Precolumbian jade : new geological and cultural interpretations / edited by Frederick W. Lange.

• Introduction / Frederick W. Lange -- Middle American jade : geologic and petrologic perspectives on variability and source / George E. Harlow -- Compositional and structural characterization of Maya and Costa Rican jadeitites / Ronald L. Bishop, Edward V. Sayre, Joan Mishara -- A possible source of raw material for the Costa Rican lapidary industry / Margarita Reynoard de Ruenes -- Jades in the Jade Museum, Instituto Nacional de Seguros, San José, Costa Rica / Zulay Soto -- Visible and near-infrared spectroscopy for jade artifact analysis / Brian Curtiss -- The enigma of jade, with mineralogical reference to Central American source materials / Phoebe L. Hauff -- Mesoamerican jade : surface changes caused by natural weathering / Leoncio A. Garza-Valdés -- Sources of Maya and Central American jadeitites : data bases and interpretations : a summary / Ronald L. Bishop, Frederick W. Lange -- The beginning of classic Maya jade carving in the southeast / Elizabeth Easby -- Jade and jade objects in Precolmbian Costa Rica / Doris Z. Stone -- The jade Ahau : toward a theory of commodity value in Maya civilization / David A. Freidel -- The cultural context of jade artifacts from the Maya site of Cerros, Belize / James F. Garber -- Ancient currency : the style and use of jade and marble carvings in central Honduras / Kenneth G. Hirth, Susan Grant Hirth -- The context of jade in Costa Rica / Juan Vicente Guerrero M. -- Formative Guerrero and its jade / Gillett G. Griffin -- Jade use in portion sof Mexico and Central America : Olmec, Maya, Costa Rica, and Honduras--a summary / James F. Garber, David C. Grove, Kenneth G. Hirth, John W. Hoopes -- Iconography of a greenstone celt / Kornelia Kurbjuhn -- The jade mirror : an Olmec concave jadeite pendant / John B. Carlson -- The Izapa style and the Tibas jade / Lee A. Parsons -- Precolumbian soft stone carvings foiund in Costa Rica / Carlos Balser -- Formal classification of prehistoric Costa Rican jade : a first approximation / Frederick W. Lange -- The media of ritual / Jane Stevenson Day -- Summary / Frederick W. Lange, Ronald L. Bishop.

• "Monumental work that includes detailed studies of jade from across Central and South America is divided into three parts. Pt. 1 includes eight chapters on geology and minerology; Pt. 2, eight chapters on cultural contexts; and Pt. 3, six chapters on artifacts. Of special note is that the Motagua Valley of Guatemala remains the only known source of jadeite for the entire region. Invaluable compendium for archaeologists working in the region who have recovered jade from their sites"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas  

Ämnesord

Jade  (sao)

Centralamerikanska urfolk  (sao)

Geologi  (sao)

Maya (folk)  (sao)

Konst av amerikanska urfolk  (sao)

Spektroskopi  (sao)

Antikviteter  (sao)

Indians of Central America  -- Antiquities -- Congresses. (LCSH)

Jade art objects  -- Central America -- Congresses. (LCSH)

Jade  -- Costa Rica -- Congresses. (LCSH)

Mayas  -- Antiquities -- Congresses. (LCSH)

Jade  -- Central America -- Congresses. (LCSH)

Indiens d'Amérique  -- Amérique centrale -- Antiquités -- Congrès. (Vedettes-matière)

Jades  -- Amérique centrale -- Congrès. (Vedettes-matière)

Jade  -- Costa Rica -- Congrès. (Vedettes-matière)

Mayas  -- Antiquités -- Congrès. (Vedettes-matière)

Antiquities.  (fast)

Jade.  (fast)

Jade art objects.  (fast)

Jade  (gnd)

Kongress  (gnd)

Indians of Central America  -- Antiquities. (fast)

Mayas  -- Antiquities. (fast)

Mayas  -- Antiquités -- Congrès. (ram)

Indiens  -- Amérique centrale -- Antiquités -- Congrès. (ram)

Jades  -- Amérique centrale -- Congrès. (ram)

Jade  -- Amérique centrale -- Congrès. (ram)

Jade  -- Costa Rica -- Congrès. (ram)

Spectrum analysis  (LCSH)

Jade  (LCSH)

Antiques  (LCSH)

Mayas  (LCSH)

Indians of Central America  (LCSH)

Indian art  (LCSH)

Geology  (LCSH)

Central America  -- Antiquities -- Congresses. (LCSH)

Amérique centrale  -- Antiquités -- Congrès. (Vedettes-matière)

Central America.  (fast)

Costa Rica.  (fast)

Mesoamerika  (gnd)

Amérique centrale  -- Antiquités -- Congrès. (ram)

Genre

Conference papers and proceedings.  (fast)

Kongreß  -- Denver (Colo.) -- 1987.

Klassifikation

F1434 (LCC)

730/.09728 (DDC)

NF 8612 (rvk)

NF 8571 (rvk)

NF 1128 (rvk)

NF 8614 (rvk)

Id (kssb/8 (machine generated))