"Linné’s text concentrates on the cultures of highland Mexico (6 chapters) and discusses the western and coastal regions (2 chapters) as well as the Maya (1 chapter). Disselhoff deals with Greater Peru in one long chapter and devotes one chapter each to the setting, the eastern lowlands, Colombia, and the San Agustín Culture. Within this broad description of the text we find the material organized in chronological patterns which aim at demonstrating the development of successive styles of art and the evolution of Pre-Columbian cultures in more general terms." Hispanic American Historical Review