Indian art -- Central America
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- Pre-Columbian art
- Precolumbian art
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Before Cortés: Sculpture of Middle America (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1970), by Elizabeth Kennedy Easby and John F. Scott, contrib. by Thomas Hoving and Dudley T. Easby (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)
- Ecology and the Arts in Ancient Panama: On the Development of Social Rank and Symbolism in the Central Province, by Olga F. Linares (PDF with commentary at doaks.org)
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Filed under: Indian art -- Canada -- 21st century- Coded Territories: Tracing Indigenous Pathways in New Media Art (Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2014), ed. by Steve Loft and Kerry Swanson, contrib. by Archer Pechawis, Jackson 2bears, Jason Edward Lewis, Steven Foster, Candice Hopkins, and Cheryl L'Hirondelle (PDF at University of Calgary)
- The Writing on the Wall: The Work of Joane Cardinal-Schubert (Calgary: University of Calgary Press, c2017), ed. by Lindsey V. Sharman (PDF files with commentary at University of Calgary)
- Masterworks from the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art: Distributed by H. N. Abrams, c1992), contrib. by Frederick J. Dockstader (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)
- Catalogue of an Exhibition of Objects of Indigenous American Art (London: Priv. print. for the Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1920), by Burlington Fine Arts Club, contrib. by Charles Hercules Read and Thomas Athol Joyce
- Before Cortés: Sculpture of Middle America (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1970), by Elizabeth Kennedy Easby and John F. Scott, contrib. by Thomas Hoving and Dudley T. Easby (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)
- Native Paths: American Indian Art from the Collection of Charles and Valerie Diker (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1998), ed. by Allen Wardwell, contrib. by Janet Catherine Berlo, Bruce Bernstein, Ted J. Brasser, N. Scott Momaday, and W. Richard West (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)
- Color and Shape in American Indian Art (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983), by Zena Pearlstone (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)
- Mastercraftsmen of Ancient Peru (New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 1968), by Alan R. Sawyer (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Before Cortés: Sculpture of Middle America (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1970), by Elizabeth Kennedy Easby and John F. Scott, contrib. by Thomas Hoving and Dudley T. Easby (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)
- Native Paths: American Indian Art from the Collection of Charles and Valerie Diker (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1998), ed. by Allen Wardwell, contrib. by Janet Catherine Berlo, Bruce Bernstein, Ted J. Brasser, N. Scott Momaday, and W. Richard West (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)
- Decorative Art of the Southwestern Indians (New York: Dover Publications, 1961), by Dorothy Smith Sides, contrib. by Clarice Martin Smith and Frederick Webb Hodge (page images at HathiTrust)
- Stone Ornaments Used by Indians in the United States and Canada: Being a Description of Certain Charm Stones, Gorgets, Tubes, Bird Stones and Problematical Forms (Andover, MA: The Andover Press, 1917), by Warren K. Moorehead, contrib. by Arthur C. Parker and Edward Higginson Williams
- Thème Décoratif de la Double Courbe Dans l'Art des Algonquins du Nord-Est (in French; Ottawa: Ministère des Mines, Commission Géologique, 1915), by Frank G. Speck (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- The Bird-Stone Ceremonial (Saranac Lake : A. I. Vosburgh, 1899), by Warren K. Moorehead (page images at HathiTrust)
- Native Paths: American Indian Art from the Collection of Charles and Valerie Diker (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1998), ed. by Allen Wardwell, contrib. by Janet Catherine Berlo, Bruce Bernstein, Ted J. Brasser, N. Scott Momaday, and W. Richard West (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)
- The Decorative Art of the Indians of the North Pacific Coast, by Franz Boas (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Native Paths: American Indian Art from the Collection of Charles and Valerie Diker (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1998), ed. by Allen Wardwell, contrib. by Janet Catherine Berlo, Bruce Bernstein, Ted J. Brasser, N. Scott Momaday, and W. Richard West (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)
- El Uso de las Cabezas Humanas Artificialmente Momificadas y su Representación en el Antiguo Arte Peruano (doctoral thesis in Spanish; Lima: E. R. Villaran, ca. 1918), by Julio C. Tello (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Memoir of an Eventful Expedition in Central America, Resulting in the Discovery of the Idolatrous City of Iximaya, in an Unexplored Region, and the Possession of Two Remarkable Aztec Children (New York: E. F. Applegate, 1850), contrib. by Pedro Velasquez (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Memoir of an Eventful Expedition in Central America, Resulting in the Discovery of the Idolatrous City of Iximaya, in an Unexplored Region, and the Possession of Two Remarkable Aztec Children (New York: Printed by J. W. Bell, 1850), contrib. by Pedro Velasquez
- Lifeways in the Northern Maya Lowlands: New Approaches to Archaeology in the Yucatán Peninsula (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, c2006), ed. by Jennifer P. Mathews and Bethany A. Morrison (multiple formats with commentary at Open Arizona)
- Political Strategies in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica (Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado, 2016), ed. by Sarah Kurnick and Joanne Baron
