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1. Tribes and Temples: A Record of the Expedition to Middle America Conducted by the Tulane University of Louisiana in 1925

Frans Blom and Oliver La Farge

A narrative of the authors' expedition into Mesoamerica based on their daily journals. It includes a study by Franz Blom of the geography and archaeology of the Maya area, and Oliver La Farge's description of the customs and language of the present-day Maya. Volume 1 takes them from New Orleans to Veracruz and the Mexican Gulf Coast, including the first account of the Olmec site of La Venta, and then through Chiapas and Palenque. Volume 2 starts in Chiapas and takes the authors through the Tzetzal area and into the Chuchumatanes, Guatemala.
1926-27. 2 vols. 551 pp., 374 figs. ISBN 0-939238-02-0

 

2. The Ethno-Botany of the Maya

Ralph L. Roys

A transcript, translation, and study of Maya medical cures recorded in documents written in the Maya language, but in European script, shortly after the Conquest (Libro del Judío). 1931. 359 pp. Paper. ISBN 0-939238-03-9

 

3. The Year Bearer's People

Oliver La Farge II and Douglas Byers

Detailed study of the daily life and ceremonies of the Jacalteca Indians of the Guatemala highlands. 1931. 380 pp., 79 figs., 2 color pls. ISBN 0-939238-04-7

 

4. Middle American Papers

1932. 556 pp., illus. ISBN 0-939238-05-5

Preprints of Publication 4:

1. A Reconnaissance of Certain Mounds and Relics in Spanish Honduras. R. A. Steinmayer.

2. Some Observations on Indian Mounds, Idols, and Pottery in the Lower Papaloapan Basin, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. Albert Weyerstall.

3. The Stylistic History of the Maya Hieroglyphs. Hermann Beyer.

4. Mayan Hieroglyphs: Some Tun Signs. Hermann Beyer.

5. An Ahau Date with a Katun and a Katun Ending Glyph. Hermann Beyer.

6. Correlation of the Maya Venus Calendar. Juan Martínez Hernández.

7. Maya-Christian Synchronology or Calendrical Correlation. Enrique Juan Palacios.

8. Dermatoglyphics in Indians of Southern Mexico and Central America (Santa Eulalia, Tzeltal, Lacandon and Maya Tribes). Harold Cummins.

9. Some Spanish Entradas, 1524-1695. Doris Zemurray Stone.

10. Fray Alonso Ponce in Yucatán, 1588. Ernest Noyes.

11. War and Weapons of the Maya. Prescott H. F. Follett.

12. Stamping: A Mass-production Printing Method 2000 Years Old. Maurice Ries.

13. The Maya Ball-game Pok-ta-pok (Called Tlachtli by the Aztec). Frans Blom.

14. Commerce, Trade and Monetary Units of the Maya. Frans Blom.

15. The Negative Batter at Uxmal. Frans Blom.

 

5. Studies in Middle America

1934. Paper. 401 pp., illus. ISBN 0-939238-06-3 $40.00

Preprints of Publication 5:

1. A Maya Skull from the Uloa Valley, Republic of Honduras. Historical Background by Frans Blom. Notes on the Teeth by S. S. Grosjean. Comments on the Skull by Harold Cummins. 24 pp., 15 figs. $5.00

2. Dermatoglyphics and Functional Lateral Dominance in Mexican Indians (Mayas and Tarahumaras). Stella M. Leche. 21 pp. $4.00

3. Sololá: A Guatemalan Town and Cakchiquel Market-Center. Webster McBryde. 107 pp. $15.00

4. Shell Ornament Sets from the Huasteca, Mexico. Hermann Beyer. 62 pp.

5. Manuscripts in the Department of Middle American Research. Arthur E. Gropp. 81 pp. $5.00

6. The Relation of the Synodical Month and Eclipses to the Maya Correlation Problem. Hermann Beyer. 21 pp. $4.00

7. Mexican Bone Rattles. Hermann Beyer. 33 pp., 16 figs. $5.00

8. War of the Castes: Indian Uprisings in Chiapas, 1867-70 (as told by Cristobal Molina). Ernest Noyes and Dolores Morgadanes. 49 pp. $2.00

 

6. Guatemala Textiles

Lilly deJongh Osborne

In addition to describing the native clothing of men and women, and the customs and symbols associated with them, this volume also discusses the techniques involved in the weaving and dyeing of the textiles.
1935. 110 pp. ISBN 0-939238-07-1

 

7. Measures of Men

Ten specialized studies in physical anthropology in Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies by Harold Cummins, Mary Steele Lane, Stella M. Leche, Ruth Millar, Inez D. Steggerda, and Morris Steggerda. All of the studies concern dermatoglyphics. 1936. Paper. 331 pp. ISBN 0-939238-08-X $25.00

 

8. Masters in Marble

Doris Z. Stone

A study of vase types from the Uloa Valley, Honduras. 1938. 70 pp., illus. ISBN 0-939238-09-8

