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Art of the Ancient Americas
Dissertations in Progress by Subject, 2018

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Driggers, Kristopher, “The History of Idolatry and the Codex Durán Paintings” (University of Chicago, C. Brittenham)

Gassaway, William, “Extraordinary Bodies: The Art of Deformation in Postclassic Mexico” (Columbia University, E. Pasztory)

Terry, James, “Signifying Architecture: Maya Architecture of Chicanna and the Central Yucatan” (Yale University, M. Miller)

Vázquez de Arthur, Andrea, ”Portraits, Pots, or Power Objects? On the Imagery and Ontology of Wari Faceneck Vessels” (Columbia University, E. Pasztory)