The Mining of Gems and Ornamental Stones by American Indians
Title | The Mining of Gems and Ornamental Stones by American Indians PDF eBook |
Author | Sydney Hobart Ball |
Publisher | |
Pages | 106 |
Release | 1941 |
Genre | Indians of North America |
ISBN |
Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volumes 2 and 3
Title | Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volumes 2 and 3 PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Wauchope |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Pages | 1099 |
Release | 2014-01-07 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1477306579 |
Archaeology of Southern Mesoamerica comprises the second and third volumes in the Handbook of Middle American Indians, published in cooperation with the Middle American Research Institute of Tulane University under the general editorship of Robert Wauchope (1909–1979). The volume editor is Gordon R. Willey (1913–2002), Bowditch Professor of Mexican and Central American Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University. Volumes Two and Three, with more than 700 illustrations, contain archaeological syntheses, followed by special articles on settlement patterns, architecture, funerary practices, ceramics, artifacts, sculpture, painting, figurines, jades, textiles, minor arts, calendars, hieroglyphic writing, and native societies at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Guatemala highlands, the southern Maya lowlands, the Pacific coast of Guatemala, Chiapas, the upper Grijalva basin, southern Veracruz, Tabasco, and Oaxaca. The Handbook of Middle American Indians was assembled and edited at the Middle American Research Institute of Tulane University with the assistance of grants from the National Science Foundation and under the sponsorship of the National Research Council Committee on Latin American Anthropology.
Jewelry & Gems The Buying Guide
Title | Jewelry & Gems The Buying Guide PDF eBook |
Author | Antoinette Matlins |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 186 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9401174636 |
to this edition In working with my own clients to acquire gemstones and jewelry since this book was first published in 1984, they have pointed out that most people buy "jewelry" and not "gemstones." Because the book offers so much practical advice and money-saving tips about buying jewelry, they urged me to change the title. So, in this edition The Complete Guide to Buying Gems has been changed to Jewelry & Gems: The Buying Guide. Consumer and professional response to the book has been very gratifying. Almost 14,000 hardcover copies are in circulation. We have received hundreds of letters, phone calls and in-person comments about the helpfulness and interesting information it provides. We thank you for encouraging us to make the book more widely available by bringing out this softcover edition. We have taken the opportunity of this softcover edition to update the price guides for diamonds and colored gemstones and, in light of the increase in both the popularity and price of pearls, to add a price guide for them in the "Guide to Popular Gems and Their Prices." Also, we want to take this opportunity to comment further on gem invest ment, taking into account major developments since the original manuscript was written in 1980.
Indian Handcrafts
Title | Indian Handcrafts PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs |
Publisher | |
Pages | 156 |
Release | |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Dictionary of Gems and Gemology
Title | Dictionary of Gems and Gemology PDF eBook |
Author | Robert M. Shipley |
Publisher | Read Books Ltd |
Pages | 271 |
Release | 2011-03-23 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1446547019 |
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Report
Title | Report PDF eBook |
Author | American Geological Institute |
Publisher | |
Pages | 448 |
Release | 1950 |
Genre | Geology |
ISBN |
Restoring a Presence
Title | Restoring a Presence PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Nabokov |
Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
Pages | 401 |
Release | 2016-01-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 080615408X |
Placing American Indians in the center of the story, Restoring a Presence relates an entirely new history of Yellowstone National Park. Although new laws have been enacted giving American Indians access to resources on public lands, Yellowstone historically has excluded Indians and their needs from its mission. Each of the other flagship national parks—Glacier, Yosemite, Mesa Verde, and Grand Canyon—has had successful long-term relationships with American Indian groups even as it has sought to emulate Yellowstone in other dimensions of national park administration. In the first comprehensive account of Indians in and around Yellowstone, Peter Nabokov and Lawrence Loendorf seek to correct this administrative disparity. Drawing from archaeological records, Indian testimony, tribal archives, and collections of early artifacts from the Park, the authors trace the interactions of nearly a dozen Indian groups with each of Yellowstone’s four geographic regions. Restoring a Presence is illustrated with historical and contemporary photographs and maps and features narratives on subjects ranging from traditional Indian uses of plant, mineral, and animal resources to conflicts involving the Nez Perce, Bannock, and Sheep Eater peoples. By considering the many roles Indians have played in the complex history of the Yellowstone region, authors Nabokov and Loendorf provide a basis on which the National Park Service and other federal agencies can develop more effective relationships with Indian groups in the Yellowstone region.