by Elizabeth Benson, Michael D. Coe, Dean R. Snow · Folio Pub. Corp. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475831671
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«América Antigua - Atlas Culturales» is the cultural atlas by Elizabeth Benson, Michael D. Coe and Dean R. Snow, published by Folio Pub. Corp. in paperback.
A reference work covering the main pre-Columbian civilizations of the Americas, from the Olmec and Maya to the Inca and Aztec. It combines texts on art, architecture, religion and social organization with color illustrations and maps, offering a panoramic view of pre-Columbian America.
The book belongs to the Cultural Atlases of the World collection and was published in 1989; it has 240 pages, text in Spanish, bibliography, index of place names and analytical index.
For students, travelers and readers interested in the history and art of pre-Columbian America.
Michael Douglas Coe was an American archaeologist, anthropologist, epigrapher, and author. He is known for his research on pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, particularly the Maya, and was among the foremost Mayanists of the late twentieth century. He specialised in comparative studies of ancient tropical forest civilizations, such as those of Central America and Southeast Asia. He held the chair of Charles J. MacCurdy Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus, Yale University, and was curator emeritus of the Anthropology collection in the Peabody Museum of Natural History, where he had been curator from 1968 to 1994.
