This colorful exhibition catalog, a useful introduction to precolumbian art, includes extensive chronologies and maps. Lumbreras focuses on the social context of art for the precolumbian period beginning about 9000 BCE, covering a series of cultures and their interrelationships throughout their histories. Del Solar's essay provides an introduction to the Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, offering a behind-the-scenes history of the collection, facility, and technology. Beautifully illustrated, with examples from painting, sculpture, textiles, and pottery.