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Discovering the Olmecs : An Unconventional History.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere SeriesPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (208 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780292768291
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Discovering the OlmecsDDC classification:
  • 972/.01
LOC classification:
  • F1219
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Preface -- 1. The Olmecs Come to Light -- 2. The Tulane Expedition and the Olmec World (1925-1926) -- 3. The First Excavations: Tres Zapotes (1938-1940) -- 4. Stone Heads in the Jungle (1940) -- 5. Fortuitous Decisions at La Venta (1942-1943) -- 6. Monuments on the Río Chiquito (1945-1946) -- 7. The Return to La Venta (1955) -- 8. Of Monuments and Museums (1963, 1968) -- 9. Adding Antiquity to the Olmecs (1966-1968) -- 10. Research Headaches at La Venta (1967-1969) -- 11. Reclaiming La Venta (1984 to the Present) -- 12. San Lorenzo Yields New Secrets (1990-2012, Part 1) -- 13. El Manatí: "Like Digging in Warm Jell-O" (1987-1993) -- 14. "They're Blowing Up the Site!" Tres Zapotes after Stirling (1950-2003) -- 15. An Olmec Stone Quarry and a Sugarcane Crisis (1991) -- 16. Discoveries Large and Small at San Lorenzo (1990-2012, Part 2) -- 17. The Night the Lights Went Out (2001) -- 18. Some Thoughts on the Archaeology of the Olmecs -- Bibliographic Essay -- Index.
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Intro -- Preface -- 1. The Olmecs Come to Light -- 2. The Tulane Expedition and the Olmec World (1925-1926) -- 3. The First Excavations: Tres Zapotes (1938-1940) -- 4. Stone Heads in the Jungle (1940) -- 5. Fortuitous Decisions at La Venta (1942-1943) -- 6. Monuments on the Río Chiquito (1945-1946) -- 7. The Return to La Venta (1955) -- 8. Of Monuments and Museums (1963, 1968) -- 9. Adding Antiquity to the Olmecs (1966-1968) -- 10. Research Headaches at La Venta (1967-1969) -- 11. Reclaiming La Venta (1984 to the Present) -- 12. San Lorenzo Yields New Secrets (1990-2012, Part 1) -- 13. El Manatí: "Like Digging in Warm Jell-O" (1987-1993) -- 14. "They're Blowing Up the Site!" Tres Zapotes after Stirling (1950-2003) -- 15. An Olmec Stone Quarry and a Sugarcane Crisis (1991) -- 16. Discoveries Large and Small at San Lorenzo (1990-2012, Part 2) -- 17. The Night the Lights Went Out (2001) -- 18. Some Thoughts on the Archaeology of the Olmecs -- Bibliographic Essay -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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