- Before Cortés: Sculpture of Middle America (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1970), by Elizabeth Kennedy Easby and John F. Scott, contrib. by Thomas Hoving and Dudley T. Easby (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)
- Before Kukulkán: Bioarchaeology of Maya Life, Death, and Identity at Classic Period Yaxuná (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, c2017), by Vera Tiesler, Andrea Cucina, Travis W. Stanton, and David A. Freidel, contrib. by Traci Ardren (page images with commentary at Arizona)
- Ancient Maya Commerce: Multidisciplinary Research at Chunchucmil (Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado, 2017), ed. by Scott Hutson (PDF files at Project MUSE)
- Archaeological Reconnaissance in Campeche, Quintana Roo, and Peten (Carnegie Institution of Washington publication #543; 1943), by Karl Ruppert and John Hopkins Denison (page images at HathiTrust)
- Queen Móo and the Egyptian Sphinx (London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner and Co., 1896), by Augustus Le Plongeon
- Queen Móo and the Egyptian Sphinx (second edition; New York: The author; London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner and Co., 1900), by Augustus Le Plongeon
- Uaxactun, Guatemala, Group E, 1926-1931 (Carnegie Institution of Washington publication #477, 1937), by O. G. Ricketson and Edith Bayles Ricketson, contrib. by Monroe Amsden, A. Ledyard Smith, and H. E. D. Pollock (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Temple of the Warriors at Chichen Itzá, Yucatan (Carnegie Institution of Washington publication #406, 2 volumes; 1931), by Earl Halstead Morris, Jean Charlot, and Ann Axtell Morris (both volumes: page images at HathiTrust)
- Description of the Ruins of an Ancient City, Discovered Near Palenque, in the Kingdom of Guatemala, in Spanish America: Translated From the Original Manuscript Report of Captain Don Antonio del Rio; Followed by Teatro Critico Americano, or, A Critical Investigation and Research Into the History of the Americans (London: H. Berthoud, 1922), by Antonio del Río and Paul Felix Cabrera, illust. by Frédéric de Waldeck (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Guide to the Maudslay Collection of Maya Sculptures (Casts and Originals) From Central America (London: Printed by order of the British Museum trustees, 1923), by Thomas Athol Joyce, contrib. by Alfred Percival Maudslay and R. L. Hobson
- Relaciones de Yucatán (2 volumes in Spanish; Madrid: Sucesores de Rivadeneyra, 1898-1900), ed. by José María Asensio, contrib. by Diego de Landa
- Relation des Choses de Yucatan de Diego de Landa: Texte Espagnol et Traduction Française en Regard, Comprenant les Signes du Calendrier et de l'Alphabet Hiéroglyphique de la Langue Maya (Collection de Documents Dans les Langues Indigenes v3, in Spanish and French; Paris: A. Bertrand, 1864), by Diego de Landa, contrib. by abbé Brasseur de Bourbourg
- Sacred Mysteries Among the Mayas and the Quiches, 11,500 Years Ago: Their Relation to the Sacred Mysteries of Egypt, Greece, Chaldea and India; Free Masonry in Times Anterior to the Temple of Solomon (New York: R. Macoy, 1886), by Augustus Le Plongeon
- Sacred Mysteries Among the Mayas and the Quiches, 11,500 Years Ago: Their Relation to the Sacred Mysteries of Egypt, Greece, Chaldea and India; Freemasonry in Times Anterior to the Temple of Solomon (third edition; New York: Macoy Pub. and Masonic Supply Co., 1909), by Augustus Le Plongeon
- Excavations at San Jose, British Honduras (Carnegie Institution of Washington publication #506, 1939), by J. Eric S. Thompson, contrib. by Anna Osler Shepard (page images at HathiTrust)
- Modern Maya Houses: A Study of Their Archaeological Significance (Carnegie Institution of Washington publication #502; 1938), by Robert Wauchope (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Preliminary Study of the Ruins of Cobá, Quintana Roo, Mexico (Carnegie Institution of Washington publication #424, 1932), by J. Eric S. Thompson, H. E. D. Pollock, and Jean Charlot (page images at HathiTrust)
- Atlantis in America (London: E. Benn Ltd., 1925), by Lewis Spence
- A Comparative Study of The Mayas and the Lacandones (New York and London: Macmillan and Co., for Archaeological Institute of America, 1907), by Alfred M. Tozzer
- Monuments Anciens du Mexique: Palenqué et Autres Ruines de l'Ancienne Civilisation du Mexique (in French; Paris: A Bertrand, 1866), by abbé Brasseur de Bourbourg, illust. by Frédéric de Waldeck (page images at Gallica)
- Notes on the Bibliography of Yucatan and Central America, Comprising Yucatan, Chiapas, Guatemala (the Ruins of Palenque, Ocosingo, and Copan), and Oaxaca (Ruins of Mitla): A List of Some of the Writers on This Subject From the Sixteenth Century to the Present Time (reprinted from Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society; Worcester: Press of C. Hamilton, 1881), by Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier
- The Hill-Caves of Yucatan: A Search for Evidence of Man's Antiquity in the Caverns of Central America: Being an Account of the Corwith Expedition of the Department of Archaeology and Palaeontology of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1896), by Henry C. Mercer (page images at HathiTrust)
- Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan (2 volumes; London: J. Murray, 1841-2), by John L. Stephens, contrib. by Frederick Catherwood
- The Mexican Calendar Stone; Terra Cotta Figure From Isla Mujeres, Northeast Coast of Yucatan; Archaelogical Communication on Yucatan; Notes on Yucatan (Worcester: Press of C. Hamilton, 1879), ed. by Stephen Salisbury, contrib. by Philipp J. J. Valentini, Augustus Le Plongeon, and Alice D. Le Plongeon
- Yucatán: Artículos Amenos Acerca de su Historia, Leyendas, Usos y Costumbres, Evolución Social, etc., etc. (in Spanish; Merida: A. F. Salazar, 1913)
- The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft (39 volumes, published 1882-1890), by Hubert Howe Bancroft (multiple formats at archive.org)
- White Indians of Darien (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, c1934), by Richard Oglesby Marsh (page images at HathiTrust)
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