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Olmec art of ancient Mexico

by Elizabeth P. Benson, Beatriz de la Fuente, Marcia Castro-Leal Espino, Richard A. Diehl, Peter David Joralemon, Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, Mari Carmen Serra Puche

An examination of the art and culture of ancient Mexico's Olmec civilisation, featuring essays by specialists and photographs of monumental sculptures and small-scale stone objects that offer insights into their history, cosmology and daily life.

Accession 278 ISBN 9780810963283 Publisher National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
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