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The Aztec Confederacy 51
Architecture -- Sculpture -- Painting
4. THE GULF COAST 64
The Olmec Style 64
Instrumental Forms -- Colossal Heads -- Relief Sculpture -- Figurines of Clay
and Jade
The Central Coast 71
Architecture -- Stone Sculpture -- Clay Figurines and Heads
The Huasteca 80
5. SOUTHERN MEXICO 82
The Classic Zapotec Style 83
Architecture -- Stone Sculpture -- Clay Sculpture -- Wall Painting
The Mixtecs 90
Mitla -- The Marriage Reliefs -- Murals -- Painted Books and Maps -- Ceramics
6. WESTERN MEXICO 106
The Stone-workers of Guerrero 106
The Potters of Colima, Jalisco, and Nayarit 108
Michoacán 110
The Northern Plateaus 113
Part Two
The Maya and their Neighbours
7. THE MAYA TRADITION: ARCHITECTURE 115
Classic Maya 115
Geographical Divisions -- Temporal Divisions
Classic Architecture 122
The Petén -- The River Cities -- The Dry Forest: Río Bec -- The Well
Country: Los Chenes -- The Hill Country: the Puuc
8. THE MAYA TRADITION: SCULPTURE AND PAINTING 151
Sculpture 151
Figural Reliefs -- Jades -- Pottery
Architectural Decoration 160
Painting 164
Pottery Painting

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Art and Architecture of Ancient America: The Mexican, Maya, and Andean Peoples. Contributors: George Kubler - author. Publisher: Penguin Books. Place of Publication: Baltimore, MD. Publication Year: 1962. Page Number: viii.
    
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