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Contributions to American Anthropology and History, Vol. IX (Nos. 44–47)

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Contributions to American Anthropology and History, Vol. IX (Nos. 44–47)
Full titleContributions to American Anthropology and History, Vol. IX, Nos. 44–47 (Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 574)
AuthorJ. Eric S. Thompson, Lila M. O'Neale, Robert S. Chamberlain, Anna O. Shepard
Published1948
Pages293
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Why it’s on the listA 1948 Carnegie Institution of Washington volume gathering four monographs from its Mesoamerican and Southwestern research program — Maya-region archaeology, pre-Columbian textiles, Spanish colonial administration, and a classic study of symmetry in ceramic design.

Contributions to American Anthropology and History, Vol. IX (Nos. 44–47)

Where I heard about it

  • Saved link, October 2026 — an AbeBooks listing (ex-library hardcover, 293 pages with plates, Carothers and Carothers, Albany, CA).

Contents

Per the listing:

  • No. 44 — J. Eric S. Thompson, An Archaeological Reconnaissance in the Cotzumalhuapa Region, Escuintla, Guatemala.
  • No. 45 — Lila M. O’Neale, Textiles of Pre-Columbian Chihuahua.
  • No. 46 — Robert S. Chamberlain, The Governorship of the Adelantado Francisco de Montejo in Chiapas, 1539–1544.
  • No. 47 — Anna O. Shepard, The Symmetry of Abstract Design, with Special Reference to Ceramic Decoration (the listing misspells her name “Shepar”).

Connections

  • No existing wiki pages on Mesoamerican archaeology yet.
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