The American Collections of the University Museum: The Ancient Civilizations of Middle America |
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ancient apparently archaeologist architecture Aztec books or codices buildings built calendar Central America centuries ceremonial center characteristic Chichen Itza Chichimec Chiriquí civilizations Coclé Copan Costa Rica CULTURES OF MEXICO Curator dates decorated deities E. A. SPEISER earliest Early Cultures economic edifices Figure 16 Figure 21 Figure 39 G. B. Gordon gold Guatemala hieroglyphs highlands Honduras Huaxtec J. A. Mason jade known language later Maya Lintel lowland masonry Maya cities Maya Pottery Maya region Mayan Mexican Mexico City Middle America Mixtec Mixteca-Puebla molded Monte Alban monuments native Oaxaca objects occupied Old Empire Olmec ornaments Pacific coast painted Panama Peten Ph.D Piedras Negras pottery pottery figurines pottery vessels probably pyramid religious Research Assistant Robert Burkitt sedentary agricultural southern Vera Cruz Spanish Conquest stelae stone sculpture Tarascan temples Tenochtitlan Teotihuacan Texcoco textiles Tikal Toltecs Totonac traditions Uaxactun University Museum Usumacinta River Valley of Mexico vases Yucatan Zapotec