A sourcebook of Nasca ceramic iconography reading a culture through its art /

Proulx, Donald A., 1939-

A sourcebook of Nasca ceramic iconography reading a culture through its art / [electronic resource] : Donald A. Proulx. - Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2006. - xii, 236 p., [15] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-228) and index.

Overview of the Nasca culture -- Nasca pottery and its artistic canons -- The discovery of the Nasca style and its chronological placement -- Approaches to the interpretation of Nasca iconography -- A description and interpretation of the major themes in Nasca ceramic iconography -- New insights on Nasca society.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Nazca pottery--Themes, motives.
Nazca culture.
Idols and images--Peru.


Peru--Antiquities.


Electronic books.

F3429.3.P8 / P76 2006

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