Bibliography
Elizabeth P/ Benson, Beatriz de la Fuente 1996 Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Images and text specific to Olmec art. Will be a useful classroom resource.
Mary E. Miller, Karl Taube 1993. The gods and symbols of ancient Mexico and the Maya: an illustrated dictionary of Mesoamerican religion. London, Thames and Hudson. Introduction to history and religion of images found in Mesoamerica. Photographs and line drawings will be useful for classroom use.
William Fleming, XXXX Art and Ideas, 6th edition, Holt, Rinehart and Winston. A useful art history and the humanities text
Prudence Rice, 1977 Prehistory of Ceramic Kilns. For use in studio research of clay and kilns of Mesoamerica. Essay by Christopher A. Pool, Prehispanic kilns at Matacapan, Veracruz, Mexico. 149-169
Michael D. Coe, The Olmec World
Michael D. Coe, Jaguar Children
Sylvan Barnett, 1993 A short guide to writing about art.
M. Whittington, Sport of Life and Death: The Mesoamerican Ballgame. Images and text specific to sculpture in Mesoamerican art. Will be a useful classroom resource.
Joshua Taylor, 1981 Learning to Look: a handbook for the visual arts.
Feign, 2000 Tales from the art crypt.
Jorge Enciso, Design Motifs, Dover publications. Image resource for students looking for design ideas.
Richard A. Diehl, The Olmecs: America's First Civilization
Micheal D. Coe and Richard A. Diehl, 1980 In the Land of the Olmec Volume I: the arechaeology of San Lorenzo Tetochtitlan. Volume II: the people of the river. A dense text introducing the excavation history, Olmec landscape and detailed information about
the ceramic ware found at the site. Student will also use this as a resource in describing and designing their pottery.
Dean E. Arnold, 1985 Ceramic Theory and Cultural Process. Perspectives on the study of ceramics including technical innovations.
Wormer. K 1993 All about Ceramics.
John Hoopes and William Barnett , Smithsonian Magazine1995, Emergence of Pottery
Anne Anderson, 1984 Interpreting Pottery. Understand the nature of ceramic studies and historical references that were helpful.
John Noble Wilford, The New York Times. 15 March 2005, Mother Culture, or only a sister? Contemporary discussion on traditional views of the Olmec culture.
Dr. Joyce Shatz, Ceramics Monthly February 1992 (78-9), Ice Age Ceramics
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