Title: Palaces and Power in the Americas: From Peru to the Northwest Coast
Abstract: Introduction - Jessica Joyce Christie Part 1. Identification of Palaces 1. Looking for Moche Palaces in the Elite Residences of the Huacas of Moche Site - Claude Chapdelaine 2. Landscape of Power: A Network of Palaces in Middle Horizon Peru - William H. Isbell 3. Lords of the Great House: Pueblo Bonito as a Palace - Stephen H. Lekson Part 2. Palaces as Active Stage Sets of Political Ideology 4. Sacred and Profane Mountains of the Pasion: Contrasting Architectural Paths to Power - Arthur A. Demarest 5. Political Dimensions of Monumental Residences on the Northwest Coast of North America - Colin Grier 6. Rising Above: The Elite Acropolis of El Tajin - Patricia Joan Sarro Part 3. Correspondences between Material Aspects of Elite Residences and Social Status 7. The Residence of Power at Paso de la Amada, Mexico - Michael Blake, Richard G. Lesure, Warren D. Hill, Luis Barba, and John E. Clark 8. When Is a House a Palace? Elite Residences in the Valley of Oaxaca - Sarah B. Barber and Arthur A. Joyce 9. Rulership and Palaces at Teotihuacan - William T. Sanders and Susan Toby Evans 10. Antecedents of the Aztec Palace: Palaces and Political Power in Classic and Postclassic Mexico - Susan Toby Evans Part 4. Comparison of Palaces across Cultures 11. Elite Residences at Farfan: A Comparison of the Chimu and Inka Occupations - Carol Mackey 12. Houses of Political Power among the Ancient Maya and Inka - Jessica Joyce Christie Conclusions - William T. Sanders
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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