Resources on the World Wide Web

http://www.differentworld.com/mexico/common/pages/history.htm

Art history, High School reading level, this page contains a timeline of Mexican culture with a comparison to that of Rome, includes links throughout, from a Mexican Tourist Bureau

 

http://indy4.fdl.cc.mn.us/~isk/maya/maya.html

Archaeology and cultural anthropology, High School reading level,"The Maya Pages-Past and Present", organized by topic, no information directly related to this object

 

Resources in Print

Berjonneau, Gérald and Jean-Louis Sonnery. Precolumbian Art: Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras. Boulogne, France: Editions Arts, 1985.

Eckholm, Gordon F. and Luis Aveleyra Arroyo de Anda. "Clay Sculpture from Jaina." Natural History 74, no. 4 (1966): 311-317.

Smith, Bradley. Mexico: A History in Art. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, 1968.

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Search the ArtsConnectEd database, a joint project of The Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Walker Art Center. By choosing one of the words below, you will be searching through the artworks, library records, educational materials, and more.

Maya, clay, ceramic, sculpture, Mexico, Jaina, archeology, archaeology, dignitary, pottery, tomb, clay

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