Latin American Horizons (Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia)

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1993 8vo (23.5 cm), VIII, 373 pp. Publisher's cloth (minor shelf-wear). Papers presented at the October 11-12, 1986 symposium at Dumbarton Oaks. Contents include: "The making of Latin American horizons : an introduction to the volume" by Don Stephen Rice; "An overview of "horizon" and "horizon style" in the study of ancient American objects" by Rebecca Stone-Miller; "The Chavin horizon: stylistic chimera of socioeconomic metamorphosis?" by Richard L. Burger; "'Olmec' horizons in formative period Mesoamerica: diffusion or social evolution?" by David C. Grove; "An image is worth a thousand words: Teotihuacan and the meanings of style in classic Mesoamerica" by Esther Pasztory; "Mesoamerican horizons and the cultural transformations of Maya civilization" by Arthur A. Demarest and Antonia E. Foias; "Understanding Tiwanaku: conquest, colonization, and clientage in the south central Andes" by Alan L. Kolata; "Congruence of horizon with polity: Huari and the middle horizon" by Richard P. Schaedel; "The Toltec horizon in Mesoamerica: new perspectives on an old issue" by Richard A. Diehl; "Aztec art and imperial expansion" by Emily Umberger, Cecelia F. Klein; "Factors influencing the transmission and distribution of Inka cultural materials throughout Tawantinsuyu" by John Hyslop; "The status of Latin American horizons" by Don Stephen Rice.