Manual De Historia Y Arte De La America Antigua Manual of History and Art of Old America: Pensamiento Y Obra (Spanish Edition)

Title from eBook title screen (viewed on Jan. 3, 2005). Fundamental analysis of the historic, ideological and aesthetic main concepts of the Pre-Columbian cultures, reflecting on 3 thousand years of evolution from the nomad hunters to the intellectual and cultural achievements of the Prehispanic American civilizations. The book is divided in 4 geographical areas (North America, Mesoamerica, Central America and South America) and each region in 4 historical ages: Archaic, Pre-Classic (or Early), Classic and late and mid Post-Classic and two imperial sub-periods: the Aztec in Mesoamerica and the Incas in the Central Andes. Includes a chronology of the hegemonic cultures of each region and an aesthetics glossary