 

9. An Archaeological Reconnaissance of Northwestern Honduras: A Report of the Work of the Tulane University-Danish National Museum Expedition to Central America 1935

Jens Yde

The regions involved in this survey include Tegucigalpa, Comayagua, Yojoa, Cop·n and the upper ChamelecÛn, and the lower ChamelecÛn and Ula Rivers. There is a discussion of the pottery from Jaral and Siguatepeque and an index of archaeological sites in Honduras.
1938. 101 pp., illus. ISBN 0-939238-10-1

 

10. Guide to Libraries and Archives in Central America and the West Indies, Panama, Bermuda, and British Guiana

Arthur E. Gropp

Lists information about the libraries and archives and provides information on private libraries, bookbinding, book selling, and printing in these countries and colonies.
1941. 721 pp. ISBN 0-939238-11-X

Reprint of France: Colonies, pp. 123-150 $3.00

 

11. Philological and Documentary Studies, Volume I

1948. 314 pp. ISBN 0-939238-12-8

Preprints of Publication 11:

1. Loan-Words in Ancient Mexico. Benjamin Lee Whorf. 1943. 14 pp. $2.00

2. Pitfalls and Stimuli in the Interpretation of History through Loan Words. J. Eric S. Thompson. 1943. 10 pp. $1.00

3. Experiments with Rubber in Mexico, 1785-1798. S. K. Lowe and Maurice Ries. 1944. 85 pp. $3.00

4. The Spanish Word Jícara: A Word History. Lawrence B. Kiddle. 1944. 39 pp. $2.00

5. Rafael Landívar's Rusticatio Mexicana [Mexican Country Scenes]. Graydon W. Regenos. The Latin text and English prose translation of an eighteenth-century poem describing life in Mexico and Guatemala. 1948. 156 pp., 3 figs. $15.00

 

12. Philological and Documentary Studies, Volume II

1977. Paper. 286 pp. ISBN 0-939238-13-6 $35.00

Preprints of Publication 12:

1. Palaeographic Guide for Spanish Manuscripts, Fifteenth-Seventeenth Centuries: Roman Numerals. S. K. Lowe. 1943. 12 pp. $2.50

2. Ordenanza del Señor Cuauhtemoc: Paleografía, Traducción, y Noticia Introductoria. Silvia Rendón. 1952. 26 pp., 4 pls. $4.00

3. The Hasinai Indians of East Texas as Seen by Europeans, 1687-1772. William Joyce Griffith. 1954. 128 pp. $15.00

4. An Interpretation of Bishop Diego de Landa's Maya Alphabet. Marshall E. Durbin. 1969. 8 pp. $4.00

5. The Identification of Lienzo A: A Tracing in the Latin American Library of Tulane University. Ross Parmenter. 1970. 14 pp. $2.00

6. The Personal Archive of Francisco Morazán. William J. Griffith. 1977. 90 pp. $15.00

 

13. Physical Anthropology of a Mexican Population in Texas: A Study in Race-Mixture

Arthur Randolph Kelly

Using morphological measurements taken from 336 prisoners in Texas, this study attempts to "determine their racial affiliations with parent Indian and Spanish stocks." Given the high degree of Spanish admixture into Indian stock, this study also looks at morphological trends that result from such mixture.
1947. Paper. 118 pp., 12 figs.,104 tables. ISBN 0-939238-15-2 $10.00

 

14. Excavations at Zacualpa, Guatemala

Robert Wauchope

The report for the Carnegie Institution of Washington on Wauchope's excavations during two months of 1935-36 in the Department of Quiche. Included in this volume are the reports on the pottery, in collaboration with Edith B. Ricketson, and on the artifacts, by A.V. Kidder.
1948. Paper. 192 pp., 79 figs, 25 pls. Appendixes by Edith Bayles Ricketson and A. V. Kidder. ISBN 0-939238-16-0 $25.00

 

15. Middle American Research Records, Volume I

1951. 280 pp. ISBN 0-939238-17-9

Preprints of Publication 15:

1. Early Textiles from Chiapas, Mexico. Lila M. O'Neale. 1942. 7 pp.

2. Notes on the Age of the Cieneguilla Cave Textiles from Chiapas. Robert Wauchope. 1942. 2 pp.

3. Notes on Some Spindle Whorls from Quelepa, El Salvador. John M. Longyear, III. 1942. 3 pp. $.50

4. Painted Stucco Heads from Louisville, British Honduras. Thomas Gann. 1943. 4 pp. $.50

5. Report on El Salvador Clays. Kenneth E. Smith and Thomas B. Crumpler. 1943.6. Dermatoglyphics and Functional Lateral Dominance in Mexican Indians. V. The Zinancantecs, Huixtecs, Amatenangos and Finca Tzeltals. Stella M. Leche, Harley N. Gould, and Dixie Tharp. 1944. 63 pp.

