Author: International Congress of Americanists
Title: Actes du XLII Congrès International des Américanistes. Volume VII
Description: Paris, Société des Américanistes, 1979. orig.wrappers. 24x15cm, 466 pp.. Textual illustrations.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contains 39 papers in French, English, German & Spanish concerning 'le dé chiffrement des écritures mésoaméricaines" [ Nahua, Techialoyan, Otomi, Mixteca, Maya] & "Methodological Approaches to Pre-Columbian Art" [ including "Garments as Symbolic Language in Mochica Art; The Identification of Workshops, Schools & Hands at Yaxchilan, a Classic Maya Site in Mexico; La pintura mural de Caxcaxtla; La proporcion armónica en la escultura monumental olmeca; Método para la clasificación de la escultura monumental prehispánica; Masterpieces in Pre-Columbian Art; Methodology in the Study of Pre-Columbian Art; Representation of Smoking in Ancient Maya Art; The Palenque Triad: A Visual & Glyphic Approach; Teotihuacan Symbols: The Firegod Complex; Methods Used in Recording Sculptural Art at Peaenque; Cacaxtla: los murales y la investigatión arqueologica]

Keywords: New World Archeology, Pre-Columbian, Central America, Language, Literature, Archaeology, Maya Mayan Otomi, Literary History, Art History