Description
Book SynopsisThis lively history of seven decades of archaeological exploration in the Olmec region of Mexico tells the fascinating backstory of how archaeological discoveries are made while offering an exceptional overview of this ancient civilization.
Trade ReviewWhat a great book! Grove, an archaeologist who has spent his professional career doing fieldwork in Mesoamerica, has produced an eminently readable account of the Olmec, one of the most well-publicized yet least well-known cultures of pre-Hispanic Mexico. Highly recommended. * Choice *
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1. The Olmecs Come to Light
- Chapter 2. The Tulane Expedition and the Olmec World (1925–1926)
- Chapter 3. The First Excavations: Tres Zapotes (1938–1940)
- Chapter 4. Stone Heads in the Jungle (1940)
- Chapter 5. Fortuitous Decisions at La Venta (1942–1943)
- Chapter 6. Monuments on the Río Chiquito (1945–1946)
- Chapter 7. The Return to La Venta (1955)
- Chapter 8. Of Monuments and Museums (1963, 1968)
- Chapter 9. Adding Antiquity to the Olmecs (1966–1968)
- Chapter 10. Research Headaches at La Venta (1967–1969)
- Chapter 11. Reclaiming La Venta (1984 to the Present)
- Chapter 12. San Lorenzo Yields New Secrets (1990–2012, Part 1)
- Chapter 13. El Manatí: Like Digging in Warm Jell-O (1987–1993)
- Chapter 14. "They're Blowing Up the Site!" Tres Zapotes after Stirling (1950–2003)
- Chapter 15. An Olmec Stone Quarry and a Sugarcane Crisis (1991)
- Chapter 16. Discoveries Large and Small at San Lorenzo (1990–2012, Part 2)
- Chapter 17. The Night the Lights Went Out (2001)
- Chapter 18. Some Thoughts on the Archaeology of the Olmecs
- Bibliographic Essay
- Index
