Claire L Lyons

The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire

When the Aztec Empire emerged to dominate central Mexico from 1460 to 1519, vast amounts of tribute wealth flowed into the capital city of Tenochtitlan, enabling artists and architects to create sophisticated works on a monumental scale. Confronting a civilization without precedent, some Spanish con...

Cine Shiabhra (Séideán Sí) (Irish Edition)

Theith Cine Shiabhra ón oighear a bhí ag clúdach dhromchla an domhain na mílte bliain ó shin agus d’úsáid a gcuid draíochta chun áit chónaithe nua a chruthú dóibh féin faoi thalamh. Tá an draíocht sin ag imeacht i léig, áfach, agus níl de rogha acu anois ach filleadh ar dhromchla an domhain. Beidh d...

Yucatan Through Her Eyes: Alice Dixon Le Plongeon, Writer and Expeditionary Photographer

Alice Dixon (1851-1910) was born into a comfortable middle class life in London that she eagerly left behind to travel to Yucatán as the young bride of Maya archaeologist Augustus Le Plongeon. Working side by side as photographers and archaeologists, the Le Plongeons were the first to excavate and s...

Antiquity and Photography: Early Views of Ancient Mediterranean Sites

Following the invention of the daguerreotype and calotype processes in 1839, views of ruins, classical statuary, and the antiquities of the Mediterranean and the Orient were among the first images produced by pioneer photographers. The unique accuracy and immediacy of photographs fundamentally chang...

The Archaeology of Colonialism (Issues & Debates)

The Archaeology of Colonialism demonstrates how artifacts are not only the residue of social interaction but also instrumental in shaping identities and communities. Claire Lyons and John Papadopoulos summarize the complex issues addressed by this collection of essays. Four case studies illustrate t...

Sicily: Art and Invention between Greece and Rome

Ancient Sicily, a prosperous island at the crossroads of the Mediterranean, occupied a pivotal place between Greece, North Africa, and the Italian peninsula. In the late eighth century B.C., émigrés from the Greek mainland founded colonies along the shores of the region they knew as Sikelia, bringin...

Irresistible Decay: Ruins Reclaimed

The Archaic Cemeteries

The Archaeology of Colonialism

Antiquity & Photography: Early Views Of Ancient Mediterranean Sites