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La Venta, Tabasco: a Study of Olmec Ceramics and Art: With a Chapter on Structural Investigations in 1943
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La Venta, Tabasco: a Study of Olmec Ceramics and Art: With a Chapter on Structural Investigations in 1943

by Philip Drucker, Anna O. Shepard, Waldo R. Wedel. 260 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Philip Drucker, Anna O. Shepard, Waldo R. Wedel

Publisher:

   Government Printing Office

Place of Publication:

  Washington, DC  

Publication Year:

  1952
Subjects:   Pottery--Mexico--Tabasco (State), Tabasco (Mexico : State)--Antiquities
Table of contents
CONTENTS
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Introduction 1
Part I: Excavations and artifacts 4
The site of La Venta 4
The 1942 excavations 10
Test trenches 10
Stratigraphic trenches 20
Structural investigations 22
Structural investigations in 1943 , by Waldo R. Wedel 34
Excavations in Area A-1 (Ceremonial Court) 36
Mound excavations in Area A-2 61
Mound excavations in Area A-3 65
Excavations in the east embankment, Area A-4 76
Summary of structural investigations 77
The ceramics of La Venta 80
Introduction 80
Wares 81
Coarse Buff ware 81
Coarse Black ware 90
White-rimmed (or mottled Coarse Black ware) 92
Coarse Brown ware 92
Coarse White ware 96
Coarse Red ware 96
Brown Lacquer ware 97
Fine Paste ware 98
La Venta Fine Paste wares 101
Painted wares 104
Vessel forms 107
Dishes and bowls 109
Jars 115
Miscellaneous forms 119
Distributions of vessel forms by wares 125
Pottery-making techniques 126
Vertical distributions of ceramic types 126
Pottery figurines 132
Taxonomy 132
La Venta figurine collections 139
Miscellaneous objects of pottery 141
Utilitarian work in stone 144
Ornamental worked stone 146
Chronology 147
Part II: The sculptor's art 152
The small carvings 153
Figurines representing human beings 153
Earplugs 160
Pendants for earplugs (?) 162
Pendants (other) 162
Hematite pendants 163
Crystal pendant 164
Small flares 164
Celts 164
Beads 166
Objects of unknown use 168
Manufacturing techniques 172
The stone monuments 173
Stylistic characters of the sculptures 185
Representations of the human form 185
Jaguar-monsters and jaguars 192
Bird-monsters and birds 194
Other faunal themes 195
Miscellaneous features 196
Floral motifs 196
Decorative elements 197
Summary of stylistic features 200
Areal relationships of the art style 204
Southern Veracruz and adjacent regions 204
Central Veracruz 215
The Maya area: The Petén 217
The Maya area: The Guatemala Highland 221
Pacific coast of Chiapas, Guatemala, and El Salvador 222
The Maya area: Yucatán 224
Oaxaca 225
The Central Mexican Highland 227
Conclusions as to areal relationships 230
Summary 231
Appendix: Technological analyses , by Anna O. Shepard 234
Upper Tres Zapotes Fine Paste sherds 234
Middle Tres Zapotes Fine Paste sherds 238
La Venta Fine Paste sherds 239
Bibliography 241
Index 249
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