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Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico
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Elizabeth P Benson (Editor), Beatriz De La Fuente (Editor), Beatriz De La Fuente
The catalogue of an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in the summer of 1995, the first comprehensive show devoted to Olmec art in the United States. Over 120 pieces are represented, including 17 monumental sculptures from Mexican museums and archaeological sites.
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Atlas of ancient America
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Michael D. Coe, Elizabeth P. Benson, Dean R. Snow
Text, illustrations, and maps survey the history, art, and archaeology of the original cultures native to North, Central, and South America.
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Death and the Afterlife in Pre-Columbian America
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Elizabeth P Benson (Editor)
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Maya World
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Elizabeth P Benson (Editor)
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Museums of the Andes
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Elizabeth P. Benson, William J. Conklin
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Ancient America
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Michael D Coe, Dean Snow, Elizabeth Benson
Text, illustrations, and maps survey the history, art, and archaeology of the original cultures native to North, Central, and South America.
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The Junius B. Bird Pre-Columbian Textile Conference
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Ann Pollard Rowe (Editor), Elizabeth P Benson (Editor), Anne-Louise Schaffer (Editor)
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An annotated bibliography of U.S. scholarship on the history of the family
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Elizabeth Benson-Von Der Ohe, Elizabeth Benson Ohe, Valmari M Mason
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Pre-Columbian Art
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Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Elizabeth P. Benson (Editor), Robert Woods Bliss Collection Of Pre-Col
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Mesoamerican Writing Systems
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Elizabeth P Benson
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Ritual Sacrifice in Ancient Peru
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Elizabeth P Benson (Editor), Anita G Cook (Editor)
Propitiating the supernatural forces that could grant bountiful crops or wipe out whole villages through natural disasters was a sacred duty in ancient Peruvian societies, as in many pre-modern cultures. Ritual sacrifices were considered necessary for this propitiation and for maintaining a proper reciprocal relationship between humans and the ...
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The Mochica: a culture of Peru
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Elizabeth P. Benson
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The Olmec and Their Neighbors: Essays in Memory of Matthew W. Stirling
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Michael D Coe, David C Grove, Elizabeth P Benson (Editor)
Twenty-one papers on the Olmec were written for this volume in tribute to Matthew W. Stirling, "pioneer archaeologist, ethnologist, and the discoverer of the Olmec civilization."
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Three Maya relief panels at Dumbarton Oaks
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Michael D. Coe, Elizabeth P. Benson
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My Sister, My Sorrow
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Elizabeth Benson
Beth Manning's older sister, Janna, is perfect. At least that's how it seems to Beth. More than anything else, Beth wishes for something to make her as special as Janna. Then, after her 14th birthday, Beth gets her wish in a terrible way: she develops leukemia. Eventually, Beth is able to show her sister and herself that perfection isn't nearly as ...
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The Cult of the feline; a conference in pre-Columbian iconography, October 31st and November 1st, 1970.
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Elizabeth P. Benson, Dumbarton Oaks
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Art of the Andes : pre-Columbian sculptured and painted ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler collections
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Paul A. Clifford, Elizabeth P. Benson, Lois Katz, Edinburgh City Art Centre, Bayley Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Foundation
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Chaucer's Religious Tales
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C David Benson (Editor), Elizabeth Robertson (Editor)
These thirteen essays by distinguished Chaucerians deal with the most neglected genre of the 'Canterbury Tales', the religious tales. Although the prose works are also discussed, the primary focus of the volume is on Chaucer's four poems in rhyme royal: the 'Clerk's Tale', the 'Man of Law's Tale', the 'Second Nun's Tale' and the 'Prioress's Tale'. ...
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An Olmec Figure at Dumbarton Oaks
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Elizabeth P. Benson
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Mesoamerican Sites and World-Views: A Conference at Dumbarton Oaks, October 16th and 17th, 1976
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Elizabeth P. Benson (Editor)
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Maya Iconography
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Elizabeth P Benson, Gillett G Griffin (Editor)
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The True Story of Saint Nicholas
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Rebecca Benson Haskell, Elizabeth Durham Goodhue (Illustrator)
Santa Claus is real. His name comes from the Dutch colloquial "Sinterklaas," a short way of saying Sint Nicolaas. This charming book, ideal for under the Christmas tree, is the result of the effort of a great-grandmother from Marblehead, Massachusetts to tell her family about the real Santa Claus, a Christian saint born around 260 AD, known to ...
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Birds and Beasts of Ancient Latin America
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Elizabeth P Benson, Susan Milbrath (Foreword by)
Drawing on an extensive set of images, this text examines the practical, ritual, and mythic importance of animals in pre-Columbian life and thought as well as the meanings that animals still have for the modern descendants of those indigenous peoples.
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First and Second Marriages
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Elizabeth Benson-Von Der Ohe
This book is a pathbreaking longitudinal study that provides in-depth information about the lives of middle class second-marriage couples. Focusing on marital happiness, husband-wife equality, dual career problems, and children, the author followed 156 couples for three to four years, interviewing both spouses and analyzing the data according to ...
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Retratos: 2,000 Years of Latin American Portraits
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Elizabeth P Benson
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