Arts of the Ancient Americas

An accessible, illustrated history of the art of the Americas, examining works across all media from traditionally understudied regions.

People and ideas flowed across the American continents for thousands of years before European invasion—from the densest corners of the rainforests to the highest mountains. Arts of the Ancient Americas is an illustrated survey of works of art by ancestral artists from Alaska to Argentina that presents a new understanding of some of the world’s great visual ...