Lavishly illustrated in full color and black and white, this handsome reference provides a broad survey of the rich artistic heritage of pre-Columbian North and South America. Meticulously researched by archaeologists and anthropologists, the set features dramatic close-ups of engraved rock artifacts, cave paintings, pottery, and inscribed and sculpted bones. Covering the entire two continents from present-day Canada in the far north through Central America and down to the Andes Mountains and Patagonia in the south, it is a stunning visual and written record of the great variety of artworks created by Neolithic American peoples over many millennia.

    Chapter I INTRODUCTION Chapter II HUNTERS AND GATHERERS IN PALEOLITHIC AND MID-PALEOLITHIC TIMES Chapter III HUNTERS AND GATHERERS OF THE ANDES (8000-1500 B.C.E.) Chapter IV NEOLITHIC AMERICA Chapter V CAVE ART OF EARLY FARMERS, EARLY POTTERS, AND LATE HUNTERS: AN OVERVIEW OF THE REGION Part 1: NORTH AMERICA Part 2: CENTRAL AMERICA, THE CARIBBEAN, AND THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN AMAZON Part 3: THE ANDEAN AREA Part 4: EASTERN AND SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA

    Biography

    Juan Schobinger