material culture

Examines the arts of native Latin American cultures, focusing on a period that ranges from pre-Columbian times to approximately 1800.

Presents two hundred eighty-three illustrations of Native American art from the Smithsonian Institute that represent a variety of native cultures from the Arctic to South America.

Describes easy-to-make crafts that replicate the arts of the ancient Hebrews. Includes historical material, a time line, a glossary, and resources.

Contains illustrated drawings of over ten thousand years of Native American culture and survival in New England including how they dressed, built shelters, grew crops, made tools and weapons, treated disease, and traveled.

A collection of over 120 photographs of the jewelry, pottery, weavings, and basketry of a number of Native American tribes of the Southwest.

A collection of activities, crafts, recipes, timelines, maps, photographs, and historical information about Native American history.

Describes more than seventy inventions and innovations from Native Americans, and includes information on totem poles, fishing nets, birch-bark megaphones, syringes, lacrosse, and more.

This book is an introduction to the civilization of the Maya people, the longest-lived and most widely spread of the great cultures of pre-Columbian America. Readers will see that the glory of Maya art extends to intricate stone carvings, vivid wall paintings, and exquisite jewelry, many of these inspired by Mayan mythology and religion.

Presents a comprehensive study of sacred Native American sites and efforts on behalf of Indian tribes and nations to preserve ancient and traditional sites and have human remains and cultural objects currently retained by museums returned.

Describes easy-to-make crafts that replicate the arts of the Vikings. Includes historical material, a time line, a glossary, and resources.