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• catalog abstract ""Monumental work that includes detailed studies of jade from across Central and South America is divided into three parts. Pt. 1 includes eight chapters on geology and minerology; Pt. 2, eight chapters on cultural contexts; and Pt. 3, six chapters on artifacts. Of special note is that the Motagua Valley of Guatemala remains the only known source of jadeite for the entire region. Invaluable compendium for archaeologists working in the region who have recovered jade from their sites"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas".
• catalog contributor b4251881.
• catalog coverage "Central America Antiquities Congresses.".
• catalog created "c1993.".
• catalog date "1993".
• catalog date "c1993.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
• catalog description ""Monumental work that includes detailed studies of jade from across Central and South America is divided into three parts. Pt. 1 includes eight chapters on geology and minerology; Pt. 2, eight chapters on cultural contexts; and Pt. 3, six chapters on artifacts. Of special note is that the Motagua Valley of Guatemala remains the only known source of jadeite for the entire region. Invaluable compendium for archaeologists working in the region who have recovered jade from their sites"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas".
• catalog description "Formal classification of prehistoric Costa Rican jade : a first approximation / Frederick W. Lange -- The media of ritual / Jane Stevenson Day -- Summary / Frederick W. Lange, Ronald L. Bishop.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-374) and index.".
• catalog description "Introduction / Frederick W. Lange -- Middle American jade : geologic and petrologic perspectives on variability and source / George E. Harlow -- Compositional and structural characterization of Maya and Costa Rican jadeitites / Ronald L. Bishop, Edward V. Sayre, Joan Mishara -- A possible source of raw material for the Costa Rican lapidary industry / Margarita Reynoard de Ruenes -- Jades in the Jade Museum, Instituto Nacional de Seguros, San José, Costa Rica / Zulay Soto -- Visible and near-infrared spectroscopy for jade artifact analysis / Brian Curtiss -- The enigma of jade, with mineralogical reference to Central American source materials / Phoebe L. Hauff -- Mesoamerican jade : surface changes caused by natural weathering / Leoncio A. Garza-Valdés -- Sources of Maya and Central American jadeitites : data bases and interpretations : a summary / Ronald L. Bishop, Frederick W. Lange -- The beginning of classic Maya jade carving in the southeast / Elizabeth Easby -- ".
• catalog description "Jade and jade objects in Precolmbian Costa Rica / Doris Z. Stone -- The jade Ahau : toward a theory of commodity value in Maya civilization / David A. Freidel -- The cultural context of jade artifacts from the Maya site of Cerros, Belize / James F. Garber -- Ancient currency : the style and use of jade and marble carvings in central Honduras / Kenneth G. Hirth, Susan Grant Hirth -- The context of jade in Costa Rica / Juan Vicente Guerrero M. -- Formative Guerrero and its jade / Gillett G. Griffin -- Jade use in portion sof Mexico and Central America : Olmec, Maya, Costa Rica, and Honduras--a summary / James F. Garber, David C. Grove, Kenneth G. Hirth, John W. Hoopes -- Iconography of a greenstone celt / Kornelia Kurbjuhn -- The jade mirror : an Olmec concave jadeite pendant / John B. Carlson -- The Izapa style and the Tibas jade / Lee A. Parsons -- Precolumbian soft stone carvings foiund in Costa Rica / Carlos Balser -- ".
• catalog extent "xix, 378 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Precolumbian jade.".
• catalog identifier "0874803934 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Precolumbian jade.".
• catalog issued "1993".
• catalog issued "c1993.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press,".
• catalog relation "Precolumbian jade.".
• catalog spatial "Central America Antiquities Congresses.".
• catalog spatial "Central America".
• catalog spatial "Costa Rica".
• catalog subject "730/.09728 20".
• catalog subject "F1434 .P7 1993".
• catalog subject "Indians of Central America Antiquities Congresses.".
• catalog subject "Jade Central America Congresses.".
• catalog subject "Jade Costa Rica Congresses.".
• catalog subject "Jade art objects Central America Congresses.".
• catalog subject "Mayas Antiquities Congresses.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Formal classification of prehistoric Costa Rican jade : a first approximation / Frederick W. Lange -- The media of ritual / Jane Stevenson Day -- Summary / Frederick W. Lange, Ronald L. Bishop.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Introduction / Frederick W. Lange -- Middle American jade : geologic and petrologic perspectives on variability and source / George E. Harlow -- Compositional and structural characterization of Maya and Costa Rican jadeitites / Ronald L. Bishop, Edward V. Sayre, Joan Mishara -- A possible source of raw material for the Costa Rican lapidary industry / Margarita Reynoard de Ruenes -- Jades in the Jade Museum, Instituto Nacional de Seguros, San José, Costa Rica / Zulay Soto -- Visible and near-infrared spectroscopy for jade artifact analysis / Brian Curtiss -- The enigma of jade, with mineralogical reference to Central American source materials / Phoebe L. Hauff -- Mesoamerican jade : surface changes caused by natural weathering / Leoncio A. Garza-Valdés -- Sources of Maya and Central American jadeitites : data bases and interpretations : a summary / Ronald L. Bishop, Frederick W. Lange -- The beginning of classic Maya jade carving in the southeast / Elizabeth Easby -- ".
• catalog tableOfContents "Jade and jade objects in Precolmbian Costa Rica / Doris Z. Stone -- The jade Ahau : toward a theory of commodity value in Maya civilization / David A. Freidel -- The cultural context of jade artifacts from the Maya site of Cerros, Belize / James F. Garber -- Ancient currency : the style and use of jade and marble carvings in central Honduras / Kenneth G. Hirth, Susan Grant Hirth -- The context of jade in Costa Rica / Juan Vicente Guerrero M. -- Formative Guerrero and its jade / Gillett G. Griffin -- Jade use in portion sof Mexico and Central America : Olmec, Maya, Costa Rica, and Honduras--a summary / James F. Garber, David C. Grove, Kenneth G. Hirth, John W. Hoopes -- Iconography of a greenstone celt / Kornelia Kurbjuhn -- The jade mirror : an Olmec concave jadeite pendant / John B. Carlson -- The Izapa style and the Tibas jade / Lee A. Parsons -- Precolumbian soft stone carvings foiund in Costa Rica / Carlos Balser -- ".
• catalog title "Precolumbian jade : new geological and cultural interpretations / edited by Frederick W. Lange.".
• catalog type "Conference proceedings. fast".
• catalog type "text".