Handbook of Ceramic Animal Symbols in the Ancient Lesser Antilles / Lawrence Waldron.

Author
Waldron, J. L. F. [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Gainesville : University of Florida Press, [2016]
Description
xxii, 266 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.

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    The present study attempts to survey and illustrate Saladoid ceramics and other objects from Caribbean countries in over twenty collections throughout that region and the United States with a focus on prominent zoomorphic iconography.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Antillean horizons: early ceramic florescence migrations into the Antilles
    • Early ceramic series, styles and phases of the Lower Orinoco and Antilles
    • A methodological framework for the study of Pre-Columbian Caribbean zoomorphic iconography
    • Zoomorphic iconography: terrestrial and aquatic mammals
    • Zoomorphic iconography: bats
    • Zoomorphic iconography: birds
    • Zoomorphic iconography: reptiles and amphibians
    • Becoming island people: animal symbols and cultural difference in the Antillean Saladoid.
    ISBN
    • 9781683400011 ((cloth))
    • 1683400011 ((cloth))
    LCCN
    2016015336
    OCLC
    945232116
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