essay
Early art styles of Mesoamerica and early Classic Maya art
origins of maya civilization • Albuquerque • Published In 1977 • Pages: 249-283
By: Quirarte, Jacinto.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this chapter, Quirarte examines the historical relationships among different design elements found in Olmec, Izapan, and Maya art. He also comments on and compares the art styles of these three major Mesoamerican cultures.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Comparative evidence
- Visual arts
- Spirits and gods
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Preclassic Maya
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2001
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Maya Area
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Antiquarian
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 3300-1700 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- eastern Mesoamerica
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jacinto Quirarte
- For bibliographical references see document number 1:Anonymous
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 76057537
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities