募捐 9月15日2024 – 10月1日2024 关于筹款

Palaces and Power in the Americas: From Peru to the...

Palaces and Power in the Americas: From Peru to the Northwest Coast

Jessica Joyce Christie (editor), Patricia Joan Sarro (editor)
你有多喜欢这本书?
下载文件的质量如何?
下载该书,以评价其质量
下载文件的质量如何?

Ancient American palaces still captivate those who stand before them. Even in their fallen and ruined condition, the palaces project such power that, according to the editors of this new collection, it must have been deliberately drawn into their formal designs, spatial layouts, and choice of locations. Such messages separated palaces from other elite architecture and reinforced the power and privilege of those residing in them. Indeed, as Christie and Sarro write, "the relation between political power and architecture is a pervasive and intriguing theme in the Americas." Given the variety of cultures, time periods, and geographical locations examined within, the editors of this book have grouped the articles into four sections. The first looks at palaces in cultures where they have not previously been identified, including the Huaca of Moche Site, the Wari of Peru, and Chaco Canyon in the U.S. Southwest. The second section discusses palaces as "stage sets" that express power, such as those found among the Maya, among the Coast Salish of the Pacific Northwest, and at El Tajín on the Mexican Gulf Coast. The third part of the volume presents cases in which differences in elite residences imply differences in social status, with examples from Pasado de la Amada, the Valley of Oaxaca, Teotihuacan, and the Aztecs. The final section compares architectural strategies between cultures; the models here are Farfán, Peru, under both the Chimú and the Inka, and the separate states of the Maya and the Inka. Such scope, and the quality of the scholarship, make Palaces and Power in the Americas a must-have work on the subject.

年:
2010
出版社:
University of Texas Press
语言:
english
页:
432
ISBN 10:
0292796102
ISBN 13:
9780292796102
文件:
PDF, 12.35 MB
IPFS:
CID , CID Blake2b
english, 2010
线上阅读
正在转换
转换为 失败

关键词