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<p>the Mimbres People Of Southwest New Mexico Lived From A.d. 200 Until The 1100s, And Are Best Known For Their Distinctive Painted Pottery That Incorporate Sophisticated Abstract And Representational Images. Archaeologist Leblanc Of The Peabody Museum Outlines Harriet & Burton Cosgrove's Excavation Of The Swarts Ranch Ruin In The 1920s, And Provides A Brief History Of The Mimbres People, Information On Their Daily Life, Their Pottery And Its Painted Imagery, And Speculates About What Happened To Make The Mimbres People Disappear. Over 25 Full-page Color Plates Display The Painted Pottery, Including Some Never-before Published Examples. No Subject Index. Distributed By Harvard University Press. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, Or</p> <h3>archaeology</h3> <p>stephen Leblanc's <i>painted By A Distant Hand</i> Is A Slim But Informative Volume Inspired By A Two-year-long Exhibit Of Mimbres (a.d. 200-1100) Pottery At Harvard's Peabody Museum...leblanc Discusses The Meaning Of The Pottery's Figurative Imagery And Abstract Patterns, The Artists Who Created Them (most Likely Women), And What They Indicate About Daily Life, All In Clear, Straightforward Prose.</p>
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- Author
- Steven A. LeBlanc
- Publisher
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology ; John Wiley [distributor
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780873654029
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Art, History, Crafts & Hobbies
- Rating
- 4.7 / 5 (28 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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