Pre-Columbian Man Finds Central America: The Archaeological BridgeThis presentation of the pre-contact history of Central America is an introduction and guide for visitors to the region and also illustrates hundreds of the museum's lesser-known holdings. Doris Stone spent decades working and traveling throughout Central America, from Guatemala to Panama. As Stephen Williams writes in his introduction, "her numerous journeys on mule back with Sam Lothrop and other archaeologists in pursuit of elusive sites in the Central American jungles were epic." The volume is enriched by Stone's deep first-hand knowledge of the area and its cultural past. |
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The Earliest Villagers | 33 |
The Mexican Veneer | 111 |
Empire and Trade | 163 |
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Archaeological associated Atlantic watershed boulder bowls burials Caribbean carved Central America ceramic ceremonial center Charcas Chiapa de Corzo Chiriqui Clay figurine coast Cocle Copan Costa Rica cult culture decorated Diquis region Early Classic effigy vessels El Salvador figures figurine head gold grinding stones Guanacaste Guatemala Gulf Harvard University Height highlands Honduras incised isthmian isthmus Izapa jade jadeite jaguar jars Kaminaljuyu Lake Yojoa Las Charcas Late Classic late Middle Preclassic late Postclassic Late Preclassic Linea Vieja Lower Central America lowland Maya Mexican Mexico Middle American Middle Preclassic motifs mounds Muertos Museo Nacional Nahuat Nicaragua Nicarao Nicoya Peninsula Nicoya Polychrome Ware northern Olmec Olmecoid Pacific painted Panama Peabody Museum pendant Playa Polychrome pottery province religious ritual River Santa sculpture serpent Sitio Conte southern Stela style Sula Plain Teotihuacan trade tripod Uaxactun Upper Central America Usulutan Usulutan technique Valley Venado Beach Veraguas Ware vessel