{"product_id":"the-place-of-stone-monuments-julia-guernsey-9780884023647","title":"The Place of Stone Monuments: Context, Use, and Meaning in Mesoamerica's Preclassic Transition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume considers the significance of stone monuments in Preclassic Mesoamerica, focusing on the period following the precocious appearance of monumental sculpture at the Olmec site of San Lorenzo and preceding the rise of the Classic polities in the Maya region and Central Mexico. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy quite literally \"placing\" sculptures in their cultural, historical, social, political, religious, and cognitive contexts, the seventeen contributors utilize archaeological and art historical methods to understand the origins, growth, and spread of civilization in Middle America. They present abundant new data and new ways of thinking about sculpture and society in Preclassic Mesoamerica, and call into question the traditional dividing line between Preclassic and Classic cultures. They offer not only a fruitful way of rethinking the beginnings of civilization in Mesoamerica, but provide a series of detailed discussions concerning how these beginnings were dynamically visualized through sculptural programming during the Preclassic period.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julia Guernsey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0884023648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780884023647\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dumbarton Oaks Research Library \u0026amp; Collection\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.20h x 8.70w x 1.10d","brand":"Julia Guernsey","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44078125908223,"sku":"9780884023647","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_14a6d391-c078-44fb-8cde-2bf659d244bf.jpg?v=1685473686","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-place-of-stone-monuments-julia-guernsey-9780884023647","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}