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Vol. XI / No. 3
By: H. A. Weischhoff
I. What Is Money?: Primitive Money
In an age in which money has become the ultima ratio of human society and in which its function has […]
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Vol. X / No. 1-2
By: J. Alden Mason
Publications of the University Museum on Middle America: American Collections The Ancient Civilizations of Middle America
Information on and prices of the following publications will gladly be sent on request to the Secretary. Those preceded by […]
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Vol. X / No. 1-2
By: J. Alden Mason
Notes For Further Reading: American Collections The Ancient Civilizations of Middle America
THE literature on Middle American archaeology is voluminous, with a few sound and reliable, popular readable books by recognized authorities, […]
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Vol. X / No. 1-2
By: J. Alden Mason
The Indian Peoples of Middle America Today: American Collections The Ancient Civilizations of Middle America
IN contrast to the United States, where Indians form an infinitesimal part of the population in the urban, industrial and […]
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Vol. X / No. 1-2
By: J. Alden Mason
The Lesser Archaeological Cultures of Mexico and Central America: American Collections The Ancient Civilizations of Middle America
TO the northwest of Mexico City, in the state of Michoacan and around Lake Patzcuaro, lived and live the Tarascan […]
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Vol. X / No. 1-2
By: J. Alden Mason
Other Theocratic Cultures of Mexico: American Collections The Ancient Civilizations of Middle America
WE have described the Aztecs and their culture in some detail because they were in their zenith at the time […]
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Vol. X / No. 1-2
By: J. Alden Mason
The Maya: American Collections The Ancient Civilizations of Middle America
THE forested lowlands of the present Guatemala, Yucatan, and adjacent parts of southern Mexico and northern Honduras produced the highest […]
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Vol. X / No. 1-2
By: J. Alden Mason
Introduction: American Collections The Ancient Civilizations of Middle America
THE massive pyramids of southern Mexico, Yucatan and Guatemala, dominating their surroundings, epitomize the nature of the theocratic civilizations that […]
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Vol. X / No. 1-2
By: J. Alden Mason
Preface: American Collections The Ancient Civilizations of Middle America
THE Middle American Halls of The University Museum contain one of the world’s best collections of objects produced by the […]
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Vol. IX / No. 4
By: Linton Satterthwaite, Jr.
Two Maya Bowls: A Problem in Reconstruction
ACTION such as we see in Plates II-III is rare in Maya art, probably because so little of Maya painting […]
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