[Aztlan] Electronic Texts on Precolumbian Topics (aka "Free Books")

[David Hixson]

Hey all,
   
  As I mentioned in a previous post, I was asked by David Grove to spread the word that his landmark publication "Ancient Chalcatzingo" is now available for free download on FAMSI's website.
   
  http://www.famsi.org/research/grove/chalcatzingo/index.html
   
  Since the publication is out of print, and no one but the used book sellers are making any money off of it, UT Press gave him back the rights to distribute the volume for free.  For those working with publishers, this is a great movement to encourage.
   
  Dumbarton Oaks is doing a similar thing with their out-of-print volumes:
   
  http://www.doaks.org/Etexts.html
   
  On that D.O. link you can download such books as:
   
  -Olmec Art at Dumbarton Oaks (PDF, 8.3 MB) 
-Gold and Power in Ancient Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia 
-Archaeology of Formative Ecuador 
-Gender in Pre-Hispanic America 
-Dumbarton Oaks Conference on the Olmec 
-The Cult of the Feline (PDF, 6.3 MB) 
-Ecology and the Arts in Ancient Panama: On the Development of Social Rank and Symbolism in the Central Province (PDF, 14.3 MB) 
-The Burial Theme in Moche Iconography (PDF, 4.3 MB) 
-Social Patterns in Pre-Classic Mesoamerica 
-Function and Meaning in Classic Maya Architecture 
-Andean Art at Dumbarton Oaks 
-Native Traditions in the Postconquest World 
-Intercambio, política y sociedad en el siglo XVI
   
  Also, 88 publications of the New World Archaeological Foundation (a great resource for site reports and Formative period Mesoamerica, among other topics) are available for free browsing and printing at:
   
  http://www.lib.byu.edu/dlib/spc/nwaf/
   
  [Click "Browse" in the link above to view all titles]
   
  Hope this helps some of you who may be working away from a library, or don't want to spend money and time xeroxing ;-)
   
  -Dave


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David R. Hixson
Aztlan Moderator &
Doctoral Candidate
Tulane University
Dept. of Anthropology
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