7. An Incised Maya Inscription in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Hermann Beyer. 1945.

8. The Maya Hieroglyph Chicchan Derivative. Hermann Beyer. 1945. 2 pp. $2.00

9. Anthropometry of the Chol Indians of Chiapas, Mexico. Harley N. Gould. 1946. $2.00

10. Surface Collection at Chiche, Guatemala. Robert Wauchope. 1948. $2.00

11. Preliminary Notes on an Archaeological Survey of the Chiapas Coast. Philip Drucker. 1948. $2.00

12. A Recent Attempt at Educational Cooperation between the United States and Guatemala. William J. Griffith. 1949. 22 pp. $2.00

13. Aspects of Land Tenure and Economics in a Mexican Village. Oscar Lewis. 1949.

14. A Tentative Sequence of Pre-Classic Ceramics in Middle America. Robert Wauchope. 1950. 40 pp. $4.00

15. Modern Pottery of Riotenco San Lorenzo, Cuauhtitlan. Silvia Rendón. 1950. 18 pp. $2.00

16. Notes on Present-Day Pottery Making and Its Economy in the Ancient Chorotegan Area. Doris Stone. 1950. 12 pp. $2.00

 

16. The Culture of Security in San Carlos: A Study of a Guatemalan Community of Indians and Ladinos

John Gillin

A study of the social and political culture of the Guatemalan community. John Gillin takes the cultural interplay between the community's two caste, the Ladinos and Indians, and their environment to discuss the sources of psychological security or, in some cases, stress.
1951. Paper. 128 pp. ISBN 0-939238-18-7 $20.00

 

17. Synoptic Studies of Mexican Culture

1957. 240 pp. ISBN 0-939238-19-5

Preprints of Publication 17:

1. Tarascan Folk Religion. Pedro Carrasco. 1953. 64 pp. $10.00

2. Directed Culture Change in Nayarit, Mexico: Analysis of a Pilot Project in Basic Education. Glen Fisher. 1953. 112 pp. $12.50

3. The Mexican Bajío in the Eighteenth Century: An Analysis of Cultural Integration. Eric R. Wolf. 1955. 24 pp. $4.00

4. A Triangulation on the Culture of Mexico. Munro S. Edmonson. Synthetic analysis of Mexican culture, based on the three preceding studies. 1957. 41 pp. $6.00

 

18. Middle American Research Records, Volume II

1961. 175 pp. ISBN 0-939238-20-9

Preprints of Publication 18:

1. Notes and Comments on "Duck Pots" from Guatemala. Stephan F. de Borhegyi. 1952. 16 pp., 11 figs. $2.00

2. Implications of Radiocarbon Dates from Middle and South America. Robert Wauchope. 1954.

3. A Chronological Ordering of the Mesoamerican Pre-Classic. John L. Sorenson. 1955. 30 pp. $4.00

4. Archaeological Remains from the Cintalapa Region, Chiapas, Mexico. Arden R. King. 1955. 31 pp., 20 figs. $4.00

5. Hemispheric Security Reconsidered. Philip B. Taylor, Jr. 1957. 37 pp. $2.00

6. Pre-Columbian Cultural Connections between Mesoamerica and Ecuador. Stephan F. de Borhegyi. 1959.

7. Pre-Columbian Cultural Connections between Mesoamerica and Ecuador: Addenda. Stephan F. de Borhegyi. 1959. 8 pp., 4 figs. $2.00

8. A Developmental Concept of Pre-Spanish Urbanization in the Valley of Mexico. William J. Mayer-Oakes. 1960.

 

19. Nativism and Syncretism

1960. 204 pp. ISBN 0-939238-21-7

Preprints of Publication 19:

1. Maya Paganism and Christianity: A History of the Fusion of Two Religions. Donald E. Thompson. 1954. 35 pp.

2. El Espíritu del Mal en Guatemala: Ensayo de Semántica Cultural. Gustavo Correa. 1955. 68 pp. $7.00

3. Christo-Paganism: A Study of Mexican Religious Syncretism. William Madsen. 1957. 74 pp.

4. Nativism, Syncretism, and Anthropological Science. Munro S. Edmonson. 1960. 24 pp. $4.00

 

20. Ceramic Sequence at Uaxactun, Guatemala

Robert E. Smith

This two-volume work presents the first comprehensive description and analysis of the archaeological ceramics recovered at a Maya site. The Uaxactun pottery was excavated by a Carnegie Institute of Washington expedition between 1926 and 1937. Volume I contains chapters on the stratigraphic context of the excavated lots; the important diagnostics of the Mamom, Chicanel, Matzanel, Tzakol, and Tepeu phases; ceramic wares; decoration; types of design; mortuary, cahce, and specialized vessels; the dating of ceramics by stelae; and analyses of the pottery by phase. Volume II contains 86 full-page illustrations, mostly drawings of the ceramics.
1955. Paper. 2 vols. 388 pp. Only Vol. II (includes 86 pages of plates) available in fair condition (cover discolored). ISBN 0-939238-22-5 $30.00

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