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Handbook of Ceramic Animal Symbols in the Ancient Lesser Antilles Lawrence Waldron

Catalog Data

Author:
Waldron, Lawrence  Search this
Physical description:
xxii, 266 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations, maps 29 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Antilles, Lesser
Lesser Antilles
Date:
2016
Contents:
Antillean horizons: early ceramic florescence migrations into the Antilles -- Early ceramic series, styles and phases of the Lower Orinoco and Antilles -- A methodological framework for the study of Pre-Columbian Caribbean zoomorphic iconography -- Zoomorphic iconography: terrestrial and aquatic mammals -- Zoomorphic iconography: bats -- Zoomorphic iconography: birds -- Zoomorphic iconography: reptiles and amphibians -- Becoming island people: animal symbols and cultural difference in the Antillean Saladoid -- Appendix: Geographic distributions of motifs
Summary:
The present study attempts to survey and illustrate Saladoid ceramics and other objects from Caribbean countries in over twenty collections throughout that region and the United States with a focus on prominent zoomorphic iconography
Topic:
Saladoid culture  Search this
Indian art  Search this
Animal sculpture  Search this
Animals in art  Search this
Ceramic sculpture  Search this
Pottery  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1106034