2001
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2001
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2001 New York Public Library Best Reference
2001
Choice Outstanding Academic Title
Edited by Davíd Carrasco
Over 600 articles
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures is the first comprehensive reference source to chronicle Pre-Hispanic, colonial, and modern Mesoamerica, defined as the lands stretching from Mexico to the southern tip of Central America. With more than 600 articles, it is invaluable for those interested in the rich heritage of this land. Encompassing the great civilizations of the pre-Columbian era (including the Olmec, Aztec, and Maya peoples) up through the colonial and postcolonial periods, the Encyclopedia covers art, archaeology, religious studies, anthropology, history, and historiography of the region in fully cross-referenced, signed articles by the leading scholars in the discipline.
Now teaching at Harvard Divinity School, Editor in Chief Davíd Carrasco was Professor of the History of Religions and Director of the Raphael and Fletcher Lee Moses Mesoamerican Archive at Princeton University when the Encyclopedia first appeared in print.
e-reference edition ISBN: 0195188438
Print edition ISBN: 0195108159
Print edition publication date: March 2001
Publishing history: First published in 2001
Copyright: © 2006 Oxford University Press
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