Aztecs, Mayas, Incas

This volume, edited by Antonio Aimi and Antonio Guarnotta, offers a new, up-to-date study of the most important cultures of Mesoamerica and of the Peruvian Area, through magnificent artefacts held by the MIC (Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza) and various other Italian museums.
The cultures of the Aztecs, Mayas, Incas and other populations of ancient America are analysed in light of the most recent archaeological and ethnohistorical research. Themes of prime importance are examined in depth: the conquest of America as seen from the point of view of the conquered, the status of women, the systems of calculation of ancient Peru, and pre-Columbian art presented as art, not only as archaeology.

Faenza, MIC, November 2018 - April 2019

Contents

Introduction
Antonio Aimi and Antonio Guarnotta

Pre-Columbian Ceramics of the MIC of Faenza. The Birth of a Collection
Valentina Mazzotti

The Cultures of Pre-Columbian America Through the Collections of the MIC
Antonio Guarnotta

Mesoamerica and the Peruvian Area
Antonio Aimi

WORKS

Mesoamerica

Peruvian Area

Environment: Flora, Fauna and Food
Antonio Guarnotta

Flora
Fauna
Food
Populations
Antonio Guarnotta

Birth
People
Accessories
Ornaments

Social Pyramid and Political Organisation
Antonio Guarnotta

War
Antonio Guarnotta

The Status of Women
Antonio Aimi

Religion
Antonio Guarnotta

Shamanism

Ball Game
Antonio Aimi

Rituals

Music
Antonio Guarnotta

Calendar
Antonio Aimi

Calculations
Antonio Aimi

Writing
Antonio Aimi

Art
Antonio Aimi

Idealised Naturalism
Abstract Art and Cubism
Masters

The Conquest
Antonio Aimi

First Colonial Period
Antonio Aimi e / and Antonio Guarnotta

Colombian Exchange
Antonio Guarnotta

Cited References