Ancient American pottery
1955, First Edition. London : Faber and Faber. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Light foxing to edges and prelims. Remains well-preserved overall; internally strong and clean. Item #477341
Series; Faber monographs on pottery and porcelain. Physical description; 51 pages : illustrations, plates ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-48) and index. Contents; Introduction – The Southwest of the U.S.A. – The Anasazi – The Hohokam – The Mogollon – The pottery of Central America – The Formative Period – The Maya – The Classic Period – Mexican highlands – The Maya – The Zapotecs – The coast of the Gulf of Mexico – Western Mexico – The Post Classic Period – Fine orange ware – Plumbate ware – The Final Period – Black on orange pottery – Late Aztec – Mixteca Puebla pottery and other imported wares – Other late pottery from Eastern Mexico – Pottery of Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama – South America – The Central Andes – Ecuador and Colombia – North-West Argentina and Northern Chile – Bibliography – Index – Plates. Subjects; Indian pottery – America – History.
Price: €21.95