Sex, Death, and Sacrifice in Moche Religion and Visual Culture by Call Number: F3430.1.M6 B68 2006
Wari: Lords of the Ancient Andes by Call Number: F3430.1.H83 B47 2012
Tiwanaku: Papers from the 2005 Mayer Center Symposium at the Denver Art Museum by Call Number: F3319.1.T55 M39 2005
A Sourcebook of Nasca Ceramic Iconography: Reading a Culture through its Art by Call 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 Call Number: F3429.3.G5 M87 2004
