Pre-Columbian Art & Pre-Columbian Art & Architecture—Peru Architecture—Peru

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Professor

Inca Princess (Gran Ñusta Mama Occollo)Denver Art Museum

Inca Ritual Vessel

Art of the Andes

Moche Portraits

Moche textile fragmentTextile Museum of

Canada

Library ResourcesLibrary ResourcesLibrary Website

– Find books & articles– Writing Center– Visual Resources Center– Interlibrary Loan– Ask-a-Librarian

Library Catalog– Books– E-books– Videos

Storage Jar (Urpu)15th–early 16th century

Peru: InkaCeramic

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Research Databases

– Art Fulltext

– Wilson Omnifile Mega Edition

– JSTOR

– Project Muse– Bibliography History of Art (BHA)

– Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals

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Panpiper Vessel (14th–15th c.)Peru: Chimú

Silver, malachiteThe Metropolitan Museum of Art

Inca ArchitectureInca ArchitectureInca AND Architecture Inca Architecture and Construction at

Ollantaytambo

Machu Picchu • Uncommon Structures, Unconventional Builders • Machu Picchu: A Civil Engineering Marvel (ch. 7: Building foundations…)

Peru AND Architecture Palaces and Power in the Americas…

Indians of South America Domestic Architecture, Ethnicity, and Complementarity in the South-central Andes e-book

Inca AND Cuzco The Development of the Inca State(topics: architecture, pottery, customs)

Inca* cities The Cities of the Ancient Andes

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groups of people)

•Peru and Antiquities

•Precolumbian OR Pre-columbian

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period, theme, name of artist

Location:Location:

Peru, Civilization

Andes Region—Antiquities

Machu Picchu Site (Peru)

People:People:Incas

Chimu Indians

Indians of South America

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Medium:Medium:

Inca architecture

Mochica pottery

Indian architecture —Peru

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Time Period:Time Period:Andes Region—Antiquities

Peru – Antiquities

Tiwanaku Culture (specific time period)

Theme:Theme:

Social Life and Customs

Mythology

Rites and Ceremonies

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Suggested Databases

Art Full Text and Art Retrospective

Wilson Omnifile Mega Edition

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals

Bibliography of the History of Art

JSTOR (full-text scholarly journals)

Project Muse (full-text scholarly journals)

Archaeology 1980 to present

American Anthropologist 1888-2006 (full-text in JSTOR)

American Antiquity 1935-2004 (1990+ →Latin American topics in Latin American Antiquity)

American Journal of Archaeology 1897-2002 (full-text in JSTOR)

Current Anthropology 1959-2006 (full-text in JSTOR)

Latin American Art 1989-1994

Bulletin of Latin American Research 1981-1996 (full-text in JSTOR)

Journal of Latin American Anthropology 1999-2006 (fulltext in Wilson Omnifile)

Journal of Latin American Studies 1969-2002(full-text in JSTOR)

J. of Latin American & Caribbean Anthropology April 2007+ (fulltext in Wilson Omnifile)

Latin American Antiquity 1990-2004(full-text in JSTOR)

Latin American Research Review 2003 to present(full-text in Project Muse)

Latin American Perspectives 1974-2004 (full-text in JSTOR)

Hispanic American Historical Review 1918-2004 (full-text in JSTOR)

JOURNALSJOURNALS*Similar search terms can be used for finding articles

WebsitesWebsites• Art History Resources on the Web: The Native Arts of the Americas and

Oceania http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHamericasoceania.html

• Central and Southern Andes: Native Peoples, 1400–1600 A.D.(Metropolitan Museum of Art—Timeline of Art History)http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/08/sanc/ht08sanc.htm

• Engineering in the Andes Mountains (webcast from The Library of Congress) http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=3839

• The Great Inca Rebellion (PBS NOVA Online)http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/inca/about.html

• Ice Mummies of the Inca (PBS NOVA Online) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/peru

• Inka Goblet-male and female jaguar (from the virtual tour of the National Museum of the American Indian)http://www.nmai.si.edu/exhibitions/all_roads_are_good/TourMaps.htm

More WebsitesMore Websites• Latin American Archaeological Sites and Cultures (Minnesota State University)

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/latinamerica/index.shtml

• The Lost Gods: Incas (Smithsonian Channel)http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/site/smithsonian/show_lostgods_incas.do

• Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas (The Field Museum)http://www.fieldmuseum.org/machupicchu/about.html

• Pre-Columbian Art (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston with Glassell Collection of Pre-Columbian Gold) www.mfah.org/main.asp?target=collection&par1=15

• Pre-Columbian Collection (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection) http://www.doaks.org/pcwebsite/PCcollection.html

• Radiance from the Rain Forest: Featherwork in Ancient Peru (Metropolitan Museum of Art—Special Exhibitions)http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId={8EC0737D-EB75-45AF-A6C0-51C876CE8B23}

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