Ancient West Mexico: Art and Archaeology of the Unknown Past

by Art Institute of Chicago (editor), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, James N. Wood (Foreword by)

Documents more than 220 examples of ancient West Mexican sculpture

Genres: History, Archaeology

308 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[AskHistorians]

This volume of work is one of two books most commonly referenced for studies of shaft tomb figures associated with the shaft tomb tradition and Teuchitlan Tradition of West Mexico. Townsend and contributing authors provide a wonderful array of papers and essays discussing these mortuary items that have been heavily looted in the past. This volume, unlike Von Winning’s, provides the reader with wonderful and large color photographs of figures. Information about the figures have also been updated since Von Winning’s work, but any inquiry into the field will show that progress has been slow due to a lack of excavations, partly due to the rampant looting and partly due to researchers unable to find tombs to excavate. This is a recommended book for anyone who is interested in learning more about this region of Mexico.

[Erick Santiago]

Excelente serie de ensayos, una ventanita para conocer más del multicultural y ancestral México